By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1’s Main Water Canal has been repaired by District work crews and is slowly taking on water to go operational effective immediately, announced Javier Mancha, MCWCID No. 1 Board President.  Previously…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2017 The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion into public schools and help out struggling small, rural school districts. House members voted 130-12 to approve the lower chamber’s main piece of school finance legislation,…

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2017 Texas Republican leaders are pushing the state to become the latest that bars paycheck deductions for certain public employees to cover membership dues for labor unions or associations. The measure, proponents say, is needed to kick the government out of the…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note that the Texas House gave final approval to House Bill 215. Doctors performing abortions on minors would be required to report additional information to the state under a new measure given early…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2017 U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday unveiled a $15 billion border-security bill that calls for a combination of technology and barriers on the southern border and looks to get tougher on “sanctuary” jurisdictions that don’t enforce federal immigration laws. During a…

BY D’VERA COHN, PEW RESEARCH CENTER Lawful immigrants account for three-quarters of the foreign-born population in the U.S. – 33.8 million people out of 44.7 million in 2015, the most recent year for which numbers were available. Among lawful immigrants, those who hold U.S. citizenship (19.8 million in 2015) outnumber lawful permanent residents (11.9 million)….

BY ANA GONZALEZ-BARRERA, PEW RESEARCH CENTER The overall percentage of lawful immigrants to the United States choosing to apply for and gaining citizenship is at its highest level in more than two decades. Yet in terms of naturalization rate, Mexicans – the single largest group of lawful immigrants by country of…

BY JANELL FETTEROLF, PEW RESEARCH CENTER People around the world strongly disapprove of President Donald Trump’s signature policies, according to a spring Pew Research Center survey of 37 countries and findings from the United States. But one policy stands out for its unpopularity: the president’s planned U.S.-Mexico border wall. In 18 of the…

BY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD, Pew Research Center The annual growth rate of the U.S. Hispanic population remained flat between 2016 and 2017, but Hispanics continue to account for more of the nation’s overall population growth than any other race or ethnicity, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of preliminary…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2017 When David Hatcher got a blood test at his oncologist’s office two summers ago, the doctor spelled out his results decisively: “The bad news is you’ve got leukemia. The good news: It’s the kind we can treat with a pill.” A…