by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 7, 2017 NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys for Texas and opponents of the state’s anti-“sanctuary cities” law underwent a 70-minute grilling on Tuesday in federal court. It was the second showdown in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals between the state and those…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2017 U.S. Rep. Al Green promised Wednesday morning that the U.S. House of Representatives would vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump sometime before Christmas of this year. His speech on the U.S. House floor marked the Houston Democrat’s second formal…

by Claire Allbright and Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Nov. 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Texas’ two U.S. senators found themselves under intense pressure Thursday after explosive allegations surfaced that a candidate both men have endorsed pursued underage teenage girls decades ago. The Washington Post is reporting that Roy Moore, the…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against three individuals for their alleged roles in a farm loan fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. The criminal complaint, filed this week, charges Barbara Serna Salinas, a 42-year-old former loan officer for the United…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Business and Economic Development Committee (BEDC) hosted Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Chief Engineer Bill Hale during his visit to Eagle Pass on Thursday, November 2, 2017.  Eagle Pass BEDC Director Ernie Gonzalez…

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2017 In the days after a lone gunman at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs left at least 26 people dead, some members of the Texas Legislature are pushing for their fellow legislators and other top officials to examine whether the state’s…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 City of Eagle Pass, Texas Police Department Detective Gabriel Perez, Sr. was honored on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, by the Eagle Pass City Council during their regular meeting on his official retirement from the local police department after 26 years…

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the news of Cárdenas’ execution. Texas executed a Mexican national late Wednesday night despite a flurry of last-minute appeals and objections from his native country and United Nations human rights experts. Death row…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles battle arch-rival Del Rio High School Rams on Friday, November 10, 2017, at 7:30 P.M. at Del Rio, Texas for the 2017 District 29-6A Football Championship. The Eagles are currently tied for…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Nov. 8, 2017 For the second time in the last year, the State Board of Education rejected a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook, leaving teachers without any state-approved materials for Mexican-American studies courses. The board voted almost unanimously Wednesday to reject author Tony Diaz’s textbook,…