The Rio Grande near El Paso has run dry — a situation that hasn’t occurred in almost 10 years — removing a key source of water for the city. “There is currently no water in the river.”... Read more»
Investors and financial analysts have their eyes on a bankruptcy case, pending in a Dallas courtroom, that they say could systematically shift how American firms do business with Mexican companies.... Read more»
Gov. Rick Perry, who bitterly clashed with Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential primary campaign trail, voted for the former Massachusetts governor Wednesday and predicted he would prevail in November.... Read more»
In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight.... Read more»
Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul announced in a statement released Monday announced that he would stop campaigning in states that have not yet voted.... Read more»
Citing an unprecedented level of unaccompanied illegal-immigrant minors breaching the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter Friday asking the Obama administration to address the “humanitarian crisis.”... Read more»
A controversial immigration-enforcement policy is at the forefront of the sheriff’s race in Travis County, Texas.... Read more»1
If controversy could be rolled up and smoked, Ted Nugent would be on oxygen by now. (with video)... Read more»
A district judge in Austin has ordered Texas to temporarily stop its enforcement of a rule that would have removed 49 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid Women’s Health Program starting May 1.... Read more»
About two-thirds of the weapons recovered by Mexican authorities since 2007 and submitted to U.S. law enforcement for tracing had origins in the United States, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Justice.... Read more»
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday for and against SB 1070, several other states, including Texas, that have passed — or have attempted to pass — similar legislation are certain to keep a close eye on the proceedings.... Read more»
When the Obama administration announced in December that it would draw down the number of National Guard units that patrol the southern border, critics said the decision would leave Texas vulnerable to spillover violence from Mexico.... Read more»
Uranium has been mined in Texas for decades, but companies see a potential hike in demand for their product.... Read more»
By November, the EPA is supposed to complete a plan that could regulate emissions from dozens of Texas’ industrial plants, with the goal of reducing haze at parks.... Read more»
Displaced Mexicans seek refuge north of the Rio Grande after fleeing a government-sanctioned drug war in Chihuahua, where thousands have been slaughtered since 2006.... Read more»
A group of Texas lawmakers recently sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk asking him to consider including Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.... Read more»
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