By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the potent Houston Astros offensive firepower in Game 1 of the 2017 World Series by the score of 3-1 as Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw hurled a gem of a game for the history books…

by Ashley Lopez, KUT News, The Texas Tribune Oct. 24, 2017 Advocates say Texas will run out of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program sooner than they thought. The program, which Congress failed to reauthorize last month, covers nearly 400,000 children from working-class families in the state. “It’s expected…

by Giulia Afiune, The Texas Tribune Oct. 24, 2017 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that an undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas can have the abortion she requested immediately, reversing a ruling issued Friday by a three-judge panel that blocked her from getting…

(Press Release) The U.S. Census Bureau announced that real median household income increased by 3.2 percent between 2015 and 2016, while the official poverty rate decreased 0.8 percentage points. At the same time, the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased. Median household income in the United States in…

By: Chandra Kring Villanueva, Center for Public Policy Priorities Making sure our children receive a quality education is essential for the future prosperity of Texas. To be successful academically, many students rely on programs like tutoring or bilingual education. But a new analysis from CPPP and University of Texas at…

(Press Release) A majority of Texans are not saving adequately for retirement. One key reason is that many do not have the opportunity to save at work, which is the best and most common way individuals build retirement savings. Texans Are Not Adequately Saving for Retirement • It is estimated…

By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact The Nobel Prizes, awarded annually in recognition of extraordinary achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace, have once again been won by Americans who came here as immigrants and refugees. Three out of the five Nobel Prize categories included immigrants or refugees….

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Only hours before President Trump’s third travel ban was set to go into effect Tuesday night, it was halted by the same federal court in Hawaii that stopped the second version of the travel ban in March. In his order, Judge Watson found that President…

By: Kristin Macleod-Ball, Immigration Impact U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a long track record of operating in the dark, with little transparency and accountability.  The most recent examples come from the agency’s failure to reveal information about its practice of sending agents to serve as translators in routine…

By: Katie Shepherd Immigrants facing deportation fare far better if they have a competent attorney representing them. For example, studies show that for asylum seekers, representation generally doubles the likelihood of being granted asylum. For many, the ability to secure competent representation in immigration court is truly a matter of…