By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks Softball Team swept the Flour Bluff High School Lady Hornets in two consecutive games, 6-1 and 12-9, during Friday and Saturday, April 28-29, 2017 to earn the Texas U.I.L….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 According to Laredo, Texas news reports, the FBI search warrant executed upon the City of Laredo City Hall, City Hall Annex, and Dannenbaum Engineering on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, identified “Target Suspects” in the ongoing corruption investigation regarding public contracts….

by Marcelo Rochabrun and Jessica Huseman ProPublica, April 28, 2017, 5:20 p.m. A former director of an anti-immigration group, Julie Kirchner, is expected to be named as ombudsman to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the pending appointment. Kirchner was from 2005…

by Lauren Kirchner ProPublica, April 26, 2017, 11:21 a.m. Six Democratic members of Congress are urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to appoint a director for the Federal Insurance Office, which monitors access of minority and low-income Americans to affordable insurance, and has been targeted for elimination by House Republicans. Their…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2017 Editor’s note: This story was updated April 28 to note that the Texas House gave House Bill 28 final approval. The Texas House on Thursday approved a proposal that would phase out an unpopular business tax that provides funding for public…

by Alana Rocha and Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune April 28, 2017 In the Texas Political Roundup: The Texas Legislature is at its closest point in six years to passing a bill that would outlaw “sanctuary” jurisdictions and would punish local law enforcement officials who do not cooperate with federal…

Maverick County Illegally Using Public Resources On Election Judge Saucedo and Commissioner’s Court, Maverick County is in violation of Chapter 255 of the Election Code.  It is a Class A Misdemeanor to use public resources to advocate FOR or AGAINST a ballot measure. Your use of the Official Maverick County Facebook…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2017 SAN ANTONIO — As the 2018 election cycle nears, it appears Texas and its legal foes are headed for a trial — yet again — over what the state’s House and congressional boundaries will look like, and it will likely come…

In Del Rio, Texas, 64-year-old former Val Verde County Precinct 1 Commissioner Ramiro V. Ramon pleaded guilty to charges that he underreported his total income on three separate federal Income Tax Returns. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2017 In a huge win for environmental groups, a federal judge has ordered ExxonMobil to pay nearly $20 million for spewing millions of pounds of excess air pollution from its Houston-area industrial facilities. The Sierra Club and Environment Texas sued the energy…