State Sen. Carlos Uresti got 11 felony convictions for a Ponzi scheme. The Texas Ethics Commission added a $500 fine.
March 16th, 2018By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2018 On the heels of 11 felony convictions, bipartisan calls for his resignation, an intra-party challenger for his next election campaign and his wife of six years filing for divorce, state Sen. Carlos Uresti on Friday got insult added to injury with…
Fracking Report Finds Unacceptable Risks
March 16th, 2018By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – PA HARRISBURG, Pa. – The fifth Fracking Health Compendium finds that the oil and gas drilling technique poses high risks to food, water and the climate, and cannot be done safely. The report is a compilation of the rapidly growing body of scientific…
Former state Rep. Norma Chávez sues over alleged election fraud in race to replace U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
March 16th, 2018By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2018 A former El Paso state representative and two other candidates who lost their primary elections for U.S. Congress by a landslide have filed a lawsuit in El Paso County alleging voter fraud. The lawsuit, first reported by the El Paso Times,…
Texas prisons to update LGBT policy after lawsuit from transgender inmate who was beaten, raped
March 16th, 2018By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2018 A lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman who was beaten and raped in a Texas prison for men has ended with a monetary settlement and an updated LGBT policy at the state’s prison system, according to an LGBT rights…
Analysis: Not a blue wave, but deep enough to get some Republican feet wet
March 16th, 2018By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2018 Not every political consultant will flash their list of government seats they believe are up for grabs this year. But some will, and here’s the thing: The Democratic and Republican consultants agree on a lot of the names. Republican incumbents in…
San Antonio Convicted Felon Arrested at Eagle Pass Hotel
March 15th, 2018(Press Release) On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the Hampton Inn located within the 3300 block of East Main Street in reference to an unwanted subject. Investigating officers were informed of a male subject in a hotel room who failed to leave…
A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies
March 15th, 2018By: Nina Martin, ProPublica In Great Britain, midwives deliver half of all babies, including Kate Middleton’s first two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. In Sweden, Norway and France, midwives oversee most expectant and new mothers, enabling obstetricians to concentrate on high-risk births. In Canada and New Zealand, midwives are…
ACLU lawsuit alleges ICE field office in El Paso among those holding asylum seekers without cause
March 15th, 2018By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2018 The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the El Paso field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with four other ICE field offices, for allegedly holding asylum seekers in detention without cause….
Link Cited Between Mass Shootings, Domestic Violence
March 15th, 2018By: Dan Heyman, Public News Service – WV CHARLESTON, W.Va. – There is a strong link between mass shootings and domestic violence, according to an analysis of seven years of shootings by the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. The study found the majority “involve domestic or family violence.”…
Report: Major Texas industrial facilities rank first nationally in illegal water pollution
March 15th, 2018By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2018 About half of Texas’ major industrial facilities released illegal levels of pollution into rivers, lakes and other waterways over a 21-month period ending September 2017, according to a new report by Environment Texas and California-based think tank Frontier Group. Analyzing self-reported…
