By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — While it may not pay to pollute in Texas, a new report finds it certainly doesn’t cost very much. A joint study by Environment Texas and the Environmental Integrity Project said that between 2011 and 2016, Texas regulators imposed penalties on fewer…

by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2017 Listen to Emmanuel Garza explain why he wanted House Bill 2107 — which would’ve expanded the use of medical marijuana — to pass. Madelynn Garza had her first seizure at three months old. She was born with Aicardi Syndrome, a disease…

In Midland, Texas, FBI agents arrested 55–year-old Lorenzo Padilla Hernandez, Presidio County Precinct 3 Commissioner, and 65-year-old Carlos Eduardo Nieto, Special Projects Coordinator for the City of Presidio and Presidio Independent School District trustee, on federal bribery, fraud, and deprivation of honest services charges announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Former New York Yankee legendary player Yogi Berra is credited with saying “It’s not over till it’s over” in 1973. The Eagle Pass Little League Baseball 12 Under (majors) All-Stars trust and confidence among themselves as a team assisted…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Cleo Bustamante Enterprises, Inc. celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of its newest and third Church’s Chicken franchise restaurant in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday, July 8, 2017 amidst over 100 persons and local public dignitaries in…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 California-based Blue Wave Express Car Wash celebrated the grand opening of its newest retail car wash facility in Eagle Pass, Texas located at 645 South Bibb Avenue, adjacent to Chick-Fil-A, on Friday, July 7, 2017 with over 50 persons in…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County together with the Driscoll Health Plan and the Texas A&M Colonias Program are sponsoring two summer back to school health fairs, one on Thursday, July 13, 2017 and another one on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, for all school…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass, Texas Mayor Ramsey English Cantu announced that Discount Tire is opening a new retail tire store in Eagle Pass on Bibb Avenue, adjacent to the Blue Wave Express Car Wash, in the immediate future. Mayor Cantu noted that…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The mighty Eagle Pass Little League 11 Under Girls Softball All-Stars Team swept powerhouse Helotes Little League in two consecutive games to clinch the coveted Texas West Sectional 3 Championship on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Fredericksburg, Texas, advancing…

by Marcelo Rochabrun ProPublica, July 7, 2017, 8 a.m. The head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit in charge of deportations has directed his officers to take action against all undocumented immigrants they may cross paths with, regardless of criminal histories. The guidance appears to go beyond the Trump…