by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Dec. 16, 2016 Texas Republicans are preparing for an unusually closely watched Electoral College vote, normally an afterthought in a presidential election that has been transformed into a flashpoint by this year’s extraordinary race. With one elector planning not to vote for Donald Trump…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance passed by the City Council under the leadership of Mayor Ramsey English Cantu on December 1 , 2015, is in jeopardy due to the City of Laredo, Texas similar plastic…

by Travis Putnam Hill, The Texas Tribune Dec. 19, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. In this part of the project we look at how our insatiable demand for illegal drugs and cheap labor make the border less secure….

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Dec. 18, 2016 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated this summer when the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a federally crafted plan aimed at reducing haze in Big Bend National Park and other wilderness areas in the state. But the U.S. Environmental…

by Travis Putnam Hill, The Texas Tribune Dec. 16, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. In this part of the project we look at how our insatiable demand for illegal drugs and cheap labor make the border less secure….

by Edgar Walters and Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2016 Up to one-quarter of the nonprofit providers who offer speech, physical and occupational therapy to the state’s neediest children may drop out of the program as they face budget cuts passed by Texas lawmakers in 2015, a federal…

(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – The U.S. Border Patrol is launching the “Se Busca Información” initiative (Seeking Information) in order to expand on consequences against dangerous smugglers operating in the Del Rio Sector area. “Human smugglers have no regard for human life” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew Hudak,…

by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune Dec. 15, 2016 *Editor’s note: This story has been updated. A federal judge has delayed Texas’ fetal remains burial rule until Jan. 6. Judge Sam Sparks ruled Thursday afternoon that the Texas Department of State Health Services would have to push back its start…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas announced its Sixth Annual Christmas on Main Street will be celebrated on Thursday, December 15, 2016, from 6 P.M.-10:30 P.M. at the newly remodeled historic Eagle Pass Public Library on Main Street in downtown…

by Eleanor Dearman, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Residents in Corpus Christi were caught by surprise Wednesday evening as city officials announced a ban on using the city’s water after a chemical made its way into the supply, contaminating the water. The announcement was…