By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 31, 2018 Fifty-four percent of Texas parents who have children in public schools support arming teachers and other school officials, according to polling numbers from Quinnipiac University released Thursday. Meanwhile, a plurality of registered voters — 49 percent — support stricter gun laws,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 According to a press communication issued by Maverick County Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the Recount Petition filed by County Judge candidate Rudy Bowles on Friday, May 25, 2018 with Ruiz is scheduled…

By Emma Platoff and Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2018 * This story has been updated throughout. DALLAS — Less than two weeks after 10 people were killed in a southeast Texas school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott laid out a wide-ranging school safety plan — including programs for…

(Press Release) District Attorney Roberto Serna announced that Grand Jury was held on May 16th in Zavala County, May 24th in Maverick County, and May 25th in Dimmit County. As a result, indictments in 12 cases were returned by the Zavala County Grand Jury, indictments in 30 cases were returned…

By: Dan Heyman, Public News Service – IN INDIANAPOLIS – Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) now under debate in Congress could trigger what observers and a new report say is an explosion of red tape and bureaucracy for Indiana. Rules added to SNAP, formerly food stamps, could…

By Alexa Ura and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2018 EDINBURG — Flanked by a nine-piece mariachi band, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez leaned on Beto O’Rourke’s roots while introducing his congressional colleague to a crowd of Rio Grande Valley residents at a recent campaign event. “Beto is one…

(PRESS RELEASE) Maverick County Democratic Party Candidate for Maverick County Judge, Rudy Bowles, filed a Petition for a Recount of the Votes on Friday, May 25, 2018, seeking a manual count of the May 22, 2018 Maverick County Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election after losing by 12 votes to incumbent Maverick…

(PRESS RELEASE) The EPHS student yearbook, the El Cenizo arrived last week and is on sale on campus for $45.  With a theme of “Take Flight,” the yearbook captures the activities, sports and student life of the 2017-18 school year. For the first time in several years, the El Cenizo…

(PRESS RELEASE) Texas Animal Health Commission:  Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) in one Maverick County Quarter Horse and one Bexar County Quarter Horse. The Bexar County horse has been euthanized and the premises will remain under quarantine until requirements for release have been met. The…

(PRESS RELEASE) The Family & Consumer Health Agency (formerly known as Family & Consumer Science Agency) met at the Maverick County Hospital District on Tuesday, May 22nd to discuss upcoming Summer Programming and to review some of the programs implemented this past year.  Programs reviewed were the Food Handlers’ Certification…