by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2017 Bill McRaven, the nationally famous and lately embattled chancellor of the University of Texas System, is stepping down in May. He announced the decision Friday afternoon during a meeting over the phone with the UT System’s Board of Regents. It comes…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas is hosting “Holiday Family Literacy Night” on Monday, December 18, 2017, from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at San Juan Plaza, allowing children to meet and greet Santa Claus and participate in the Christmas…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An 10 year old boy from Eagle Pass, Texas accidentally shot himself in the right leg with his grandfather’s deer hunting rifle on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at approximately 3:30 P.M.. Allegedly, the 10 year old boy handled the rifle…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass businessman and Chamber of Commerce President William “Billy” Davis easily won the City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council Place 1 Special Election held on December 16, 2017, at the Multi-Purpose Center. Davis received a total of 426…

By: Roz Brown, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The way people use the internet could radically change now that the Federal Communications Commission has scrapped net neutrality. As expected, the five-member FCC ended regulations that guaranteed equal access to the internet. In a party-line vote, the commission…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Dec. 14, 2017 A top lawyer in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has resigned after making comments on social media belittling the recent flood of women who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations. Andrew Leonie was an associate deputy attorney general prior to…

by Julián Aguilar and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2017 BROWNSVILLE — One day several years ago, a crew of federal contractors turned up behind Melissa Solis’ family home, a modest house with white siding surrounded by fruit trees and…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2017 The Trump administration is guaranteeing Texas $135 million to continue helping more than 450,000 uninsured children and pregnant women if Congress doesn’t renew authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Charles Smith, executive commissioner for the Texas Health and Human Services…

(Press Release) The Eagle Pass BEDC in partnership with the Middle Rio Grande Development Council will hold the first Regional Economic Development Forum on January 25, 2018, at the International Center for Trade.  The forum has been in the works for several weeks and BEDC staff advisors Janice and Ernie…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Texas Senator Carlos Uresti of San Antonio, Texas visited several Eagle Pass children day care centers and senior citizens’ rehabilitation and care centers to donate toys and gifts to needy children and senior citizens in the community during December 13…