by Kiah Collier and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 HIDALGO, Texas — Muddy handprints cover the rusty, iron posts on this section of border fence in far South Texas. The 18-foot-tall barrier, which runs between a national wildlife refuge and a local nature center, ends abruptly less…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks Head Football Coach Eric Villasenor was named the 2016 Rio Grande Valley/Laredo Region Football Coach of the Year by the prestigious Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine for leading the thundering Mavericks…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved the confirmation of Rick Perry as the next secretary of the Department of Energy on Thursday. The vote was 62-37, and included the support of both Texans…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Less than a month after he was placed on leave for an investigation into his conduct, University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo has resigned and admitted to inappropriately hugging women….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Another fiscal year, another million dollar loss sustained by the taxpayer-owned Maverick County Hospital District.  The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors approved the District’s 2016 Annual Audit Report with an astonishing $3,013,355 (Million) Operating Loss and a $1,083,124…

by Callie Richmond and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune March 3, 2017 President Trump has vowed to build a hardened wall along the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal crossers and drug smugglers. But experts say it will likely do a better job of keeping out animals…

By: Eric Umansky and Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica As most of the world knows by now, Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not tell the truth when he was asked during his confirmation hearings about contacts with Russian officials. But Sessions isn’t the only one. At least four other cabinet members made…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Same-sex couples are entitled to the same treatment as opposite-sex couples, a lawyer for the city of Houston argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case challenging the city’s benefits policy for married same-sex couples. As part of Texas Republicans’ ongoing…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Texas legislators from both chambers unanimously passed bills on Wednesday that would change how the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services cares for vulnerable children. The simultaneous debates in both chambers came…

By: Jessica Huseman, ProPublica After arguing for nearly six years that Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminated against minorities, the U.S. Department of Justice has informed the other plaintiffs in the case it has abandoned that position. The decision comes one day before the DOJ and the other plaintiffs were…