The USDA estimates the families of 3.8 million children could have received $120 per child to cover summer lunches if the state participated in the new $2.5 billion program launching this summer. Texas is one of 15 states opting out. Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income…

About 240,000 Mexican citizens in Texas already are eligible to vote this summer, when voters could elect Mexico’s first female president. By Maria Probert Hermosillo, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2024 “How Mexican citizens in Texas can vote in Mexico’s 2024 elections” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a…

Paxton’s office demanded records of migrants that Annunciation House has helped and threatened to shut down the Catholic shelter network. By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2024 “El Paso leaders rally around migrant shelters after Attorney General Ken Paxton’s threat to shut them down” was first published…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council in a split vote of 3-2 narrowly approved the transfer of the venue site for the fledgling South Music Fest, scheduled during April 5-7, 2024, from the city-owned public park, Shelby…

Por: Selene Morales, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024. El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump visitarán por separado distintos puntos de la frontera compartida con México el jueves 29 de febrero de 2024, Biden viajará a Brownsville y Trump estará en Eagle Pass, Texas,…

President Joe Biden will meet with law enforcement in Brownsville on Thursday while former President Donald Trump travels to Eagle Pass. By Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune Feb. 26, 2024 “Trump, Biden to visit Texas in competing border trips Thursday” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan…

Por: Selene Morales, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024. Tras llegar a un acuerdo, sobre la contratación del nuevo gerente de la ciudad, el Concilio de Eagle Pass determinó que Homero Balderas tendrá un salario de 175 mil dólares anuales, tema que fue abordado esta semana en reciente reunión….

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously approved at its Tuesday, February 20, 2024 special meeting the employment contract of new City Manager Homero Balderas, authorizing Mayor Rolando Salinas, Jr. to sign the new contract within the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024 The City of Eagle Pass Water Works System hosted the 8th Annual Water and and Wastewater Regional Conference during February 21-23, 2024 at the Eagle Pass International Center for Trade in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Jorge Barrera, Eagle Pass…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2024 United Medical Centers Women, Infants, and Children (W. I. C.) Supplemental Nutrition Program Director Lupita Fuentes welcomed and hosted Texas W. I. C. Program Director Edgar Curtis, Texas W. I. C. Program Director of Nutrition Education and Clinic Services…