An irrigation district claims border wall construction is damaging its property and canal. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – Opinion: Frontera Fellows turn public service lessons into projects for El Paso
By Emma Lopez If there is something that binds the Frontera Fellows interns, it is the love of the El Paso community. Emma Lopez This year’s cohort, which began the fellowship in…
Texas Monthly – Houston law firm with Trump ties declines $150 million contract to represent migrant children
The administration had offered the contract to the Burke Law Group, which has little experience in immigration. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai’s open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Gov. Greg Abbott proposes further limiting screen time in K-12 classrooms
The proposal, which would have to be passed by the Legislature, follows a ban on cellphone use in K-12 schools approved by lawmakers last year. Read: Read More
Border Report – Appeals court rules key Alien Enemies Act lawsuit moot
A federal appeals court on Thursday sidestepped major questions on whether President Trump lawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act last year to conduct swift deportations, finding a key challenge moot. The case had boomeranged from…
Tech Crunch – Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.
AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston
Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van after his July 7 shooting death. Other men in the van said the bags contained…
Border Report – Strong security presence at the US-Mexico border aims to disrupt cartel operations
U.S. and Mexican authorities staged a large-scale security exercise along the Rio Grande on Thursday, testing how law enforcement and military agencies on both sides of the border would respond to a…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed
OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users. Read more: Read More