EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — St. Joseph’s Catholic School is one of the schools celebrating its first day of the 2026-27 school year this week Principal of St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Jessica…
Texas Monthly – Which families are using ESAs? Here’s what we know about Texas’ first school vouchers
The number of Texas students using taxpayer money for private school or home-school could increase as more families accept invites. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics
Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Federal judge lets DHS proceed with border wall through small town’s levee system
A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to go ahead for now with plans to build a border wall through a levee system protecting a small Texas town on the border…
El Paso Matters – Opinion: From the Walmart massacre to an ICE shooting, denying personhood has deadly consequences
By Joe Moody It was seven years ago now, but it still feels like yesterday that 23 people were gunned down in El Paso because of how they looked. And today, as…
The Athletic MiLB News – Angels land their new No. 1 prospect in José Soriano deal with Blue Jays
Toronto gets a mid-rotation starter to slot in behind Dylan Cease for the next two years, while the Angels get their new No. 1 prospect. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI’s ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms suggest
Wispr Flow’s new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Brother of ‘El Mencho’ pleads guilty to drug charges in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose slain brother led one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine into the…