Home Health Agency Administrator Pleads Guilty in $7.8 Million Medicaid Fraud
January 12th, 2017(Press Release) The administrator of five Houston-area home health agencies pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the State of Texas’ Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service and the Primary Home Care Programs of more than $7.8 million. These programs provide qualified individuals with in-home attendant and community-based services that are…
San Antonio Mother Awaits Sentencing While Son Receives Federal Prison Term for Roles in a Million Dollar Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme Involving Relative’s Church
January 12th, 2017(Press Release) In San Antonio, 24-year-old Brennan R. Diaz was sentenced to a total of 56 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for scheming with his mother to steal over $1 million from a local church owned by his grandfather, announced United States Attorney Richard…
Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo Response to Tax Rollback Petition
January 11th, 2017To whom it may concern, Please find the below information in regards to action taken during last night’s Commissioners Court Meeting in reference to the Tax Rollback Petition. Attached is the Resolution that was approved by Commissioners Court. The Tax Rate as per Section 26.05 of the Tax Code was…
Texas electric generators bash EPA over proposed clean air rule
January 11th, 2017by Kiah Collier,The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2017 Environmental groups praised and power generators bashed a proposed federal environmental regulation on Tuesday aimed at improving visibility in national parks and wilderness areas in Texas and surrounding states. Both sides agreed that the “BART” rule, which would require 14 older power…
Maverick County requests Attorney General Opinion on public records of $8.5 Million Bonds
January 11th, 2017Maverick County General Counsel Robert W. Wilson wrote a letter on January 10, 2017 to Texas Attorney Ken Paxton requesting an Opinion on whether “all documents pertaining to the proposed $8.5 Million Dollar Certificates of Obligation Bonds including the detailed budget and proposed financing terms” are protected from disclosure as…
Eagle Pass Border Patrol Rescue Individual Suffering from Hypothermia
January 11th, 2017EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in Eagle Pass rescued an undocumented immigrant from the Rio Grande River who was suffering from hypothermia. “Being a Border Patrol agent means more than just enforcing the law,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J. Hudak. “It…
Rep. Joaquin Castro questions whether Americans cooperated in Russian hack
January 11th, 2017by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, raised questions on Tuesday about whether any Americans cooperated with Russian intelligence in the hack that hobbled the Hillary Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a slew of House campaigns across the country…
Border residents worry about being divided by Trump’s wall
January 11th, 2017by Rachel Osier Lindley, Texas Standard, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story is part of a special report by the Texas Standard on Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. Listen to the full report here. It’s just before the holidays in McAllen, a town of 130,000 on the U.S.-Mexico border….
U.S. National Charged with Attempted Murder of U.S. Consulate Official in Mexico
January 10th, 2017(Press Release) A U.S. national was deported from Mexico to the United States and arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with the attempted murder of a diplomat stationed at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S….
Former El Paso ISD Associate Superintendent Pleads Guilty To Fraud Scheme
January 10th, 2017In El Paso, 50–year-old former El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) Associate Superintendent Damon Murphy admitted to defrauding the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) by artificially inflating state and federal student accountability scores announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas…