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Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – Economic Undevelopment
According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That employment contraction will run through our local…
El Paso Herald Post – Primary 8-Day Campaign Finance Reports
EL PASO, Tx., February 25, 2026: The 8-day campaign finance reports were due on Monday. Here is what the reports show for select candidates running in the March 3rd primary. […] The…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KFOX14: MAYOR’S PROMISE TO LOWER PROPERTY TAX MORPHS INTO PROMISE TO “KEEP THE TAX BURDEN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE”
[[{“value”:” On February 15 we shared the five-year financial outlook of City CFO Robert Cortinas, who predicts a widening gap in the General Fund budget in FY 2027-2031 amounting to a total…
El Paso Herald Post – Opinion: Are The Democrats Surging In Texas? What Immigration And Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico And John Cornyn Suggest
Texas is a key battleground for the midterm elections in November where the Democrats are hoping to turn Texas blue and the Republicans hoping to keep control of Texas. Going […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the most infamous days in the Mexican port…
El Paso Herald Post – Mexican Military Operation Yesterday Kills Cartel Leader El Mencho, Cartel Responds With Violence
Tapalpa, Jalisco, MX, February 23, 2026: Nemesio Rubén Oseguerra Cervantes, “El Mencho,” leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) based in the State of Jalisco was captured by Mexican […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Where Texas Begins”
The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas only begins in El Paso if you’re…
El Paso Herald Post – Guest Editorial: Commercial Property Tax System Fails All Texans
Every year, headlines focus on rising property taxes and frustrated homeowners. But a quieter, more consequential problem hides in plain sight: Texas’ commercial property tax system is fundamentally broken – […] The…