By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune April 4, 2018 A mandate handed down by the Trump administration designed to speed up activity within the country’s clogged immigration court system will instead create a larger backlog of cases, immigration judges and their supporters said on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Justice…

By Sydney Greene, The Texas Tribune April 5, 2018 Longtime cattle rancher Jason Peeler gets uneasy when he hears about a looming trade war between the United States and China, and he says he’s not the only one. “We are nervous — we’re really nervous,” Peeler said. His unease swelled…

By Sally Beauvais, Marfa Public Radio April 5, 2018 Editor’s note: Listen to the audio version of this story at Marfa Public Radio. When the last oil boom in the Permian Basin screeched to a halt in 2014, something unexpected happened — families stuck around. Now, with production ramping up…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County Sheriff Department reports that an Eagle Pass, Texas man, Marco Antonio Gloria, age 43, was arrested by the Texas Rangers on three charges of sexual assault of a child on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, during an early raid…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved the first reading of a City Ordinance imposing a water impact fee to be known as a Water Capital Recovery Fee upon future real estate developments within the City limits…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from the Eagle Pass Port of Entry in collaboration with the City of Eagle Pass, through its Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC), is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative awareness campaign to promote CBP’s Trusted Traveler Programs. …

By Alexa Ura and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune April 3, 2018 Handing the state another voting rights loss, a federal judge has sided with a civil rights group that claimed Texas violated federal law by failing to register residents to vote when they updated their drivers’ license information online….

(Press Release) The City of Eagle Pass, through its Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC), will hold a Young Professionals Group Meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 6 p.m., at the International Center for Trade (ICT) West Room. Mayor Ramsey English-Cantu will lead a discussion on “Civic Responsibility,” which…

By: Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post April 3, 2018 President Trump on Tuesday signaled plans to escalate a crackdown on illegal immigration, announcing that the U.S. military will be sent to guard the U.S.-Mexico border and threatening foreign aid to Honduras. For the third straight day, Trump seized on…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 A task force of FBI Agents raided a residence located at 1693 El Indio Highway in Eagle Pass, Texas during the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 4, 2018, taking several boxes and bags of potential evidence from the residence….