by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune March 17, 2017 *Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series about how Texas and Texans pay for college. Read part one, on the recent rise in tuition, here. When it comes to paying for college, Ricardo Gutierrez receives about the best…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune March 17, 2017 After spending two days in a car together, U.S. Reps. Will Hurd and Beto O’Rourke showed Friday their bipartisan road trip was not for nothing. Back at the U.S. Capitol, the two Texas congressmen signed on to legislation one another is…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2017 Mary Ellen Isaacs looks at the Trump Administration’s proposed budget and sees no federally-funded tutors for the 2,000 Austin students who pass through the Literacy First program for extra reading help each year. Isaacs, the director of the program, placed about…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Visiting District Judge W. C. Kirkendall of the Second 25th District Court heard Plaintiff, Ethelvina Felan, Application for a Temporary Injunction against Maverick County Commissioners Court, County Judge David R. Saucedo, and County Elections Administrator from collecting the miscalculated…

by Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2017 While Senate leaders have been wary of any calls to tap the state’s savings account, known as the Rainy Day Fund, Texas House leaders on Thursday proposed withdrawing an additional $1 billion on top of their earlier proposal to pay for…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 According to a Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate of the Republican Party’s proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, a total of 24 Million Americans will lose their health insurance coverage by 2026…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune March 16, 2017 For 30 years, Sheila Hazley worked to ensure that abused and neglected children were settling into foster homes and getting the care they needed. Now, the retired caseworker and manager for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is side-eyeing…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass International Port of Entry prevented a shipment of narcotics from making entry into the United States. “Smugglers will go to any extent to cross any sizeable drug load,” said Port Director John Brandt, Eagle Pass Port…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 A single vehicle rollover accident killed one person while injuring another on FM 481, better known as Old Uvalde Road, on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at approximately 10:30 A.M. A four wheel drive pick-up truck driven by Natividad Leija lost…

(Press Release) SOUTH TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists at eight South Texas ports of entry seized a significant amount of narcotics, currency, false documents, and uncovered numerous immigration and agricultural violations during Fiscal Year 2016. Fiscal Year 2016 began October 1, 2015 and…