A proposal to create a statewide system connecting emergency personnel and agencies is among several bills that target problems exposed in 2024. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Factorial, a HR unicorn, snaps up $120M from General Catalyst to boost sales and marketing
Factorial, the Barcelona-based “unicorn” startup that provides an all-in-one HR platform in the cloud for small and medium businesses, has picked up a non-dilutive (no equity) $120 million from General Catalyst —…
Texas Monthly – Two men convicted in the smuggling deaths of 53 immigrants in San Antonio
The 2022 tragedy was the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Emergence Health hotline returns after being out for hours
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The hotline for the Emergence Health Network was down for hours on Tuesday, March 18, but the number returned to service by dinner time. The outage was…
KTSM News – Players, coaches with Borderland ties who are in NCAA tourney
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is finally here. Games began on Tuesday as the First Four round tipped off. Unfortunately for UTEP and New…
Yard Barker – Colorado HC Deion Sanders looking forward to coaching without his sons
Deion Sanders has been both “Coach Prime” for the Colorado Buffaloes as well as “Father Prime.” His sons, quarterback Shedeur Sanders and safety Shilo Sanders were under his tutelage as Colorado’s head…
Texas Monthly – Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and homeless students
The proposal aims to make working conditions safer for teachers but critics worry it could push the state’s most vulnerable students out of the classroom. Read: Read More
Border Report – El Paso leads nation in migrant encounters
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Fewer than 8,400 individuals crossed into the U.S. illegally from Mexico last February, but 1 in 4 did so along a stretch of the border running…
KTSM News – Crash closes part of I-10 near Sierra Blanca
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A crash has closed part of Interstate 10 on Tuesday evening, March 18 near Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County, the Texas Department of Transportation said. The crash…
KTSM News – 13 Ysleta ISD schools make statewide honor roll
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A total of 13 schools in the Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) were honored on Tuesday, March 18, in the 2024 Texas Honor Roll for closing student…