It is difficult to keep up with the administrative chaos and financial mismanagement in our local school districts, but we do our best. Today we learned that Pablo Barrera, Socorro ISD Trustee…
Tech Crunch – Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse
A dust-up between Evolve Bank & Trust, Mercury and Synapse has led TabaPay to abandon its acquisition plans of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
KTSM News – Socorro ISD Trustee arrested for official oppression, other charges
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A member of the Socoro Independent School District Board of Trustees was arrested Thursday, May 9 for official oppression and other related charges, according to court records….
Border Report – New Biden administration rule aims to speed up asylum screening for limited group of migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border, enabling it to quickly reject a limited group of people believed to have…
KTSM News – Animal Services emphasizes importance of microchipping pets
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – May marks National Chip Your Pet Month, and the City of El Paso Animal Services emphasizes the importance of microchipping pets to ensure their safety and well-being,…
Tech Crunch – Google built some of the first social apps for Android, including Twitter and others
The Twitter for Android client was “a demo app that Google had created and gave to us,” says Particle co-founder and ex-Twitter employee Sara Beykpour. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For…
Texas Monthly – Henry Cuellar Wouldn’t Answer Questions About His Indictment. He Offered Us a Playlist Instead.
Henry Cuellar has never been shy with the D.C. Capitol press. The ten-term congressman from Laredo is known to be a great source to reporters, both on the record and off. That…
El Chuqueño Blog – What Did You Expect?
From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot the cost for expanding El Paso Water services to the farthest edges…
Border Report – Alleged human trafficker returned to US following arrest in Juarez
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — An American man wanted on human trafficking charges is back in the U.S. following his arrest in Mexico. Chihuahua state officials handed Alex S. over to…
Texas Monthly – Horny Moms and Lost Souls: How Kimberly King Parsons Crafted a Modern, Hallucinatory Texas Novel
If you do an image search for Wink, Texas, you’ll find pictures of a wee Roy Orbison Museum, aerial photos of two massive sinkholes, and not much else. The small West Texas…