By: Mario Conde, Reporter California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled an ambitious budget proposal to combat homelessness in State. For the past couple of years, homelessness has become a big issue for California as it has increased and no immediate action has been taken so far. In Imperial County, local agencies …
January, 2020
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11 January
Red Alert Issued at Mexicali Border Due to A Possible Iranian Terrorist Threat
-Editorial The Mexicali and San Luis, Rio Colorado Port of Entry continue to be on high alert due to the possibility of an Iranian terrorist threat. Authorities were in a high alert Friday to an advisory from the Customs and Border Protection in Arizona. Mexicali Police Chief Ana Maria Andrade …
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9 January
House Votes to Limit Trump in Iran Conflict
-Editorial Its been weeks since the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump and the Iran conflict has added more issues in Washington. While impeachment proceedings are pending, congress voted in favor of a war resolution that would limit the President’s war authority. Democrats are invoking the War …
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7 January
Iran Attacks U.S. Military Base in Iraq
-Editorial Iran launched missile strikes against two Iraqi military bases housing U.S. forces in retaliation to the airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani five days ago. More than a dozen missiles targeted the Al Asad and Erbil military bases. The Al Asad airbase houses about 1,500 U.S. and coalition …
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7 January
Luis Plancarte Becomes the New Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors
By: Mario Conde, Reporter The Imperial County Board of Supervisors appointed Luis Plancarte as the new chairman of the board at their regular meeting held Jan. 7. The beginning of the year always marks a change in leadership for the Board of Supervisors as a new person becomes the face …
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3 January
U.S. Strike Kills Key Iranian Military Leader in Baghdad
-Editorial At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. According to the Pentagon, General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack …
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2 January
Impeachment
Part I. Estados Unidos de América By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, attorney and law professor. The United States is experiencing a political era of great controversies, from the executive orders of the President in controversial issues such as the proposal for the construction of the wall, as well as the …
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2 January
New California Law Being Challenged by Independent Contractors
-Editorial A new California law that will change how independent contractors will work is causing a debate that will most likely end in the higher courts. As of January 1, Assembly Bill 5 became law that will require companies that hire independent contractors to reclassify them as employees, with a …
December, 2019
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23 December
House Approves USMCA Deal
-Editorial By a vote of 385-41, lawmakers sent to the Senate floor the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement – a restructuring of the North American Free Trade Agreement initially passed in the 1990s. The Agreement is the result of a 2017–2018 renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by its member …
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19 December
Donald Trump Will Face Impeachment Next Year
-Editorial The impeachment of President Donald Trump will go down in the annals of the history of the United States. Trump will become the third President in history to be impeached and will be joining Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton on that shortlist. Voting nearly along party lines, the House …
