(PRESS RELEASE) EAGLE PASS, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 57 immigration checkpoint in Eagle Pass seized 78.2 pounds of cocaine worth $869,750 from a commercial bus Thursday. “Drug trafficking organizations rely on profits from illicit substances to fuel their illegal operations,” said Del Rio Sector Chief…

By Sydney Greene, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2018 For one minute and 13 seconds on Friday, students across Texas stood in silence outside of their schools after walking out of class. The 13 seconds were in honor of 13 lives lost during the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado…

(PRESS RELEASE) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized a significant amount of alleged crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $1.2 million in a single enforcement action at the Del Rio Port of Entry. “This significant interception of hard narcotics…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2018 Today’s Texplainer question was inspired by reader Tiffany Adair. Hey, Texplainer: How do employment benefits for Texas educators compare to those in other states? This question has been a point of contention between lawmakers and educators for many years. Texas teachers…

In San Antonio, Senior United States District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 61–year–old Louisville, KY, truck driver James Matthew Bradley, Jr., to life in federal prison without parole for his role in an illegal alien smuggling operation that resulted in ten deaths, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2018 HIDALGO, Texas – Ron and Janella Frankl Reicks had just finished an early steak dinner when they stepped outside of their home here and chuckled about snow falling back in their native Iowa while they enjoyed 80-degree weather in Texas’ Rio…

(PRESS RELEASE) DEL RIO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector welcomed approximately 100 National Guard personnel today as part of Operation Guardian Support. “National Guard personnel bring valuable training and skillsets which we will be able to strategically link into our mission requirements,” said Del Rio Sector…

(PRESS RELEASE) Brownsville, TX, April 18, 2018 – The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) along with the City of Brownsville was awarded a HUD Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant in June 2016 for the Buena Vida Neighborhood. The HACB Buena Vida Public Housing Development is the anchor of…

By: Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO DENVER – The U.S. House Agriculture Committee is expected today to hear a draft Farm Bill that would require millions of people currently caring for children, and those between the ages of 50 and 59, to find a job or lose their…

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune April 17, 2018 Barbara Pierce Bush, matriarch of an American political dynasty that has produced presidents, governors and other high officials, has died in Houston. She was 92. Bush was an outspoken public figure, often putting into words the thoughts that the elected men…