by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Sept. 26, 2017 Texas has one of the highest child marriage rates in the country, but a new law seeks to change that. In May, Texas joined a growing number of states cracking down on child marriage when Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill…

(PSA) The City of Eagle Pass Emergency Operation Center is issuing the following watch for those who live, work, or are visiting the City of Eagle Pass and Maverick County. A Flash Flood Watch has been issued from the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX for our area this afternoon,…

(Press Release) The City of Eagle Pass, through its Business & Economic Development Committee (BEDC) will hold two major events on September 28, 2017, at the International Center for Trade in Eagle Pass, TX. The “Ready-to-Work” Collaborative Career Fair will be held in two separate sessions. Session 1 – High…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 25, 2017 A panel of three appellate judges ruled on Monday that parts of the state’s immigration enforcement legislation, Senate Bill 4, can go into effect while the case plays out on appeal. Last month, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia halted the part…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – Children’s advocates are concerned that health insurance for almost 400,000 children in Texas is being held prisoner by partisan politics. Senate Republicans, making a last ditch effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, have put re-authorization of the Children’s…

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Sept. 25, 2017 Texas outpaced the nation’s increase in murders and other violent crimes last year compared to 2015, according to the latest crime data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday. In Texas and across the country, violent crime rates ticked up…

by Brandon Formby and Alana Rocha, The Texas Tribune Sept. 25, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Gov. Abbott’s statements on tapping the Rainy Day Fund. HOUSTON — Mayor Sylvester Turner said that a lack of immediate state funding for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts is forcing…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Sept. 25, 2017 State Rep. John Raney, R-College Station, represents a district flush with college students and considers higher education one of his legislative priorities. So it was “shocking” for him to learn that no Texas law prevented sex offenders from living in campus…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, United States District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 33–year-old Adrian Pineda-Orozco, an undocumented alien residing in Houston, to 50 years in federal prison for his role in scheme to smuggle over 43 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine into the United States announced United States Attorney Richard L….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 During early Saturday, September 23, 2017, the Eagle Pass Independent School District Police Department was contacted regarding an explosive device and a grenade left outside the front gate to the District Service Center on Eidson Road in Eagle Pass,…