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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…
El Chuqueño Blog – Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs
This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the City of El Paso is because not everyone has to pay them….
El Paso Herald Post – Important 2026 Election Deadlines and Dates
EL PASO, Tx., December 3, 2025: The March 3, 2026, primary elections are just around the corner with just 90 days left until most of El Paso’s countywide elections are […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a monthly fee to fix the streets? From ElPasoMatters.com: The El Paso City…
The Border Chronicle – “A border / was placed upon / land and dermis”
Writer Raquel Gutiérrez. Image by Reynaldo Rivera, 2025. Courtesy of Raquel Gutiérrez. Share Raquel Gutiérrez was born and raised in Los Angeles to parents who immigrated to California from Mexico and El…