From Left to Right: Todd Miller, Gary Nabhan, Luis Alberto Urrea and Melissa del Bosque. (Photo credit: Steev Hise) Subscribe now Share On March 12, Todd and Melissa were thrilled to moderate…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SOCORRO ISD FACES FINANCIAL IMPLOSION BUT, HEY, AT LEAST THEY HAVE A NEW STADIUM!
[[{“value”:” The Socorro Independent School District is in a deep financial hole and under the conservatorship of the Texas Education Agency. In November they had to take out a $25.1 million loan…
The Border Chronicle – The Treasury Targets Border Residents: A Q&A with Nicholas Anthony, Finance Policy Expert at the Cato Institute
A casa de cambio in Brownsville, Texas. One of the border cities targeted by the U.S. Department of Treasury. (Photo credit: Najlah Feanny via Getty) Subscribe now With so many changes being…
The Border Chronicle – Fighting for the Gulf of California
Hundreds of people march toward Mexico City’s Zócalo in support of environmental protections in the Gulf of California on January 29, 2025. (Photo credit: Nico Manzano) This article is the second in…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO ISSUE $54 MILLION IN CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION DEBT WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL
[[{“value”:” Like greedy pigs at the trough, our County Commissioners Court just voted 4-1 under agenda item 9C to issue a certificate of obligation in the amount of $54 million. Commissioner Butler…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – LIST OF 96 RECIPIENTS OF CAR ALLOWANCE CITED IN CITY AUDIT
[[{“value”:” The City’s current Vehicle Allowance Program Policy was implemented under City Manager Tommy Gonzalez on August 31, 2015 and has never been updated. Chief City Auditor Edmundo Calderon published his audit of the policy on…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup March 21
Ask an Expert: Austin Kocher As promised, immigration expert Austin Kocher has answers for some of your most confounding immigration questions. We sent Austin your questions and he chose three of them…
The Border Chronicle – Border Theater Goes Binational
Mexican National Guard officers patrol at a high point of El Nido de las Aguilas in eastern Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on March 5, 2025, on the Mexican side of the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
[[{“value”:” “I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that it…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEE SALARIES, MARCH 2025
[[{“value”:” Here is a list of El Paso County employee salaries, dated March 2025. 382 of them are paid over $100,000 per year plus benefits. El Paso County Employee Salaries_March 2025Download “}]] Read…