(Press Release) Getting a head-start to give local residents plenty of time to participate in an important award process, the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce announced it is now accepting nominations for selection of the “Citizen of the Year” for the year 2017. The purpose of this annual award is…

(Press Release) – The Texas Border Coalition (TBC) today urged the Trump Administration and Congress to recognize the importance of trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada and modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in a way that boosts economic growth, jobs and wages while helping secure the…

By: Dan Heyman, Public News Service – VA RICHMOND, Va. — Analysts say the tax bill moving quickly through Congress benefits corporations, rich professionals and wealthy families at the expense of the national deficit and, ultimately, everyone else. Republicans have promised that the tax bill will raise wages. But they…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Nov. 20, 2017 The 181 members of the Texas Legislature are not sovereigns — it just seems that way. Give them credit for giving the pent-up backlash against sexual harassment some attention. They’re trying to develop policies that will protect harassment victims and give…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Nov. 20, 2017 College in Texas will become a little more expensive in 2018. Following a legislative session in which major funding cuts were considered, five of the state’s six big public university systems have signaled an intent to raise undergraduate tuition for the…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Nov. 20, 2017 Former lawmakers and legislative aides have told The Texas Tribune that sexual harassment regularly goes unchecked at the state Capitol. And sexual harassment policies rely on officials with little incentive or authority to enforce them, particularly in cases of harassment by…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 A United States Border Patrol Agent, Rogelio Martinez, age 36, died from injuries sustained on Sunday, November 19, 2017 and another Border Patrol Agent serving with Martinez was injured while on patrol during the line of duty near U.S. Interstate…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County’s candidate registration period for the Texas March 6, 2018 Primary Election opened on November 11, 2017 and will continue until December 11, 2017, announced Luis Alfonso Ruiz, Jr., Interim Chairman of the Maverick County Democratic Party. Ruiz announced…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Two train locomotives pulling a large number of railroad cars loaded with new automobiles manufactured in Mexico and being imported into the United States derailed on Friday, November 17, 2017, at approximately 11 A.M. at the Union Pacific Railroad Yard…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks were blanked by the District 30-5A South Division Champion Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial High School Eagles 35-0 in their 2017 Region IV 5A, Division I Bi-District Football Championship on…