BEDC Leadership Group Discusses Ethics in the Workplace
May 22nd, 2018(PRESS RELEASE) The BEDC Executive Leadership Mentoring Group met at the IBC Boardroom on May 17, 2018 for its monthly workshop luncheon. ELM Chairman Pat Saucedo and BEDC Consultant Ernie Gonzalez led a discussion on Ethics in the Workplace with the group of senior executives and managers from throughout Eagle…
Eagle Pass Represented at State Business Forum
May 22nd, 2018(PRESS RELEASE) Mayor Ramsey English-Cantu and Business & Economic Development Consultant Janice M. Gonzalez represented the City of Eagle Pass at the AEM (Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos) Business Forum in partnership with the Governor’s Office on May 15, 2018, in Austin, Texas. During the forum, Mayor English-Cantu met with Texas…
BEDC Young Professionals Expanding Career Development
May 22nd, 2018(PRESS RELEASE) Over 20 young adults gathered at the International Center for Trade on May 17 for the monthly BEDC Young Professionals Group meeting. YPG President Will Worrell and YPG Lead Mentor Rachel Sahagun thanked Jaime Rodriguez and Eagle Grocery for sponsoring sandwiches and refreshments for the meeting. The meeting…
After anti-wall website launches on the border, Texas Farm Bureau fires off cease-and-desist letter
May 22nd, 2018By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2018 A group of Texans that has opened up a new front in the battle against President Donald Trump’s proposed wall on the southern border have already prompted one interest group to threaten legal action, accusing the coalition of misleading people about…
Supreme Court Ruling Called Blow to Workers’ Rights
May 22nd, 2018By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – NY NEW YORK – Civil-rights advocates say a Supreme Court ruling handed down Monday will sweep many discrimination and harassment claims against employers under the rug. The ruling in Epic Systems v. Lewis says corporations can require employees to sign arbitration clauses that…
Mexican journalist detained in Texas granted new asylum hearing
May 22nd, 2018By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2018 A Mexican reporter who has been in immigration detention on the border since late last year has been granted a new asylum hearing after he and his son were nearly deported last Christmas. Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar fled…
Maverick County Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election Polling Places
May 21st, 2018Maverick County Polling Places for the Tuesday, May 22nd, Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election are going to be the following: Precincts 1A, 1B and 1C: Memorial Junior High, 1800 Lewis Street, Eagle Pass, Texas; Precincts 2A and 2B: San Luis Elementary, 2090-A Williams Street, Eagle Pass, Texas; Precinct 2C: Rosita…
Maverick County Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election Day is May 22nd
May 21st, 2018By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The 2018 Maverick County, Texas Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election is underway with the Early Voting Period running from May 14-18, 2018 at the City of Eagle Pass Multi-Purpose Center, located at 480 South Adams Street, from 7 A.M. through…
The U.S. Considered Declaring Russia a State Sponsor of Terror, Then Dropped It
May 21st, 2018By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica The attempt to kill a former Russian spy in England bore an ominous signature: The assailants used a lethal nerve agent of a type developed in the Soviet Union, and British investigators quickly concluded that only the Kremlin could have carried out such a sophisticated hit….
Health Care Providers Gear Up (Again) As Trump’s New Gag Rule Targets Planned Parenthood
May 21st, 2018By: Linda Barr, Public News Service – ME WICASSET, Maine – If President Donald Trump’s new effort succeeds to impose a so-called gag rule on family planning centers, access to women’s health care centers across New England would be drastically reduced. On Friday, the Trump administration started the rule-making process…
