[[{“value”:” Adam Powell of the El Paso Times cites a new study from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which study found that “increases in local spending between 2015 and 2025 have resulted…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26
Outside the Doña Ana County Government Center, Bill had a poignant message By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI…
El Paso Herald Post – “Calling All Seniors” Program Aims to Combat Loneliness in El Paso
EL PASO, Tx., August 25, 2026: A local initiative is taking strides to address the growing issue of isolation among older adults. Operating under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior […] The…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY APPROVES TAX INCREASE FOR UMC
We had previously reported that El Paso County adopted a no-new-revenue tax rate for FY 2027. We have since confirmed that the County is nevertheless increasing the tax on the average-valued single-family…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Passport to Suez”
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El Chuqueño Blog – The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events
by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city asked and the city answered: seventy-two percent,…
El Chuqueño Blog – “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”
Jaron Lanier attended New Mexico State University, and (I think) Morehead Elementary. Read: Read More
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Update: August 21
Countering negative narratives with an event that honors interconnectedness and subverts the border in Agua Prieta/Douglas, and a contested hotel–in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley–that is of great importance for…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Restorative Power of Restaurants
by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra Señora church on Avenida de los Insurgentes…
The Border Chronicle – The San Juan Hotel Battle: A Crossroads for Mexican American Civil Rights in the Rio Grande Valley
There is a reckoning with history happening at an old hotel with a horrific past and the RGV’s first and only civil rights museum. Read more: Read More