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Authorities in Albuquerque Take Action to Reduce Citations and Jail Stays Related to Homelessness
According to Ramsay de Give for ProPublica, the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where ProPublica found that the prison population of people marked as” transient” or poor increased to 12, 000 in 2025 from 3, 670 in 2022. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, city officials, state public defenders, and judges are addressing the problem
Following the publication of a ProPublica statement, legislators request the DOJ Watchdog to look into an alleged drug-for-votes plan.
Democrat Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images, Puerto Rico native director Pablo José Hernández Rivera The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice has asked the agent of Puerto Rico in Congress to explain why a federal investigation into a prison drugs-for-votes system was abandoned following the 2024 elections. Four different
Republican Congressional Runoff: Colin Allred and Julie Johnson, U.S. Rep.
North Texas voters will likely vote on May 26 in a Democratic primary runoff between two leaders who have previously run for the same congressional district. After the Texas Congressional District ( CD ) 32 general election in November 2024, in which Allred unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX ), U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson
New Braunfels gentleman is charged with animal poaching in Texas.
A New Braunfels man is accused of illegally killing at least 13 white-tailed cents in Comal, Hays, and Bexar regions between the fall of 2024 and the late summer of 2025, according to Texas Game Wardens, a 74-count case. Darrell Maguire, 55, of New Braunfels, is alleged to have poached wild for 11 months, frequently
In response to GOP U.S. Senate Runoff, politicians criticize the OAG Plea Deal in a Child Sexual Abuse Event.
With the upcoming U.S. Senate GOP primary contest, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R-TX ) challenge has grown increasingly important as two prosecutors in the Texas Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) make a plea deal that will allow a Waco man to receive a light jail sentence after being accused of repeatedly abusing
Republican and Democratic Runoffs Are Set for Hidalgo County’s Open Texas House Seat, Bobby Guerra said.
Republican and Democratic primaries are currently holding runoff elections for the open Texas House seat vacated by Democratic state representative Bobby Guerra (D-McAllen ), who made his retirement announcement in October. After serving two terms as the Hidalgo County Democratic Party chair in the early 2000s, Guerra was first elected in 2012 and sworn into
Democratic and Republican candidates threaten to sue Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo in the runoff votes.
In discharge elections, two Democrats and two Democrats are vying to replace Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo as the county’s most populated state in Texas. Past Houston Mayor Annise Parker won the March 3 Democratic primary with 47 % of the vote, only three points short of the required 50 percent to avoid a runoff.
The Trump Administration Is Receiving Audits for How to Hand Out Billion-Dollar Border Wall Contracts.
The Department of Homeland Security has much information to the general public regarding its plans to construct new borders walls through the Big Bend area. Gentiles of Hannah During the first Trump presidency, Tommy Fisher set out to construct a part of a frontier walls in South Texas, which immediately sparked controversy. Concerns were raised
Jim Wright, Bo French, the current rail director of Texas, face off in a runoff.
After neither participant received a majority of the vote in the March 3 primary, former Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright will face past Tarrant County Republican Party chair Bo French in the Republican primary on May 26. In the Republican primary, French received 31.7 percentage of the vote while Wright received 32.1 percent. × This
Cultural Profiling Reforms Are To Expensive, Says This Sheriff’s Office. The$ 163 million that was Found It Misused
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office misused $163 million intended to address racial profiling reforms, according to a court-mandated audit. More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions. An $11,000 golf cart. $1.5 million in renovations to office space in a swanky Phoenix high-rise. And another $1.7 million for Tasers. Those were among more than $200 million
Democratic candidates in the Texas House District of Battleground Rio Grande Valley problem former Janie Lopez
Cantu-Castle received 32 % of the vote in the Democratic primary, while Ochoa won 46 % of the vote. In the November 3 general election, the winner will face Republican state representative Janie Lopez (R-San Benito ), as Democrats hope to win the district’s midterm elections under President Donald Trump. × Java is required for
Trump supports Cornyn in Texas ‘ Republican primary, which Trump won.
On the second day of early voting for their U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff, President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas ). In a Truth Social blog, Trump stated that” Ken is a real MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do
