(Press Release) Following an impressive display at District Contest, the Eagle Pass FFA Chapter traveled to Robstown to compete in the Area X Career Development Events (CDEs). Career Development Events encourages members to apply what they learned for a future career in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) field. Students…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune April 19, 2017 President Donald Trump is completing his first 100 days in office with an upside-down approval rating in solid-red Texas. That’s according to a Texas Lyceum poll released Wednesday that found more Texans disapprove of the job Trump is doing than approve,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Head Football Coach Eric Villasenor announced that senior defensive back Rey Vasquez has signed a national letter of intent to play college football with the Bethel College Threshers of Newton, Kansas on…

By: Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica A jury in Sacramento, California, last week awarded more than $11 million to the family of a 16-year-old-boy who had been sexually assaulted by a peer at his group home in Davis. The jury found that operators of the group home failed to look after the…

By: Justin Elliott, ProPublica President Trump has stocked his administration with a small army of former lobbyists and corporate consultants who are now in the vanguard of the effort to roll back government regulations at the agencies they once sought to influence, according to an analysis of government records by…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune In the aftermath of one troubled study on the economic impact of a “bathroom bill” in Texas, San Antonio tourism officials are returning to the legislative debate with another dire financial outlook. Legislation viewed by many as discriminatory toward LGBT Texans — including proposals…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune A private-prison company that has for years been in the crosshairs of immigrant rights groups announced Thursday it will build a $110 million detention complex in the Houston metro area. The Florida-based GEO Group said in a news release its new facility will be…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 A 26 year old woman from Eagle Pass, Texas was arrested on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 with possession of 0.61 pounds of heroin on her body at the City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridge No. 1 Port of Entry…

(Press Release) In Midland, Senior United States District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced a New Jersey teenager to time served followed by five years probation for making bomb threats to Sul Ross State University (SRSU) and the Big Bend Regional Medical Center (BBRMC) in Alpine, as well as threats to…

By: Jessica Huseman, ProPublica A federal court in Texas has again ruled the state’s 2011 voter identification law intentionally discriminated against minorities. It’s the latest loss in the case for Texas — which has spent years unsuccessfully defending the law. But it also has implications for the Trump administration. In…