(Press Release) The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), entrepreneurs, and startup companies today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court in Washington, D.C. to compel the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) pending final judgment of the suit brought by NVCA…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Sept. 27, 2017 A license to carry a handgun in Texas used to be unaffordable for many Texans, including Cole Parker of Deer Park. That changed Sept. 1, he said, when a new state law went into effect, significantly reducing the cost to get…

by Marissa Evans and Todd Wiseman, The Texas Tribune Sept. 27, 2017 Under a new law that took effect Sept. 1, insurance companies may not cover mental health and substance abuse care differently than they cover medical care. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2017/09/27/texans-get-help-reaping-mental-health-insurance-benefits/.   Texas…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX EAGLE LAKE, Texas – Hurricane Harvey disrupted the lives of millions of people along the Texas Gulf Coast, but also may have damaged or destroyed as many as a dozen critical wildlife habitats. The massive storm, with 120-mph winds and rainfall measured…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Two former Maverick County Sheriff’s Department employees, Daniel Cruz and Armando Sanchez, federal lawsuit against Maverick County and the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department for non-payment of overtime hours while working at the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department will be heard in…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Second Annual United States-Mexico Strategic Law Enforcement Seminar sponsored by American Consul General Phillip Linderman of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico was held during September 26-28, 2017, at the Eagle Pass International Center for Trade in Eagle Pass, Texas….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles battle District 29-6A nemesis Laredo LBJ High School Wolves on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at 7 P.M. at the Laredo United Independent School District Student Activity Complex in Laredo, Texas in a…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 October 2017 is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, said Perla Vela, Case Manager at Quad Counties Council-New Horizons Outreach Program and a member of The Maverick County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Maverick County Coalition Against Domestic Violence is…

Judy Canales of Eagle Pass announces she will run to represent the people of Southwest and far West Texas in the U.S. Congress’ 23rd District. The district is currently represented by Will Hurd, (R) of Helotes. Ms. Canales said, “I am running to represent the people of the 23rd congressional…

(Press Release) Texas Association of Community Health Centers Executive Director José E. Camacho issued the following statement – “On September 30 the Community Health Center Fund will expire unless Congress takes action to renew it. The $3.6 billion annual fund provides Community Health Centers with the critical resources to care…