by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Sept. 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders came to an agreement on Wednesday to tie Hurricane Harvey relief to a host of pressing fiscal issues the federal government must address in the coming weeks. The deal, announced by House and Senate…

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Sept. 5, 2017 The state of Texas can use its revised voter ID measure for the 2018 November elections, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The 2-1 decision, first reported by Politico Tuesday night, came from a panel of three federal judges on…

(Press Release) AUSTIN – Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton released the following statement regarding the status of Texas’ gasoline supply in the wake of Hurricane Harvey panic buying:   “Texas’ energy infrastructure is recovering quickly from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Harvey. The industry and state and federal governments have worked…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the Ordinance establishing the 2017-2018 Tax Rate and Fiscal Year Budget at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 held at City Hall in…

(Press Release) “A civilized society does not punish nearly 800,000 young people for coming out of the shadows, a place they found themselves by no fault of their own. Over 124,000 young people in Texas will be negatively impacted. As a member of the Texas Legislature for 20 years, I…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, condemns President Trump for directing his Administration to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which successfully gives hundreds of thousands of young people the opportunity to live, work,…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 800,000 young adults who have thrived in the U.S. and helped grow the economy with protection from deportation and a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), had their dreams shattered Tuesday after the Trump administration announced plans to phase out…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 5, 2017 The Trump Administration made it official Tuesday: It will end an Obama-era program that has granted relief from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement that the administration will phase out the…

by Ala’a Ibrahim, The Texas Tribune Sept. 4, 2017 Alongside thousands of Texas homes and businesses impacted by Hurricane Harvey, floodwaters also damaged hundreds of roads and highways across the region. Prolonged flooding can wash out bridges, knock down traffic signals and signs and cause asphalt to buckle. Last week,…

by Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, The Texas Tribune Sept. 4, 2017 Oil refineries and chemical plants across the Texas Gulf Coast released more than 1 million pounds of dangerous air pollutants in the week after Harvey struck, according to public regulatory filings aggregated by the Center for Biological Diversity….