(Press Release) The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel spills in Texas City, Texas, Nemaha, Neb. and El Dorado, Kan. Magellan has…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2017 Federal officials are returning to Texas in late February to continue their investigation into whether the state purposely excluded students from receiving special education services, they wrote in a letter Thursday to the Texas Education Agency. Several weeks after visiting five…

by Sanya Mansoor, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2017 Both U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela of Brownsville and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen announced Thursday they were boycotting President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, taking the count of Texas congressmen who won’t attend to five. Later that evening, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Houston,…

(USDOJ-Press Release) Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo,” will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other…

by Marissa Evans and Mariana Alfaro, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2017 Editor’s note: This story is updating. U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks on Thursday delayed Planned Parenthood’s ouster from the state’s Medicaid program until Feb. 21. The decision comes after three days of testimony and arguments in the…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working near Eagle Pass partnered with local authorities in order to rescue the driver of an over-turned tractor-trailer. “I am very proud of the hard work and dedication that all our employees exhibited during this event,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2017 A North Texas Republican is hell-bent this session on forcing lawmakers to take an up-or-down vote on repealing a popular state program that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges. That could mean more sleepless nights…

by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2017 With increased federal attention on the low percentage of Texas students receiving special education services, the state is poised to ensure the number of students receiving such services will increase over the next year. And disability rights advocates are hoping to…

Judge Saucedo, For the first time, I actually agree with you on something; you didn’t exceed the rollback rate that you published last summer, however, don’t you think it is misleading to forget to include the fact that the amount you published was WRONG? Attached are the two copies (incorrect and corrected…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The 2017 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show & Sale kicks-off on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21, 2017 a full week of activities with the Muy Grande BBQ Cook-Off at the Zan Mathies Showbarn at the Maverick County Lake…