News

Tenet-HCA tussle costs Ysleta, Socorro. The county might be next.
by David Crowder

Tenet’s new and tougher stance forced a major change in employee health-care plans that is predicted to raise costs for the Ysleta and Socorro school districts. The county still is figuring out what to do.

Posted on November 28, 2008  •  read more »

The Drug War: For border residents, it's just the iceberg we knew was there all along
by Sito Negron

The Drug War raging in Juarez is just the open manifestation of a low-level conflict border residents have lived with for years, said a panelist at UTEP earlier this week. It was one point in a wide-ranging discussion of the challenges faced by reporters covering Mexico.

Posted on November 28, 2008  •  read more »

Politics

The Inner Loop: Reyes, Shapleigh, Pickett, Houghton
by Owen White

A special Inner Loop edition of "In the News," featuring some of El Paso's quotable, or at least quoted, movers and shakers. Reyes is a cardinal, Shapleigh hammers the point, Pickett's a "moderate from El Paso," and Houghton needs to be reckoned with on transportation.

Posted on November 26, 2008  •  read more »