This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. El Paso Electric Proposes New Solar Farm…
Yard Barker – The ‘Rose Bowl MVP’s’ Quiz
How many MVPs from ‘The Granddaddy of them All’ since 2000 can you name in five minutes? Read: Read More
Yard Barker – Nick Saban is bothered by controversial aspect of College Football Playoff
Nick Saban is not pleased with one notable aspect of this year’s College Football Playoff. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – More than a championship berth at stake for James Franklin, Marcus Freeman in Miami
Seventy-eight years after Penn State’s football team refused to play segregated Miami, history returns to South Florida. Read: Read More
El Paso News Political Corruption: The El Paso Experience
In a paper published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2013, then OECD Secretary General, José Angel Gurría Treviño said that “in all countries and at all levels…
Texas Monthly – A former shrimper tries to revive Matagorda Bay and its fishing industry with $50 million pollution settlement
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, she’s directing the money toward reviving “the bay and the fishermen.” Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a heated GOP challenge. Here’s how she thinks Democrats can prevail.
Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Jackie Arroyo Butler to be sworn in as County commissioner Precinct 1
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Jackie Arroyo Butler will be sworn in as El Paso County’s newest commissioner for Precinct 1 on Friday morning, Jan. 3. Judge Lisa Soto of the Texas…
Yard Barker – Lack of running attack proves to be Georgia’s downfall in Sugar Bowl
When the Georgia Bulldogs needed their offense to click on all gears in order to get past the defensive-minded Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Tuesday, Georgia’s rushing attack was stymied and nonexistent. Read:…
KTSM News – El Pasoan remembers former President Jimmy Carter
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Michele Gorman-Nevins was 15 years old when she wrote a letter to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter while he was running for president. “He struck a chord with…