By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick Arms, Inc. employees celebrated their Annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff Championship on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the company’s manufacturing facility parking lot and cafeteria with a total of 11 teams competing for the coveted Best Bar-B-Que Championship Crown. With over…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The City of Laredo, Texas City Manager Jesus “Chuy” Olivares announced his retirement effective immediately on Monday, May 15, 2017, during a City Council Meeting after Mayor Pete Saenz had placed an agenda item calling for the placement of Olivares…

by Edgar Walters and Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2017 State Sen. Carlos Uresti, accused of misleading a former client who invested in a company in which Uresti has a financial stake, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 11 charges over his involvement in the alleged…

(Press Release) In San Antonio, Texas, on May 16, 2017, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division….

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2017 The list of cities and counties planning legal action to stop the state’s “sanctuary” law from taking effect continues to grow. Leaders from El Paso County and the cities of Dallas and Austin confirmed on Tuesday during a rally at the…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2017 With a Republican president in the White House, Texas health officials are seeking to restore federal family planning funding they gave up under the Obama administration to take a stand against Planned Parenthood. Under the defunct Medicaid Women’s Health Program, Texas…

by Johnathan Silver, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2017 The Texas House on Tuesday gave an initial OK to a Senate bill that would supply officers on patrol across the state with bulletproof vests. The lower chamber has to take one more vote on the measure before it hits the…

by Sanya Mansoor, The Texas Tribune May 16, 2017 A tort-reform bill that would discourage property owners from suing insurers over weather-related claims tentatively passed the Texas Senate on Tuesday. Senators voted 21-8 to advance House Bill 1774 but still need to take a final vote before it can go…

(Press Release) The City of Eagle Pass, TX, represented by its new City Manager Art Rodriguez and the city’s new lobbying firm EMC Strategy Group, LLC, is visiting Washington, D.C. this week to present its federal legislative priorities. The legislative trip has been in the works for over a month….

(Press Release) Eagle Pass South Border Patrol agents seized $2,110,476 worth narcotics and arrested six people between May 12 and 15. “Our agents remain steadfast in their commitment to keep dangerous drugs like these out of our country,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent of Del Rio Sector Matthew J. Hudak….