[[{“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…
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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…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – DEBT PLAZA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TO COST $6-7 MILLION
[[{“value”:” Yesterday, Mayor Renard Johnson gave a public presentation on the proposed Debt Plaza over Interstate 10 in downtown El Paso. In November 2022, Stantec Consulting Services was paid $1,321,785 to conduct…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 29
Subscribe now This Week in The Border Chronicle: Share The Border Chronicle More News from the Border: Tarantula crawls in front of an Elbit Systems integrated fixed tower in the Southern Arizona…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – TAX HIKES FROM CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC WIPE OUT BENEFIT FROM INCREASED SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION
[[{“value”:” We now have the effective tax figures from all five local taxing entities for FY 2026 and are the only media outlet to report them. The City is increasing its tax…
The Border Chronicle – Immigration Detention Inc.: A Podcast with Nancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon
Subscribe now Faith ministers blockaded ICE Delaney Hall Detention Center in New Jersey in May. Agents pushed them back, resulting in multiple arrests. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images) Share…
El Chuqueño Blog – Leave It to the D.A.
Here’s one of those stories from the El Paso Times that made the front page of the dead tree edition but you have to look for if you want to see it…
The Border Chronicle – Voters’ Regret: Support for Trump Plunges in South Texas
Port Isabel residents protest against ICE raids in front of the city’s lighthouse in February 2025. (Photo credit: Gaige Davila) Subscribe now It was one of the biggest surprises of the 2024…
El Chuqueño Blog – Retrovision: El Paso Police Are Taser Happy and the El Paso Times Doesn’t Want You to Know It
This story originally appeared on 8 December 2022. Here’s a few paragraphs from Wednesday’s dead tree front page story of the El Paso Times: One night in October 2021, Armando Navejas wandered…