Eagle Pass Police Department Crime Report
February 5th, 2018Friday, February 2, 2018, 2:03 PM: Eagle Pass Police Officers, conducting an investigation spoke with a 25 year female at an address within the 1800 block of Cox Street. As a result of the investigation the female; 25 year old Erika Lucero Mendez Andrade was subsequently arrested. During the course…
Today is the deadline to register to vote in time for the 2018 primaries
February 5th, 2018by Rishika Dugyala, The Texas Tribune Feb. 5, 2018 Editor’s note: This story was originally published a week before the voter registration deadline. It has been updated to reflect that the Feb. 5 deadline is today. Texas will host the first statewide primaries of 2018 on March 6 and for…
White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality
February 5th, 2018by Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Feb. 3, 2018 The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, according to two administration officials briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision…
Study: Treated Oil, Gas Wastewater Leaves Radioactive Contamination
February 5th, 2018By: Dan Heyman, Public News Service – WV CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over time, treated oil and gas wastewater is leaving radioactive deposits in the stream beds where it is released, scientists have found. A team of Duke University researchers found highly elevated levels of radium in the mud where three…
Amarillo-area nuclear weapons plant affected by cost overruns for federal program
February 5th, 2018by Peter Cary and Patrick Malone, Center for Public Integrity, The Texas Tribune Feb. 5, 2018 Consolidating the management of two critical sites where nuclear weapons are assembled would yield huge taxpayer savings, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) promised in 2013 – as much as $3.27 billion over a…
Analysis: Tax breaks and big red fire trucks
February 5th, 2018by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Feb. 5, 2018 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. The dispute between the state of Texas and local governments isn’t always about money, but that’s where the real fighting takes place. Reduced to its…
Philadelphia Eagles Dethrone Defending Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl 52
February 4th, 2018By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Philadephia Eagles dethroned the defending Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots 41-33 in the NFL’s Super Bowl 52 held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, February 4, 2018. The underdog Eagles led by reserve quarterback…
Immigrant rights groups say federal policy change will dissuade some asylum seekers
February 2nd, 2018by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Feb. 2, 2018 The federal government announced this week that it is going to fast-track recently filed asylum requests as a means to help eliminate the extreme backlog of applicants that make the system susceptible to fraud. But immigration attorneys and immigrant rights groups…
Report: Sexual Assault Even More Prevalent Off-Campus
February 2nd, 2018By: Mona Shand, Public News Service – MI ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan State University and other colleges have been in the spotlight with high profile cases of sexual assault. A new report doesn’t dispute the big problems on campus, but it makes the point that women who don’t attend…
Federal Judge Nixes Florida’s Voter-Restoration Process
February 2nd, 2018By: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service – FL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a surprise victory for voting rights advocates, a federal judge has ruled Florida’s current system for restoring voting rights to people after their release from prison is unconstitutional. US District Judge Mark Walker said the process used by…
