[[{“value”:” Yesterday the EPISD Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to reopen Lamar Elementary, which will cost more than $12.5 million to repair and upgrade and approximately $3.2 million per year to operate….
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD BOARD POISED TO REVERSE CLOSURE OF LAMAR ELEMENTARY
[[{“value”:” In the May 3 election, progressive candidates swept all four races for the EPISD Board of Trustees. Voter turnout was a miserable 2.94% and in every case the outcomes were determined…
The Border Chronicle – The Cost of Being Undocumented: A Podcast with Alix Dick and Antero Garcia
Antero Garcia and Alix Dick (Photo courtesy of authors) Subscribe now Alix Dick arrived in the U.S. more than a decade ago, fleeing violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, that tore her family apart….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT GOES TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE
[[{“value”:” On January 30, 2023, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 under item 8 to issue certificates of obligation in the amount of $59 million for “essential public infrastructure projects.” Only one…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD “I WILL LOWER YOUR TAXES” JOHNSON
[[{“value”:” This past Thursday, KVIA ABC-7 aired its “exclusive ride” with Mayor Renard Johnson, who told Paul Cicala, “What I will do as Mayor is I will lean on my relationships to…
El Chuqueño Blog – CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads
by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental question of water and wastewater service in the southern New Mexico communities…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Dopemen: America’s First Drug Cartel”
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The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 16
Subscribe now In the last month, as reported here at The Border Chronicle, we’ve seen active-duty military deployments and the creation of new militarized “national defense areas” at the southern border. The…
The Border Chronicle – “None of These People Are from the Border”: A Dispatch from the National Defense Area in New Mexico
Subscribe now A Stryker combat vehicle and soldiers at the New Mexico border on May 8. (Photo by Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images) Share When I asked Norma Gomez, program organizer for…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Apartment
by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his dark flannel shirt as though he’s never seen them before. Grime has…