Eagle Pass BEDC Meet & Greet to be held January 10th
January 3rd, 2018(Press Release) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) will hold a Meet & Greet on January 10, 2018, at 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., at the International Center for Trade (West Room). All are welcome to come meet the dedicated volunteers of the BEDC. The BEDC will…
Eagle Pass City Council Ratifies Assistant City Manager Ivan Morua as Acting City Manager
January 3rd, 2018By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously ratified the appointment of Assistant City Manager Ivan Morua as Acting City Manager at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, after City Manager Arturo B. Rodriguez resigned on December 28,…
Eagle Pass City Council Approves Ordinance Prohibiting New Flea Markets Except in Industrial Zoning Areas
January 3rd, 2018By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved the first of three public readings of an Ordinance prohibiting new Flea Markets within the City Limits except in Industrial Zoning Areas while grandfathering existing conforming Flea Markets at their…
Eagle Pass Police Department Crime Report
January 2nd, 2018(Press Release) Thursday, December 28, 2017, 1:20 AM: An Eagle Pass Police Officer Spoke With a male complainant at the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department in regards to an assault. The male complainant alleged he and his girlfriend were assaulted by a known male and the Complainant’s ex-girlfriend along with a…
Two G.E.O. Guards Indicted for Attempting to Provide Contraband to Prisoners
January 2nd, 2018(Press Release) In San Antonio, a federal grand jury indicted two prison employees at the Central Texas Detention Facility – GEO (GEO) for allegedly attempting to provide contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge…
Texas’ ACA Signups Almost Match Last Year’s Enrollment
January 2nd, 2018By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – With the help of a coalition of consumer and faith-based groups, 1.1 million Texans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for 2018. The Cover Texas Now coalition stepped in after the Trump administration eliminated…
How a South Texas bureaucrat became a multimillionaire amid the rush to build a border fence
January 2nd, 2018by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, T. Christian Miller, ProPublica and Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 29, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. EDINBURG — A decade ago, Congress gave officials at the Department of Homeland Security a year to build 60 miles of fence in the…
Federal board to reconsider asylum request of Mexican reporter and son
January 2nd, 2018by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 28, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. A Mexican reporter and his son who were on the verge of deportation earlier this month after being denied their request for asylum will be able to appeal the decision, their lawyer confirmed on…
Julián Castro to launch new PAC
January 2nd, 2018by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Jan. 1, 2018 WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro will launch a political action committee on Tuesday that aims to support Democratic Party efforts to take control of the U.S. House and groom younger candidates. Castro’s PAC, Opportunity…
Eagle Pass BEDC State Procurement Workshop to be held January 10th
January 1st, 2018(Press Release) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) will hold a State Procurement Workshop on January 10, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the International Center for Trade (West Room). The workshop is free and open to anyone wanting to learn how to do business…
