Principals aren’t registering high schoolers to vote. Texas is turning to superintendents.
September 15th, 2017by Jim Malewitz and Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Sept. 15, 2017 In 1983, State Rep. Paul Ragsdale saw a problem in Texas high schools: Students weren’t registering to vote. “In certain counties in this state, difficulties have arisen with the ability to go onto high school campuses to register…
Report: TX Cities Need Policies to Control Stormwater Runoff
September 15th, 2017By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – Rain is the lifeblood of Texas, but a new study shows that when there’s too much of it, the state’s major cities need to do more to prevent stormwater damage. While incidents such as Hurricane Harvey are extreme examples…
EPA approves expedited loan funding for Harvey-related water projects
September 15th, 2017by Katie Riordan, The Texas Tribune Sept. 15, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency this week approved a request from Texas officials to expedite funding to help local governments restore water and wastewater systems damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Water Development Board, which administers an EPA low-interest loan program for…
UT-Austin changes automatic admissions threshold from 7 to 6 percent
September 15th, 2017by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune Sept. 15, 2017 It just got a little harder to get into the University of Texas at Austin. The top-ranked public university in the state announced Friday that students hoping to enroll as undergraduates in the fall of 2019 will need to be in…
2017 EPISD Stadium Rules/Tips for Eagle Pass Eagles vs C.C. Winn Mavericks Football Game
September 15th, 2017(EPISD-Press Release) Tip 1: Signs Paper banners or painted posters are not allowed in the stadium, but spirit signs are allowed to be tied to the stadium railing as long as they don’t obstruct view and are in good taste and inoffensive. Tip 2: Prohibited Items Balloons, confetti, confetti cannons,…
Eagle Pass Eagles Clash With Eagle Pass Winn Mavericks in 12th Annual City Football Rivalry
September 14th, 2017By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass High School Eagles will clash with their cross-town rival, the thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks, in the 12th Annual City Football Rivalry on Friday, September 15, 2017, at 7:30 P.M. at…
Relatives of Undocumented Children Caught Up in ICE Dragnet
September 14th, 2017By: Hannah Dreie, ProPublica This summer, a Kansas City man named Edwin got a call from immigration officials. They had picked up his nephew at the southern border and wanted to release the teen into his care. So Edwin went online and bought a bed. Later that week, he was…
Reliving Agent Orange: What The Children of Vietnam Vets Have To Say
September 14th, 2017By: Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica For the past year, ProPublica and The Virginian-Pilot have examined how Agent Orange has impacted the health of Vietnam vets. We’ve written about Blue Water Navy veterans who are currently ineligible for benefits, as well as vets with bladder cancer and their struggle for compensation….
Gap between Texas and U.S. in Health Coverage Continues to Widen, Census Shows
September 14th, 2017Today’s U.S. Census data release confirms that the number of Texans without health insurance continued to decline in 2016, with uninsured Texans dropping by 70,000 from the 2015 number, and by over 1.2 million since 2013. But despite the progress, Texas still has both the largest number (4.5 million) and…
Eagle Pass – TxDOT traffic signal activation to flashing yellow (FM 1021)-red (SL 480) mode
September 14th, 2017(Press Release) Effective today, Thursday, September 14, 2017, the new traffic signal at the intersection of FM 1021 (El Indio Highway) and State Loop (SL) 480 in Eagle Pass in Maverick Co. was placed on flashing yellow (FM 1021)-red (SL 480) mode. It will remain in flashing mode until fully…
