By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas – Conservation groups, cities and business interests are fighting bills in the Texas Legislature that would strip municipalities of the ability to regulate the removal of old-growth trees. Dozens of people have testified before state House and Senate committees, with most speakers…

(Press Release) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent, assigned to the Eagle Pass Station, captured an armed suspect who had robbed a local railroad worker of his vehicle. “The U.S. Border Patrol’s primary mission is to secure the border,” said Acting Chief Matthew J. Hudak, Del Rio Sector. “Apprehending dangerous subjects is one…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2017 Protesters were arrested near the state Capitol on Wednesday in a demonstration designed to challenge the state’s position on an Obama-era immigration program and test Travis County’s immigration policy. Protest organizers said four of the 15 people arrested for blocking a street are beneficiaries of the Deferred…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has updated to note that the Texas Senate has given final approval to Senate Bill 5. The Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill Wednesday aiming to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud, largely by beefing up criminal…

(Press Release) The City of Eagle Pass was represented at the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Luncheon hosted by the Free Trade Alliance and U.S. Congressmen Will Hurd and Henry Cuellar in San Antonio, TX on Friday July 21, 2017. Eagle Pass and Laredo were the only two border…

(Press Release) The Eagle Pass Business & Economic Development (BEDC) held its first Executive Committee meeting on Monday, July 24, 2017, at IBC Bank.  The Executive Committee meeting was a huge milestone for the BEDC, which was launched at a kick-off luncheon on May 25, 2017. In just two months,…

by Kirby Wilson, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2017 *Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include the final Senate vote. No filibuster was going to kill annexation reform in the Texas Senate this time around. The Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed Senate Bill 6, which would allow residents of areas up for…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2017 The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to give teachers bonuses and to improve retired teachers’ health benefits  — but only after the bill’s author removed a controversial provision requiring school districts to cover the cost of teacher pay raises. The…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune July 26, 2017 The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave tentative approval to a measure that pre-empts local ordinances on drivers’ mobile phone usage, effectively rolling back safety laws in the 45 Texas cities where local governments enforce stricter regulations than the state. If the…

(Press Release) – Uvalde, TX, – Come September 1, 2017, SWTJC will allow concealed handguns to be carried on any of the colleges’ sites with the exceptions of the Pearsall and Hondo campuses. The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 11 during the 84th Legislative Session in 2015, which was signed into…