Month: October 2007

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made a large marijuana bustat the Bridge of the Americas on Friday afternoon. Officers reporttheamount of the drugseized weighed 1,831 pounds. They were concealed in the floor of an empty trailer that entered the U.S.from Mexico. A drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the contraband. They

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made a large marijuana bustat the Bridge of the Americas on Friday afternoon. Officers reporttheamount of the drugseized weighed 1,831 pounds. They were concealed in the floor of an empty trailer that entered the U.S.from Mexico. A drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the contraband. They

TEXAS – Proposition 3 – HJR 40 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) Currently, Subsection (i) of Section 1, Article VIII of the Texas Constitution limits the maximum average annual percentage increase for a residence homestead for tax purposes to 10 percent of the property’s previous appraised value for each tax year

TEXAS – Proposition 3 – HJR 40 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) Currently, Subsection (i) of Section 1, Article VIII of the Texas Constitution limits the maximum average annual percentage increase for a residence homestead for tax purposes to 10 percent of the property’s previous appraised value for each tax year

TEXAS – Proposition 2 – SJR 57 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) This amendment would authorize the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to issue up to $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance college and university student loans. The THECB expects to exhaust the currently authorized amount of $400

TEXAS – Proposition 2 – SJR 57 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) This amendment would authorize the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to issue up to $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance college and university student loans. The THECB expects to exhaust the currently authorized amount of $400

TEXAS – Proposition 1 – HJR 103 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) Section 17, Article VII of the Texas Constitution establishes the higher education fund and makes annual appropriations to qualifying institutions of higher education. Those institutions are grouped together according to the university system with which it is associated and

TEXAS – Proposition 1 – HJR 103 Brief background information: (provided by the Texas Legislative Council) Section 17, Article VII of the Texas Constitution establishes the higher education fund and makes annual appropriations to qualifying institutions of higher education. Those institutions are grouped together according to the university system with which it is associated and

EL PASO, TX. – Nearly a dozenUTEP students will have to pay good money to get their vehicles after several were towed off a lot slated for construction. A number of vehicles were towed after students parked in the empty lot on Mesa between Cincinnati and Glory Road. Many weresurprised to come back to the

EL PASO, TX. – Nearly a dozenUTEP students will have to pay good money to get their vehicles after several were towed off a lot slated for construction. A number of vehicles were towed after students parked in the empty lot on Mesa between Cincinnati and Glory Road. Many weresurprised to come back to the

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP) – An education advocacy group says high school dropouts cost the economy. The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates New Mexico’s economy could have been 3.1 billion dollars richer in the future if all the state’s students who started high school in 2003 had graduated last spring. The alliance’s report is based on estimates

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP) – An education advocacy group says high school dropouts cost the economy. The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates New Mexico’s economy could have been 3.1 billion dollars richer in the future if all the state’s students who started high school in 2003 had graduated last spring. The alliance’s report is based on estimates

EL PASO, TX — Major improvements for the county will be paid by a bond issue, but taxpayers won’t foot the bill. Instead, in a deeply divided vote on Monday, county commissionersdecided toissue certificates of obligation that will finance various projects, totaling some $73 million. The bond passed by a vote of 3-2, with Commissioner

EL PASO, TX — Major improvements for the county will be paid by a bond issue, but taxpayers won’t foot the bill. Instead, in a deeply divided vote on Monday, county commissionersdecided toissue certificates of obligation that will finance various projects, totaling some $73 million. The bond passed by a vote of 3-2, with Commissioner

CLINT, TX. – The fight between county residents and a Mexican oil company continues even after a public meeting meant to help the company’s cause. Neighbors in East El Paso County saya natural gas pipeline would run too close to their property for comfort, but the law is on the company’s side.PMI, a company that’s

CLINT, TX. – The fight between county residents and a Mexican oil company continues even after a public meeting meant to help the company’s cause. Neighbors in East El Paso County saya natural gas pipeline would run too close to their property for comfort, but the law is on the company’s side.PMI, a company that’s

HOUSTON, TX.(AP) – Nearly one-third of 4,400 Texas teenage drivers routinely have talked on a cell phone and a quarter of them surveyed by the Texas Transportation Institute say they repeatedly have written and received text messages on wireless devices while driving. The results of the largest survey of young Texas drivers by the institute,

HOUSTON, TX.(AP) – Nearly one-third of 4,400 Texas teenage drivers routinely have talked on a cell phone and a quarter of them surveyed by the Texas Transportation Institute say they repeatedly have written and received text messages on wireless devices while driving. The results of the largest survey of young Texas drivers by the institute,

EL PASO, TX. – Some undocumented immigrants crossing into theU.S.nowmay find themselves in jail instead of sent home if they get caught. The Customs and Border Protection program known as “Zero Tolerance” is expanding to the border near Laredo. It’s already in place in the Del Rio sector and in parts of Arizona. Under “Zero

EL PASO, TX. – Some undocumented immigrants crossing into theU.S.nowmay find themselves in jail instead of sent home if they get caught. The Customs and Border Protection program known as “Zero Tolerance” is expanding to the border near Laredo. It’s already in place in the Del Rio sector and in parts of Arizona. Under “Zero

EL PASO, TX. – One native El Pasoan finds herself back in town and staying with her parents, after having to flee California with her children. Eastwood High School graduate Shelley Williams says the smoke got so bad in her Rancho Santa Margarita neighborhood, she loaded her three children in the car Tuesday and drove

EL PASO, TX. – One native El Pasoan finds herself back in town and staying with her parents, after having to flee California with her children. Eastwood High School graduate Shelley Williams says the smoke got so bad in her Rancho Santa Margarita neighborhood, she loaded her three children in the car Tuesday and drove

EL PASO, TX. -Some El Pasoans have a huge clean-up on their hands afterahouse fireSaturday morning wrought nearly $50,000 in damages. Around 9:30Saturday morningalong the 10000 block of Galahad, fire crews arrived on the sceneofsmoke and flames coming out of two bedroom windows. The fire was contained to the back of the house and took

EL PASO, TX. -Some El Pasoans have a huge clean-up on their hands afterahouse fireSaturday morning wrought nearly $50,000 in damages. Around 9:30Saturday morningalong the 10000 block of Galahad, fire crews arrived on the sceneofsmoke and flames coming out of two bedroom windows. The fire was contained to the back of the house and took

EL PASO, TX — More details have been released as to how an Army medic, a former El Pasoan, was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday. Hugo Mendozadied inan insurgent attackwhile he was providing treatment to another wounded soldier. Mendoza tried to fend off his attackers with hand grenades, but he and his patient were killed

WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows. The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat on Wednesday. That disparity in the

WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows. The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat on Wednesday. That disparity in the

EL PASO, TX. – El Paso’s street signs are sunburned! That’s the word from the City Street Department. The signs that letdrivers know what street they’re driving on are supposed to be a reflective green. But thousands of those signs all over the city are turning black. The city’s still trying to figure out why

EL PASO, TX. – El Paso’s street signs are sunburned! That’s the word from the City Street Department. The signs that letdrivers know what street they’re driving on are supposed to be a reflective green. But thousands of those signs all over the city are turning black. The city’s still trying to figure out why

SAN ANTONIO, TX.(AP) – A man charged with murder walked out of the Bexar County Jail after pretending to be his cellmate, a ruse that apparently worked because of a miscommunication among jail workers, a county official said Monday. Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said three workers handled David Sauceda, 27, before his release and