(Press Release) Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed a short-sighted tax scheme, which was similar to the version the U.S. House passed last month. The two versions of the tax bill now head to a conference committee process to reconcile differences. Both the Senate and House versions of the…

by Alex Samuels and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Dec. 6, 2017 When PDQ Resharpening opened in 1999, it had just one customer. In the years since, co-owner Shane Killingsworth said, the Houston-based drill-bit sharpening business has expanded tenfold. He credits that successful growth largely to one resource: fast internet…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 7, 2017 The Department of Homeland Security’s announcement this week that its border enforcement strategy had resulted in a sharp decline in illegal crossings has renewed questions as to why the Trump administration wants even more agents on the southwest border. U.S. Border…

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Dec. 6, 2017 Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez announced Wednesday she’s running as a Democrat for Texas governor, joining an already crowded field of contenders lined up to challenge Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in 2018. Here’s a closer look at Valdez, the first openly…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX BEAUMONT, Texas — Three months after Hurricane Harvey hit southeast Texas, nearly half of the residents affected by the storm say they are not receiving the help they need to recover. A joint survey by the Episcopal Health Foundation and the Kaiser…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Business and Economic Development Committee (BEDC) Chairman Morris Libson, Jr. announced that the BEDC and the Middle Rio Grande Development Council (MRGDC) are hosting a Collaborative Regional Economic Development Forum on Thursday, January 25,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 A few City of Eagle Pass, Texas real property owners either presented themselves or expressed their opposition to the proposed Involuntary Annexation of 1,804 Acres by the City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council at the first public hearing held…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 5, 2017 Federal border and immigration officials said Tuesday that the number of people caught trying to enter the country illegally reached near-historic lows during the government’s 2017 fiscal year, which ended on Sept 30. Yet the number of unaccompanied minors and families…

by Giulia Afiune, The Texas Tribune Dec. 5, 2017 Three months after Hurricane Harvey, 11 percent of Texas Gulf Coast residents said they were still displaced and 33 percent said they had been late on rent or mortgage payments, according to a new survey published Tuesday by Kaiser Health News…

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Dec. 5, 2017 Several Texas state senators on Tuesday expressed support for the closure of at least some of the state’s remaining youth lockups. The lawmakers’ comments, made at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, came as the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is entangled in…