By: Laurie Stern, Public News Service – MN MINNEAPOLIS – The Federal Communications Commission says it will vote Dec. 14 to repeal net neutrality. Critics say that decision would enrich giant telecommunications companies and put them in charge of what people see, and don’t see, on the Internet. That’s because…

by Abby Livingston and Claire Allbright, The Texas Tribune Nov. 30, 2017 WASHINGTON — Embattled U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, announced his retirement from Congress on Thursday. “I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks Head Football Coach Eric Villaseñor has authorized the Eagle Pass Business Journal to announce the 2017 District 29-5A All-District Football Team Honors as selected by the District Head Coaches after all…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 With all four District 29-6A Football Team Representatives eliminated from the 2017 U.I.L. Post-Season Playoffs, Eagle Pass High School Head Football Coach Tom Gonzalez has authorized the Eagle Pass Business Journal to release the 2017 District 29-6A All-District Football…

by Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Nov. 24, 2017 Three years ago, a series of quakes rattled North Texas — and some residents’ nerves. Larry Walden, a Parker County commissioner, remembers a public meeting at the time in which residents complained about cracked houses, damaged foundations and even a hen…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 27, 2017 Texas A&M University football coach Kevin Sumlin may have had his pride wounded when he was fired this weekend. But financially, he’ll be no worse off. Thanks to a raise and contract extension awarded to him in 2013, Sumlin is still…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 27, 2017 ORANGE — With her husband incarcerated on a murder charge, Jacquene Fontenot single-handedly wakes and dresses five kids under the age of 5 every morning, drops them off at a local child care center and drives two hours to her job…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 25, 2017 For the second time in as many years, the Texas Education Agency is under fire over how it manages special education in the state. Last week, the agency fired its new special education director, Laurie Kash, after employees at a prior…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An Eagle Pass, Texas Mexican Consulate Employee, Emanuel Martinez Guevara, age 39, and his family were involved in a rollover automobile accident near Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on Saturday, November 25, 2017, announced Mexican authorities. Martinez and his family were…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles fell to the Edinburg Vela High School Sabercats in the 2017 U.I.L. Region IV 6A, Division 2 Area Football Championship 28 to 10 in a hard fought game on Friday, November 24,…