by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune Jan. 31, 2018 Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is calling on House members to investigate the Texas Health and Human Services Commission after a state audit report revealed mishandling of a contract with a health insurance company. The State Auditor’s Office released a 44-page…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 One of the unique features of the 2018 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show (MCJLS) was a Photography Contest for students and adults held during Wednesday, January 24, 2018, said Olga Ramos, MCJLS Photograpy Superintent. Ramos announced the winners of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The 2018 Maverick County Junior Livestock and Sale (MCJLS) was dedicated to longtime Maverick County farmer and rancher, Co-Founder of the MCJLS, former President of MCJLS, former Maverick County Deputy Sheriff, and U.S. Military Veteran Travis Kelly of Quemado,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The 2018 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale (MCJLS) held during January 24-27, 2018 at the Zan Matthies Showbarn at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas expanded from three to four days and had over 300…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica Jan. 30, 2018 The kickback scheme was allegedly hashed out over weeknight drinks at a steakhouse in McAllen. Amid surf and turf and expensive scotch, a Hidalgo County official said he would meet with contractors in the clubby confines…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Jan. 30, 2018 The Texas economy is growing healthily, but that doesn’t mean state budget writers will have more money at their disposal next year, state officials said Tuesday. In fact, though unemployment is low and tax revenue is on the rise, big bills…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – OR SEATTLE – While President Donald Trump addresses Congress tonight, women will be holding their own State of the Union. Groups representing sexual-assault survivors, mothers, communities of color and many more are gathering at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the…

By: Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service – FL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers and conservation advocates is expected to host more than 200 anti-fracking activists during a rally at the Capitol calling for a fracking ban, conservation funding and more. House Bill 237 by Rep. Kathleen Peters,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported an automobile accident on Coyunda Street in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday, January 27, 2018 between a 1987 Silver Jeep Cherokee driven by a female person and a parked 2007 White Ford Focus vehicle….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported that a rear-end collision involving two pick-up trucks on U.S. Highway 277 North on Friday, January 26, 2018, injured two persons, requiring that they be transported by ambulance to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical…