by Julián Aguilar, Abby Livingston and Claire Allbright, The Texas Tribune Sept. 14, 2017 WASHINGTON – Confusion reigned Thursday morning after President Donald Trump offered conflicting statements on the state of a possible deal with Democratic leadership that would both extend an Obama-era immigration program and beef up border security….

by By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Lisa Song and Al Shaw, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune Sept. 14, 2017 As a longtime resident of Manchester, Guadalupe Hernandez is used to the chemical smells that waft through his southeast Houston neighborhood, a low-income, predominantly Hispanic community near a Valero Energy…

by Alexa Ura and Annie Daniel, The Texas Tribune Sept. 14, 2017 On the economic front, 2016 was a year of modest improvements for Texas residents. Incomes continued to creep up. Overall poverty slightly dipped. The share of poor children in some areas of the state with the highest rates…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Sept. 14, 2017 The winding road that leads to Compassionate Cultivation could easily be mistaken for a dead end. It takes several seconds before drivers get off the main road and end up at a warehouse immediately surrounded by a dirt lot. In a…

by Kirby Wilson, The Texas Tribune Sept. 14, 2017 Just months after her son David took his own life, Maurine Molak began to organize. She and her husband, Matt, who live in San Antonio, founded David’s Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to cyberbullying victim advocacy. Maurine said they met with…

Local attorney Maribel Flores has declared her candidacy for the judgeship of the 293rd District Court in the March 2018 primary.  Flores will be filing an application for a place on the ballot in the upcoming elections. Flores has been practicing law in Eagle Pass and the surrounding communities for…

by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 12, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a serious setback to those hoping Texas would see new congressional and House district maps ahead of the 2018 elections. In separate orders issued Tuesday, the high court blocked two lower court…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Oral arguments for the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, Maverick County, and Maverick County Environmental and Public Health Association’s appeal of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) grant of a renewal, extension, and expansion of a controversial coal mining…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Former Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School standout Lady Mavericks softball player MaryChelo Flores was named to the 2017-2018 Texas State University Bobcats Softball Team as a freshman walk-on, a difficult feat and honor. MaryChelo Flores participated in…

by Alex Arriaga, The Texas Tribune Sept. 12, 2017 More Texans are insured now than four years ago — but the state is still home to 4.5 million people without health coverage, the largest share in the country. A new United States Census Bureau report shows the percentage of uninsured…