(Press Release) On October 8, 2017, the White House released its long anticipated, “Immigration Principles and Policies,” which lay out many of the already-stated aspirations of the Trump administration on immigration. The laundry list represents a wholesale attack on immigration and immigrants. It includes not only limits on immigration generally,…

By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – PA PHILADELPHIA — Labor leaders say the House budget resolution that was passed last week would give huge tax breaks to the rich by cutting programs that help the poor and middle class. The Republican budget would cut almost $6 trillion from Medicare,…

By: Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO DENVER – Groups that advocate for children, the elderly and people with disabilities are rolling up their sleeves in the wake of the budget passed last week in the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure includes $150 billion in cuts to the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An Eagle Pass, Texas motorcyclist was in a vehicle collision with an automobile at Garrison Street near the McDonald’s Rstaurtant on Main and Garrison Streets on Friday, October 6, 2017, during the early morning hours. The automobile was driven by…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that a longtime Maverick County couple, Ernesto and Maria Ibarra of Eagle Pass, Texas, were found deceased with a gunshot wound to their chest on Friday, October 6, 2017, at approximately 12 Nooon-12:30 P.M….

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact When the Supreme Court hears arguments in Jennings v. Rodriguez, the Justices will tackle a question eight of them considered in 2016: whether the Constitution allows the government to detain noncitizens for more than six months without ever giving them an opportunity for a bond hearing….

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that state sales tax revenue totaled $2.36 billion in September, 10.4 percent more than in September 2016. “The double-digit growth in sales tax revenue was due to increased spending in the oil- and natural gas-related sectors,” Hegar said. “But moderate growth was…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Oct. 6, 2017 It’s been 10 weeks since Jose Deras was first locked up in the Harris County Jail. And because of Hurricane Harvey, it’s nearly impossible to predict how much longer he might be there. Deras — who is locked up for a…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Oct. 6, 2017 Texas isn’t the most unfairly redistricted state — if you use the measure cited by lawyers arguing this week before the U.S. Supreme Court — but the maps we use to elect people to Congress and the Texas Legislature are rigged…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Oct. 5, 2017 A district attorney has been probing whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke any laws by accepting a $100,000 gift from a CEO whose company was being investigated for alleged fraud, according to news reports. Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Wiley…