By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Five people have been arrested to date in an investigation by the Texas Attorney General Office and the Texas Rangers for voter fraud in the City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas City Election held in November 2017. Last week the…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 31, 2018 A coalition of Texas-based attorneys have opened up a new front in the effort to stop the Trump administration from separating immigrant parents from their children after they enter the country and seek asylum. The group said on Thursday it has…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 1, 2018 CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — On Memorial Day on the Texas-Mexico border, Michael Evans, who served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, was one of several veterans who helped set up a public display to honor fallen soldiers who have served…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune May 31, 2018 Texas will not be required to meet a 45-day deadline to implement online voter registration for drivers — for now. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that mandated a voter registration system…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Recount Petition filed by Maverick County Democratic Party Candidate Rudy Bowles for County Judge, who lost by 12 votes in the May 22, 2018 Primary Run-Off Election to incumbent County Judge David R. Saucedo, will be held on Tuesday,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County Democratic Party Candidate for County Judge Rudy Bowles filed a Plaintiff’s Original Petition for Declaratory Judgment, Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Temporary and Permanent Injunction against Maverick County Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz in his official…

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune May 31, 2018 The Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus are suing the Trump administration in hopes of blocking the addition of a citizenship question to the once-a-decade census of every person living in the United States. In a lawsuit…

By: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service – FL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Farmworkers are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to make pesticide safety training mandatory across the agricultural industry. The Obama administration updated pesticide training rules in 2015. To date, the information that would provide the dos-and-donts of…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2018 EL PASO — As the White House’s policy to separate immigrant parents from their children at the border continues to fan the flames of the national immigration debate, attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that the case of…

By: Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For many kids in New Mexico, childhood is ending too soon. According to a new report from the humanitarian group Save the Children, New Mexico ranks 47th out of 50 states in its annual End of Childhood report. That…