EL PASO, Tx., December 9, 2025: Yesterday was the last day to file to run for office in the upcoming 2026 elections. In El Paso, historically, most of the elections […] The…
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El Paso Herald Post – Filing Deadline To Run For Office Is Today: Get The Latest Candidate List
EL PASO, Tx., December 8, 2025: Today is the last day to file to run for office in 2026. Anyone wanting to run in the March 3, 2026, primaries have […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup
Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has been promoted under different names and by varied corporate structures. What began…
El Paso Herald Post – Civic Sense: The Truth About Required Signatures and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong
On Wednesday night, the Democratic Party sent out a text message inviting voters to the headquarters to sign petitions for two judicial candidates. I found it unusual to see the […] The…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: December 5
Subscribe now This Week in The Border Chronicle: Share More News from the Border: 3 people arrested after Border Patrol raids No More Deaths camp in Az The Tucson Sentinel For additional…
El Paso Herald Post – A Study on the Hidden Cost of Ceding Government Purchases to Amazon Found Two El Paso Entities Spent Over $1.7 Million with Amazon Possibly Bypassing Cheaper Local Providers
EL PASO, Tx., December 5, 2025: A report released this month by the Institute For Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) found that the City of El Paso and the Ysleta Independent School […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Update: Max Grossman Criminal Case Dismissed but with Caveats
EL PASO, Tx., December 4, 2025: We have an update to a story we have been covering for you for some time now in the criminal case against community activist […] The…
The Border Chronicle – A River without Water: A Photo Essay by Eduardo Talamantes
Subscribe now Over the last several years, I’ve taken many trips to Chihuahua, Mexico, to work on a book about water and the border. The drought there is the worst I’ve ever…
El Paso Herald Post – Why Are Property Taxes So High In El Paso?
EL PASO, Tx., December 4, 2025: As we reported in part one of our special report about El Paso’s property taxes, there are 43 taxing entities in El Paso. How […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Update: In An Update to a Story We Brought You Back in November, Donald Trump Has Pardoned Henry Cuellar
WASHINGTON, December 3, 2025: In an update to a story, we brought you back in November, Democrat Henry Cuellar, who was one of six House Democrats who helped end the […] The…