EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexico on Tuesday continued to prepare for President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations by setting up the first of nine migrant attention centers on the border….
KTSM News – Justice Department directs prosecutors to investigate local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under…
KTSM News – El Paso man sentenced in Jan. 6 Capital breach released from prison
Video above: El Paso man pleads guilty to several charges related to Jan. 6 Capital riot EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso man who was sentenced on charges related to…
Texas Monthly – A Few Months Ago, She Had Never Made a Taco. Now She Has a Thriving Asian-Inspired Taqueria.
In March 2024, Aree Thao, the owner of a Milwaukee accounting firm, was restless and wanted to leave her home state. It didn’t matter where she ended up. Thao—four foot ten, with…
El Paso Matters – El Paso events: Meet El Paso Matters journalists, take in live opera, symphony performances
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Headline Happy Hour at Butter Smith Join El Paso Matters for an evening of conversation and…
Texas Monthly – Miranda Lambert on Willie Nelson and the Enduring Primacy of the Pickin’ Party
Miranda Lambert can’t remember a time when she didn’t know the song “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.” The Willie and Waylon duet, a Grammy-winning, number one country…
Texas Monthly – Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Austin rents have fallen for nearly two years. Here’s why.
A massive apartment building boom in the Austin-Round Rock region has driven rents downward, real estate experts and housing advocates have said. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – The ‘College football national championship coaches’ quiz
How many coaches who won a college football championship since 2000 can you name in five minutes? Read: Read More
Yard Barker – Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith has big hopes for Will Howard’s NFL future
The Ohio State phenom may not be an NFL Draft evaluator, but he does feel very strongly about his quarterback, Will Howard, after the two helped Ohio State with the national championship. Read:…