By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County concerned taxpayers raised sufficient valid signatures to call for a special election to determine whether to approve up to $8.5 Million in Certificates of Obligation (Bonds) previously approved by Maverick County Commissioners Court in late 2016 as…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution opposing the construction of President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall at its regular meeting on Monday, February 13, 2017, citing Trump’s wall will economically hurt U.S.-Mexico border communities such as Eagle…

By Sebastian Rotella ProPublica, Feb. 13, 2017, 12:14 p.m. It’s hard to find anyone in Washington who knows border issues better than Alan Bersin. His unique perspective combines years of frontline law enforcement experience with academic knowledge and intellectual interest in the historical, economic and social forces that are at…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Feb. 14, 2017 The office of the Texas Attorney General can no better predict when the Dallas Cowboys will win the Super Bowl than it can how an appeals court will rule on an immigration case that could have statewide repercussions. That assessment from…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Feb. 14, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. More than 135 musicians and artists are joining the chorus of opposition against Texas’ so-called “bathroom bill.” Singers and other artists including Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper, Alicia Keys have signed onto an open letter…

by Jim Malewitz and Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune Feb. 13, 2017 More than a year after Texas voters approved routing billions in state sales taxes to roads and bridges, some lawmakers are questioning whether the first payment of $5 billion should move forward as planned. Texans voted in 2015…

by Edgar Walters, Neena Satija and Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Feb. 14, 2017 How the crusade against sex trafficking in Texas has left child victims behind. DALLAS — At 16, Jean was the more experienced sex worker in the Southeast Dallas house. It was her job to ensure the…

(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry prevented a woman from smuggling narcotics into the United States. “This interception of dangerous drugs exemplifies the teamwork of our officers working at our port,” said Port Director John Brandt, Eagle…

by Morgan Smith, Neena Satija and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune Feb. 13, 2017 How the crusade against sex trafficking in Texas has left child victims behind. When Mia was 16, she walked out of a Houston children’s emergency shelter. She had to go, she told the staff. Her pimp…

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune Feb. 11, 2017 U.S. and Mexican authorities are pushing back against reports of widespread raids that have sown panic in immigrant communities. But the “targeted operation” launched in recent days by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be the largest of its…