By: Andrea Sears/Roz Brown, Public News Service – PA HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to reduce poverty and promote pay equity. The minimum wage in 21 states, including Pennsylvania, is still $7.25 an hour. Since the current federal…

By Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune April 15, 2018 Former first lady Barbara Bush has endured a series of hospitalizations and has decided to halt treatment for her failing health, according to a statement from her family Sunday. Bush, 92, will instead focus on receiving “comfort care,” the statement said….

By: Joshua Breisblatt, Immigration Impact Undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border increasingly consist of asylum seekers fleeing record levels of violence in Central America. But the Trump administration’s response to this humanitarian crisis has been unforgiving. In fact, the administration has recently made two policy announcements with the goal of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles standout captain shortstop Heather Ruiz fulfilled her dream to play collegiate softball by signing a National Letter of Intent with the Texas A&M International University Dustdevils in Laredo, Texas on Sunday, April 15,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reports an Eagle Pass man, Oscar Guajardo, believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center Emergency Room by Maverick CountyJustice of the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas reversed the Judgment against Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo and Maverick County Commissioners Court rendered on June 12, 2017 by visiting District Judge W.B. Kirkendall to hold a tax…

(PRESS RELEASE) EAGLE PASS, TEX.—On April 11, 2017, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio issued its decision in the lawsuit between Maverick County taxpayer Ethelvina Felan and County officials, in which Felan seeks to secure a rollback election that would result in the reimbursement to taxpayers of the…

By Julián Aguilar and Darla Cameron, The Texas Tribune April 12, 2018 As the White House continues to expand deportations and push measures to curb illegal immigration, many Texas immigrants are forced to navigate the immigration system without the help of an attorney. From October 2000 through February 2018, less…

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune April 12, 2018 W.C. Steinmann says his family roots in southeast Texas date back to 1882. The 74-year-old rancher lives in DeWitt County, between San Antonio and Victoria, an area surrounded by oil and natural gas fields. Steinmann and other local property owners say…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune April 12, 2018 Steve Stockman, a Republican former congressman from Texas, has been convicted of defrauding two conservative mega-donors and funneling their $1.25 million into personal and campaign expenses as part of what prosecutors have described as a “white collar crime spree.” A jury…