Reservoirs on the lower Rio Grande fell below 20% full yesterday

Combined storage is dropping about 0.3 percentage points per day

Officials tell me it’s possible the reservoirs dry up entirely this year - a serious disaster

Our great special report on the future of work in Texas is live!

Deep reporting from Kristen Cabrera, Sarah Asch, Michael Marks, Shelly Brisbin, Laura Rice, Alexandra Hart & Sean Saldana. Tune in!

How an international game of catch connects both sides of the border on ⁦Texas Standard⁩

The idea behind Press Forward is simple: Increase money into local news. More people should pay for local news. Otherwise, we don’t have a democracy in America, said John Palfrey #isoj . Similar efforts need to go worldwide.

Thank you Texas Tribune for hosting daylong symposium on what Texas communities can learn from El Paso, as state nagivates demographic changes and economic, educational challenges. An honor to join, on behalf of #PuenteNewsCollaborative , colleagues Bob Moore Angela Kocherga &…

Partial solar eclipse as seen through colander on edge of West TX. On today’s ⁦Texas Standard⁩ eclipse aftermath, outlook for TX energy sector, a new book about the elusive King of Diamonds jewel thief, plus Sea Turtle Nesting season!

Legal battle over Texas' border enforcement law continues Wednesday. With the law in limbo, many migrants are worried, confused. Some undaunted, Angela Kocherga reports on ground for NPR . She's also co-hosting Texas Standard. Listen in:
ktep.org/u-s-news/2024-… #SB4 #ElPaso

What we know about the six construction workers who fell to their death from Francis Scott Key Bridge:

They were 'hard-working, humble' men, dedicated to their spouses, children and families in their homelands in Latin America.

For The Baltimore Banner : thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

🔴¡Esta es una historia que indigna!, una tragedia donde murieron 40 migrantes que no debió pasar, les comparto esta investigación colaborativa de La Verdad en conjunto con colegas de El Paso Matters y Lighthouse Reports

Under SB4 all TX law enforcement officers, state & local, can arrest anyone they suspect crossed the border illegally. That includes peace officers like constables.

'We're not going to open it for them,' our partners La Verdad with a searing package of stories from our investigation into the deadly fire at the Ciudad Juarez migrant centre

UPDATE: Texas’ #SB4 is blocked again after the Supreme Court said Texas could enforce it earlier today. Just recently, the 5th circuit court of appeals posted a new block. An oral argument is scheduled for tomorrow on Texas’ motion to “Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal.”

Investigative journalist marcelaturati searches for truth about San Fernando’s mass graves of some of Mexico’s murdered & missing pulled off buses headed for TX border. My review: revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-review-of-sa…

marcelaturati book is about finding answers. The dead did not remain silent. A chilling, compelling review by Angela Kocherga, who shares her own experience about reporting on the missing along border. San Fernando: Última Parada is a must read:

revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-review-of-sa…

npr.org/2024/03/09/123… a must listen by Eyder Peralta

El Paso Community Foundation El Paso County This ridiculously good video by El Paso Community Foundation captures the spirit of a binational community taking back the border and its narrative w 2000 runners criscrossing la frontera. #elpaso #juarez #internacionalrun #runasonr

THE BORDER made news today, again. But it wasn’t a crisis, chaos or conflict. This was the 10K International Run in which 2,000 runners crisscrossed the border, one of a kind event, and biggest along frontera. (Thread)