The Maverick County Commissioners Court voted in favor of using an allowed provision under a Declaration of Disaster which invoked a law under Senate Bill 2 which allows for local governments in the year of a disaster to designate the property tax rate increase at 8 percent instead of the allowed cap of 3.5 percent limit that went into effect this year. However, such process will not take into effect until the next year (2021). 

The City of Eagle Pass' non-profit, Friends of Eagle Pass, Inc., a 501 (C) 3, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 by the Union Pacific Foundation Board of Directors for the funding of the City's Renaissance Project — Buxton Retail Market Study.  The project will initiate recruiting efforts to attract national retailers and restaurants into Eagle Pass, while helping reduce the high unemployment rate through increased job opportunities. 

Una madre y su hija se encuentran entre las víctimas de la pandemia de Covid-19 en nuestra comunidad. 

Las empresas de toda la comunidad están experimentando la calamidad de la pandemia Covid-19, incluidas las restricciones de viaje no esenciales en la frontera.