(Press Release) Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas John F. Bash recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented on the FBI’s 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and…

By: Stephanie Carson, Public News Service – NC RALEIGH, N.C. – On Wednesday, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau closed the doors of its Office of Students, put in place to handle consumer complaints regarding student loan companies. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, Americans have $1.4 trillion in…

By: Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Newspapers are sounding the alarm about a new tariff on newsprint that is having unexpected consequences. Following a complaint from a Washington state-based paper mill that Canadian paper producers were dumping product in the U.S., the Commerce Department imposed…

By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – NY NEW YORK – Faced with looming budget deficits, the Trump administration is looking to cut federal spending by some $15 billion, with almost half coming from the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In the past six months, Congress and the White House…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune May 8, 2018 Over the objections of the oil and gas industry, two environmental groups are asking the federal government to protect a tiny West Texas reptile amid the failure of a state-crafted plan to conserve it. The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders…

(PRESS RELEASE) With the arrival of Mother’s Day this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at South Texas ports of entry continue to conduct examinations and maintain strict vigilance to ensure that personal and commercial importations of flowers are free from insects, pests and diseases that could…

(PRESS RELEASE) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) and the Eagle Pass Independent School District will hold a procurement workshop on Friday, May 11, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the International Center for Trade (East Room).  This is the seventh procurement workshop held by the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County voters will head to the polls for the Democratic Party Primary Run-Off Election starting on Monday, May 14, 2018 and running until Friday, May 18th, at the City of Eagle Pass Multi-Purpose Center before the Tuesday, May 22nd,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, wherein newly re-elected Board members Javier A. Mancha and Beyer Dash Junfin were sworn-in to a new…

(PRESS RELEASE) On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, United States Attorney John F. Bash announced changes to his supervisory staff within the District. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg Sofer is now the Chief of the Criminal Division.  Sofer has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Austin Division of the Western District…