By Kent Paterson Demonstrators at the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee meeting in Sunland Park on August 19, 2025. The Panel pictured above included from left to right at the table: Lanham…
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The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 5
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The Border Chronicle – A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández
Subscribe now A Haitian woman carrying a toddler is helped by a fellow migrant as they cross through the Darién Gap in Colombia in 2021. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KVIA INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR AIRED ON ABC-7 XTRA, ANOTHER TAX INCREASE PLANNED FOR FY 2027
[[{“value”:” On August 22, Andrew Polk of KVIA and Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc conducted the first-ever journalistic interview Mayor Renard Johnson, who has a long history of evading media…
The Border Chronicle – It’s Our Fourth Anniversary!
The sacred Quitobaquito springs in Southern Arizona with the border wall in the background. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque) Subscribe now We launched The Border Chronicle in 2021 with a local reporting…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAMANIEGO BEGINS OLIGARCH-FUNDED CAMPAIGN BLITZ
[[{“value”:” On this Labor Day let us remember that it is our money, the product of our labor, that our government is spending whenever they issue debt and increase our taxes. County…
El Chuqueño Blog – “He Ran All the Way”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR ON THE DEBT PLAZA: “WE DON’T EXPECT THIS TO BE ON THE BACK OF THE TAXPAYERS 100%”
[[{“value”:” Two days ago Mayor Renard Johnson addressed a room full of his supporters about building a $412 million Debt Plaza over Interstate 10. The Mayor spoke just after County Judge Ricardo…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – REP. ALEJANDRA CHAVEZ RECEIVES $2,500 FROM MARGOS AND ORTEGA AFTER VOTING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX
[[{“value”:” According to her campaign webpage, Alejandra Chavez “is committed to exploring options for property tax relief.” However, during the recent budget discussions she did not make a single proposal that would…