By Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post April 27, 2018 The nation’s top immigration and border officials are urging Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to detain and prosecute all parents caught crossing the Mexican border illegally with their children, a stark change in policy that would result in the separation of…

By: Katherine Davis-Young, Public News Service – NV LAS VEGAS, Nev. – If you’re hospitalized after an accident, shouldn’t you be able to use your health insurance to cover the bills? Recent changes to Nevada law are designed to address that issue. Previously, when someone was transported to a hospital…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2018 First came the crash. Then came the bill. After a June 2015 car accident landed Crystal Roberts in the emergency room at North Cypress Medical Center, the hospital asked for more than $11,000 for the X-rays, CT scans, lab tests and…

Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 2:09 AM: Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the intersection of Ferry Street and Concho street to investigate a reported hit and run accident. Investigating officers were provided with the description of a dark colored Ford F-150 which had collided with a parked grey Chevy pickup…

By Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal April 26, 2018 When Travis County overhauled its system of providing legal representation for the poor back in 2015, criminal justice advocates, judges, attorneys and prosecutors had high hopes. An independent agency would oversee most indigent defense in the Austin area, with…

By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – CA OAKLAND Calif. – Groups that work on issues of poverty and housing are criticizing the Trump administration’s proposal to raise rents on low-income families and institute work requirements. On Wednesday, Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced a plan to…

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune April 26, 2018 WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, a native Texan, withdrew from consideration to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs on Thursday. Jackson was the personal physician to former President Barack Obama, and he remained in that role under President…

Justice Department decides not to halt legal assistance program for detained immigrants By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune April 25, 2018 A popular legal assistance program for federally detained immigrants won’t be shuttered after all. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this month that the Justice Department would end…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune April 24, 2018 A Tuesday ruling by a federal judge may mean a setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to phase out an Obama-era immigration program that shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates of the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles Baseball Team clinched a share of the District 29-6A Championship with Laredo Alexander Bulldogs and San Antonio Southwest Dragons (Tri-District Champions) on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 after crushing arch-rival Del Rio Rams…