Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – Lawsuit challenges Texas Tech directives that altered teaching at El Paso medical school
A Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty member self-censored part of a course about El Paso’s underserved population – and campus leaders have told them not to use the word “disparity” in…
El Paso Herald Post – Editorial: How America’s newspapers lost their voice
Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 1963 lambasting the racist White Citizens Councils in the Lexington Advertiser, a […] The…
The Athletic MiLB News – George Lombard Jr. might be Yankees’ only untouchable prospect. What do teammates think of him?
Lombard, the team’s top prospect, has impressed Yankees players in many ways, on and off the field. A call-up wouldn’t surprise them. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters
Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez takes steps to prevent renaming Boca Chica Beach
A SpaceX superfan proposed changing Boca Chica Beach’s name to reflect its significance to space travel. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites. Read more: Read More
Border Report – CBP officer accused of using excessive force, making false report indicted
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer from El Paso made his appearance in federal court Friday after he was indicted on charges related to alleged false reporting of excessive use of…
El Paso Matters – El Paso city rep candidate Arturo Alluin spent campaign funds on clothes, his own restaurants
El Paso City Council candidate Arturo Alluin spent thousands of dollars in campaign funds on clothing and restaurants, according to his campaign finance report filed July 16, raising legal and ethical questions…
Border Report – CBP says it’s not responsible for runaway border buoys
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Border Report the federal government was not responsible for the lost buoys because they had not taken possession of the waterborne barrier, yet. Read: Read More