by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune June 27, 2016 On its face, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Texas’ far-reaching abortion law seems clear: House Bill 2 is unconstitutional. But the implications might not be as straightforward. Here are five things you need to know to understand the landmark ruling….

by Aneri Pattani, The Texas Tribune June 24, 2016 Hey, Texplainer: Britain voted to leave the European Union. Can Texas secede from the United States? In the wake of Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union – nicknamed “Brexit” – speculation of a Texit on the horizon have cropped…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas Parks and Recreation Department Director, George Sanchez, was suspended from his duties for one week by Interim City Manager Roberto Gonzalez for unknown reasons.  Since it is a personnel issue, the grounds for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of 40 of the nation’s preeminent Latino organizations, expressed its deep disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 decision in the United States v. Texas case, in which the Court effectively sided with a lower court judge in blocking implementation of…

Today, following the Supreme Court’s deadlocked decision in Texas v. United States, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “Today’s deadlocked decision from the Supreme Court is unacceptable, and show us all just how high the stakes are in this election. As I have consistently said, I believe that President Obama…

WASHINGTON, DC – On June 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 4-4 non-decision, failed to act on President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Today’s ruling creates no new law and does not decide whether DAPA and Expanded DACA are legal.  Instead, it leaves in place a lower court block…

by Julián Aguilar and Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2016 *Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Dealing a major blow to President Obama’s controversial executive immigration order, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday it had deadlocked on a lower court’s decision to block the plan, which…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The high 2016 Ad Valorem Property Appraisals issued by the Maverick County Appraisal District has raised strong and vocal opposition from real property owners/taxpayers. The Eagle Pass Business Journal did an independent, random survey of 100 residential properties in…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. In a major — and surprising — win for affirmative action supporters, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s right to give a slight boost to black and…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Texas Commision on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced that it has scheduled the Application of Dos Republicas Coal Partnership for a Permit Renewal and Amendment of Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. Wq0003511000 to discharge coal mine…