By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council held a lively discussion regarding the new City Master Comprehensive Development Plan at its regular meeting held on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. The City Council held a Workshop on Thursday, May 25, 2017,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved to authorize the issuance of “City of Eagle Pass, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2017” in order to refinance up to $5 Million of City Bonds…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Both parties in the pending lawsuit regarding the Maverick County 2016 Property Tax Rate have filed competing Motions for Summary Judgment in the 293rd Judicial District Court, Maverick County, Texas, which have been scheduled for hearing at 9 A.M. on…

(Press Release) Governor Abbott called lawmakers back to Austin to address the Texas Medical Board Sunset Bill that was held hostage by Lieutenant Governor Patrick. After this bill has passed the Senate, 19 items will be added to the agenda. The special session will last 30 days starting on July…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 7, 2017 The city of Dallas is entering into the battle to stop the state’s immigration law, Senate Bill 4, from going into effect. “The bill is unconstitutional and would infringe upon the city’s ability to protect public safety,” Mayor Mike Rawlings posted on…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 7, 2017 A 15,000-member association of attorneys and law professors said on Wednesday that it is relocating its 2018 convention out of Texas in response to the state legislature passing Senate bill 4, a sweeping and controversial immigration enforcement measure. The American Immigration…

Scrap new Texas voter ID law, plaintiffs tell federal judge by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune June 7, 2017 CORPUS CHRISTI — A new law softening Texas’ strict voter identification requirements doesn’t absolve the lawmakers from intentionally discriminating against minority voters in 2011 — nor would it properly accommodate those…

DEL RIO, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 57 immigration checkpoint arrested an Eagle Pass woman for narcotics smuggling, on Wednesday. “Agents must be adaptive and master multiple disciplines in order to counter drug trafficking networks,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent of Del Rio Sector Matthew J….

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune June 6, 2017 Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill that creates a statewide ban on texting while driving. The measure, authored by state Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, goes into effect Sept. 1. This is the fourth session in a row Craddick…

(Press Release) A criminal complaint was filed in the Southern District of Georgia today charging Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a federal contractor from Augusta, Georgia, with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 793(e). Winner was arrested…