Few opponents have been able to rein in the SMU Mustangs as they’ve galloped toward Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Led by quarterback Kevin Jennings and defensive end Elijah Roberts, the…
Border Report – Report: Disparate swings in asylum outcomes by US immigration judges
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Wide swings in judicial outcomes for immigration asylum cases nationwide since 2019 are noted in a recent report. Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse reports individual asylum decisions for…
Texas Monthly – Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs
Committee members said it was necessary to skip the two years after Texas passed its restrictive abortion laws to offer more timely recommendations. Read: Read More
KTSM News – El Paso’s WinterFest earns a top spot in USA Today’s ‘Best Holiday Market’
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso’s Winterfest has been named the second-best holiday market in the nation in USA Today’s 2024 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best…
Yard Barker – Missouri tackle Armand Membou declares for 2025 NFL Draft
Right tackle Armand Membou informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel he is headed to the NFL this spring. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – The Texas House speaker race isn’t over. Here’s where it stands.
With Speaker Dade Phelan out of the race, Republican state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows will now face off. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Colorful helicopter pilot ‘Cheater’ Bella dies
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso pilot Charles “Cheater” Bella, who gained fame for involvement in movies and having a colorful past, died on Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, the El Paso Times…
El Paso Matters – Walmart mass shooting case could face further delays
A hearing scheduled next week in the Walmart mass shooting case could be delayed, which could impact the judge’s plan to schedule a series of hearings next year that could lead to…
Texas Monthly – The Story: A Father’s Journey to Capture the Border’s Untold Stories
Writer Oscar Cásares had long seen the Texas-Mexico border as associated with spillover violence, crime, and drug cartels—but he had another story in his bones. Cásares teamed up with photographer Joel Salcido,…
Texas Monthly – Dade Phelan Has Dropped Out of the Contentious Texas House Speaker Race
House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, months-long, intraparty push to remove him from power.Phelan, a Beaumont Republican,…