McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers recently stopped a delivery truck and found 17 migrants crammed inside a false compartment built in the walls of the truck,…
Yard Barker – College football’s most important people in Week 2
Each week, Yardbarker highlights the 10 most important people leading into the weekend in college football. Here’s who we’re keeping an eye on in Week 2. Read: Read More
KTSM News – NASA: Starliner sets course for White Sands Space Harbor
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to depart from the International Space Station and land at White Sands Space Harbor. According to NASA, the Starliner will undock from…
Border Report – Baja teachers continue ‘partial strike’
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Teachers in Baja California are into their second week of a partial strike at public schools throughout the state. Some parents say their children have yet to…
Texas Monthly – Texas would need about $81.5 billion a year to end property taxes, officials say
Texas Republicans have been trying to reduce the state’s high property taxes for years, but some acknowledge eliminating them would be too expensive. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Watch Glenn Youngkin speak at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival
The Virginia governor will discuss his record in the commonwealth, the state of his party and a conservative policy agenda for America. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Watch Nancy Pelosi speak at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival
The U.S. House speaker emerita will speak at 3:15 p.m. Saturday for a recording of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Watch a conversation about progressive America at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival
MSNBC host Katie Phang will moderate a conversation with three leading progressives: U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – Texas schools are hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope the state will pay to prepare them.
By Jaden Edison, Data reporting by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer When Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom training, one goal…
KTSM News – Train derailment kills child, spills sulfuric acid near highway
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A 4-year-old child is dead, a woman has lost her foot, and firefighters were trying to contain a spill of sulfuric acid after a train carrying…