by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives broke into chaos Wednesday as House Democrats essentially took control over the chamber — but not the body itself — in a push for stricter gun…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Eagle Pass City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 to discuss the Eagle Pass City Manager position and candidates which have applied for the vacant position. Former Eagle Pass Water Works and Sewer System…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County suffered its third victim of suicide during Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19, 2016 when 26 Year Old, Julio Cesar Martinez, hung himself with a rope on a tree in his backyard at this home in Loma…

by Madeline Conway, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2016 Mimi Garcia recalls reading a string of news stories about the Zika virus, the mosquito-borne illness linked to birth defects spreading in Latin America, in late February and early March, around the time she learned she was pregnant with her second…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 An Eagle Pass, Texas man, Daniel Macias, age 29, was arrested by the Eagle Pass Police Department on Friday, June 17, 2016 for retaliatory action taken against a local gasoline-convenience store clerk in an incident which occurred on June…

(Press Release) Superintendent of Eagle Pass Independent School District, Gilberto Gonzalez, is pleased to announce in conjunction with Southwest Texas Junior College the approval of Eagle Pass Independent School District’s Early College Academy.  On June 14, 2016 at Eagle Pass ISD’s Regular Board meeting, the School Board unanimously approved the…

by Matthew Watkins and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune June 19, 2016 COLLEGE STATION — In the minds of many Texans, the Lone Star State’s two flagship universities are polar opposites: The University of Texas at Austin is perceived as diverse, urban and liberal. Texas A&M University is viewed as…

by Isabelle Taft, The Texas Tribune June 18, 2016 Spurred in part by frustration at a proposed textbook that has been called racist and inaccurate, over 200 educators, scholars and activists gathered at San Antonio College on Saturday for the largest ever statewide meeting on Mexican American Studies in public…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department announced that a 26 year old Eagle Pass, Texas man, Julio Cesar Martinez, committed suicide at approximately 3 P.M. on June 19, 2016, Father’s Day. Family members of Martinez found him at his home…

Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 15 individuals charged in connection with a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy occurring in South Texas, Central Texas and Oklahoma. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas; United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson,…