WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Billy’s friends at his rural high school in the South don’t know he was one of thousands of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under then-President…
El Paso Matters – City Council candidates receive last-minute boosts from real estate PAC, local business leaders
Campaign finance reports filed by El Paso City Council candidates eight days before the Nov. 5 election reveal a surge of last-minute contributions, led by substantial donations from the Texas Association of…
Texas Monthly – Texas buys two ranches near the border, including a huge property next to Big Bend National Park
A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas. Read: Read More
Border Report – Former Starr County attorney sentenced to 3 years in prison
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Former Starr County Attorney Victor Canales Jr., who misappropriated thousands of dollars in taxpayer money, was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday. Canales promised not to prosecute…
Texas Monthly – Second Texas doctor sued for providing gender-affirming care to minors
These are the first cases under a law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers or hormone therapy to help minors transition. Read: Read More
El Paso News Guest Editorial – Who Is Funding Renard’s Dirty Campaign?
By Max Grossman Renard Johnson, whose former business partner was federally indicted in a $3 million Ponzi scheme and whose firm faced a $277,000 judgment in a discrimination suit against a Hispanic,…
Yard Barker – Cade Klubnik leading Clemson back into position for College Football Playoff berth
After an embarrassing 34-3 loss to Georgia in Week 1, not many teams are playing better football right now than the Clemson Tigers. Read: Read More
The Border Chronicle – A Lawman’s Change of Heart
Arvin West Hudspeth County Sheriff, left, and Oscar Carrillo of Culberson County at the Hudspeth County prison. (Photo credit: Christ Chavez for Puente News Collaborative.) Editor’s note: This report is part of…
KTSM News – Blue Front Fire grows over 300 acres
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Blue Front Fire has grown to over 300 acres as of Wednesday morning, Oct. 30, with 0 percent containment, and is located within the White Mountain Wilderness…
KTSM News – TX AG Ken Paxton sues El Paso doctor for ‘prescribing transition drugs to children’
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued an El Paso doctor for “illegally providing ‘gender transition’ treatments to Texas children,” according to a press release from Paxton’s…