(Press Release) Over the four day holiday weekend the Eagle Pass Police Department responded to 361 types of calls for service of which the most significant were the following: 7 Domestic disturbance service calls 2 Assault Service Calls 1 Interfering with child custody 8 Criminal mischief Service calls 7 Thefts…

Written by Guillermo Cantor Each year, tens of thousands of individuals are deported from the United States to Mexico without their personal belongings—including their identifications, money, and cell phones, among other possessions. Both U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a serious and longstanding…

Written by American Immigration Council Staff The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially ended a Bush-Era registry created after 9/11 to track men from predominantly Muslim countries. The registry known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) was shown to be ineffective and had not been used for…

By Jenny Strasburg and Max Colchester in London and Devlin Barrett in Washington The Obama administration scrambled to resolve its remaining crisis-era megabank mortgage cases, striking multibillion-dollar settlements with Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG over toxic securities while separately filing a lawsuit against Barclays PLC alleging more…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County taxpayers filed 2,180 signatures by registered Maverick County voters with Sara Montemayor’s County Clerk Office on Thursday, December 22, 2016, at 3:09 p.m., petitioning Commissioners Court a tax rollback election concerning the adoption of the 2016 County Tax…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune IMPERIAL — Peculiar things can happen after folks drill deep into the earth — looking for oil, water or whatever — and leave a bunch of holes in the ground. Fluids can gurgle and leak, migrating where they don’t belong. In rare instances, land…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 An AEP electrical lineman, Rodolfo Balledteros, a resident of Uvalde, Texas, was electrocuted throughout his body when he inadvertently touched a live electrical line while doing repairs on U. S. Highway 57 in Eagle Pass, Texas.  City of Eagle Pass…

   by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune A week ago when the city of Corpus Christi ordered its 320,000 residents to avoid tap water because of a potential industrial chemical leak, the first thought many of them had was, “Not again.” It was the fourth time in 17 months the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright Eagle Passan Christian Rogelio Garcia graduated from Texas A & M University-Kingsville on Friday, December 9, 2016, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Special Education together with his educator credentials. TAMUK is coming to an end. Garcia is…

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. After more than a year of delays, Texas is officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. In a move that could affect thousands of low-income women, state health officials on Tuesday delivered a…