Route 66, which runs for roughly 2,400 miles from Chicago through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending in Santa Monica, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Read:…
Border Report – Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Senate Republicans have canceled plans to begin voting this week on a budget reconciliation package that would provide approximately $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029 amid a furious disagreement…
KTSM News – El Paso aggravated robbery suspect denied bond
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man who was arrested for an aggravated robbery of an electronics store remains jailed after a magistrate judge denied bond Thursday morning, May 21. As KTSM…
El Paso Matters – What financial exigency means for EPISD: layoffs, budget cuts, broken contracts
The El Paso Independent School District is weighing layoffs and other budget cuts as it considers declaring financial exigency, an extreme and rarely used step that allows the district to break contracts…
Border Report – Castro charges fuel debate over military action in Cuba
The Trump administration has charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five others, fueling speculation that the U.S. is creating a pretext for military action against Cuba, though experts are skeptical of…
Tech Crunch – Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience
After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – El Paso woman sentenced to prison for murder of husband
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2024 murder of her husband after she found out that he was having an affair. As…
Tech Crunch – Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’
President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order’s language. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Containment of Seven Cabins Fire decreases as acreage grows
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Firefighters are continuing to use aerial and ground operations to control the Seven Cabins Fire in the Capitan Mountain Wilderness, as containment decreased by one percent, as…
Texas Monthly – Pro-Palestinian protestors sue UT Dallas leaders, police officers over alleged punishment
Current and former University of Texas at Dallas students are suing school leaders and police officers over their arrests while protesting the war in Gaza and for allegedly suspending the university’s chapter of a pro-Palestinian student…