This article was updated at 4:00pm, December 11, 2025 to add the response Trustee Chris Hernandez sent us after the article was published. EL PASO, Tx., December 11, 2025: Last […] The…
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The Border Chronicle – This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson
Former immigration judge Jeremiah Johnson. (Photo credit: Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Subscribe now Jeremiah Johnson was an immigration judge in San Francisco. On November 21, he was fired by email without…
El Paso Herald Post – Texas Attorney General Announces Investigation of El Paso and Other Texas Cities to “Stop Illegal Tax Increases”
AUSTIN, Tx., December 10, 2025: Yesterday, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a press release announcing that his office has launched an investigation into “unlawful tax increases.” According to the press […] The…
The Border Chronicle – Under Trump, DACA Recipients Struggle with New Uncertainty
A person crosses the Gateway International Bridge from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Mexico on February 14, 2021. (Photo credit: Go Nakamura via Getty Images) Subscribe now Mateo Hernández remembers the day his…
El Paso Herald Post – A Few Surprises Emerged in the 2026 Primary Elections Yesterday
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…
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…