Written by Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact When President Trump terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative last fall, he only allowed those whose DACA was due to expire before March 5 an opportunity to renew. March 5, 2018 then became the de facto deadline that the president and Congress…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – AR LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – If President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports start a trade war, Arkansas could take an almost $400 million hit to its economy. Agricultural economists at the University of Arkansas say if the state’s major trading…

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 9, 2018 HOUSTON — Coming off the worst bust in decades, oil industry executives — particularly those doing business in Texas — are resoundingly upbeat about the business thanks to higher prices, new cost-saving technologies and projections of growing global demand. That’s been…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – OR PORTLAND, Ore. – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and health professionals are stressing that people should get screened. Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Doctors suggest that people age 50 and older be screened,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County citizen Angelica Sanchez denounced the Maverick County Vector Control under the Road and Bridge Department of releasing dogs in the Chula Vista Subdivision in southern Maverick County, Texas along the Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Maverick County Democratic Party Chairman Luis Alfonso “Poncho” Ruiz announced that four Maverick County Democratic Party Races will go to a Run-Off Election, including the Maverick County Judge race between incumbent David R. Saucedo and challenger Rudy Bowles, the Maverick…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reports an 18 Wheeler Tractor Trailer’s load caught on fire while traveling on United States 277 North Highway in Maverick County, Texas near the Maverick County and Kinney County line on Friday, March 9, 2018….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Eagle Pass Independent School District announced through a press release that District Chief of Police Jose “Joe” Ramos was reassigned within the School District on Thursday, March 8, 2018, stating that it was “in the best interest of the…

By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – CA SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new lawsuit against California’s so-called sanctuary state laws is drawing withering criticism from lawmakers and groups that support immigrant rights. Sessions argues California is violating the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which says federal…

By: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service – FL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida state lawmakers have given final passage to a gun-safety package that raises the legal age for buying rifles and imposes a three-day waiting period on all firearms sales, while also allowing the arming of some public-school personnel. Wednesday’s…