By: Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News People getting subsidies to help buy health insurance would see at least three sharp changes — tied to both age and income — that could dramatically affect how much they pay for coverage if the Senate Republican health plan becomes law. The Senate bill released…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2017 The Trump administration has officially entered the courtroom battle over Senate Bill 4, Texas’ immigration-enforcement bill. On Friday, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in the federal court case. The state was sued over the measure…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2017 Saying that a new Texas law allowing child welfare providers to deny adoptions to parents based on “sincerely held religious beliefs” is discriminatory, California’s attorney general on Thursday banned state-funded travel to Texas. The attorney general’s office said in a news…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX PLANO, Texas – Methane and other toxic byproducts from oil and gas exploration will, by 2025, make Texas the worst state in the nation for public health problems from toxic pollution, according to a new report. The study, produced by the Texas Grassroots…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune June 21, 2017 A federal judge has blocked a Salt Lake City-based company’s purchase of Waste Control Specialists, further jeopardizing the Dallas company’s plans to expand the nuclear waste dump it operates in West Texas. U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson of Delaware on Wednesday sided…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2017 The state’s population is still booming, and Hispanic Texans are driving a large portion of that growth. New population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that just over half of Texas’ population increase since 2010 can be attributed…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Texas State Representative Poncho Nevarez announced his intention to seek re-election to the Texas House of Representatives District 74 for a fourth consecutive term.   Nevarez noted that he was successful in drafting and approving several legislative bills during the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas is hosting “The Johnny Canales” TV Show on Wednesday, June 21. 2017, at 6 P.M. at the City’s International Center for Trade, located at 3295 Bob Rogers Drive, with a live Tejano music concert…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Passan William Vieths, age 53, passed away from the fatal injuries sustained in an accident between his motorcycle and a Jeep Sahara on Monday, June 19, 2017, at approximately 1 P.M. on North Veterans Boulevard in Eagle Pass, Texas….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 New York City Filmmaker Roberta “Robie” Flores is currently filming a documentary movie regarding the unique relationship enjoyed by the twin sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on the Rio Grande River in order to…