Fronteras Desk News
The obscure Phoenix-based nonprofit that spent millions on California and Arizona ballot initiative campaigns is backed by other nonprofits involved in heavy political spending.
Nov. 5, 2012
In the race for Gabby Giffords' former seat, the Democrat has long been considered the likely victor. But now the Republican contender has closed the gap, leaving the seat up for grabs.
Nov. 5, 2012
Violent crime is dropping in the largest U.S. border cities.
Nov. 5, 2012
This is a high-stakes election for first-term New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez-- and she’s not even running.
Nov. 5, 2012
A 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling shook up how criminal defense attorneys had to advise their immigrant clients about the threat of deportation after a conviction. Last week amid the storm, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the 2010 decision could be retroactive.
Nov. 5, 2012
In Texas, there’s a tight race brewing between two Latinos. Two years ago, Francisco Canseco was swept in congress as part of the national Tea Party wave. His challenger is Peter Gallego, a Democrat who has served in the legislature for 22 years. This vast congressional district is majority Latino. Observers are watching to see how that voting bloc may or may not influence the election and what it spells for future Texas politics.
Nov. 4, 2012
The controversial Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, is running a close re-election campaign against two challengers - a Democrat and an Independent. Arpaio, a lightning rod for immigration issues, has raised millions of dollars from individual donors. But an activist group has mobilized over 30,000 new voters with one goal and message: Adios Arpaio.
Nov. 4, 2012
In a Senate race to replace retiring Republican Jon Kyl, It’s a runoff between Republican Congressman Jeff Flake and the former U.S. Surgeon General, Democrat Richard Carmona. It’s an extremely close race with big money pouring in on both sides.
Nov. 4, 2012
The battle in New Mexico is less about the Senate or Presidential races but more about the Republican Governor’s efforts to unseat opponents in the state legislature. Gov. Susana Martinez has been frustrated in having her agenda - especially an effort to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to carry New Mexico drivers’ licenses — blocked by the majority democratic state legislature. She’s working hard to put supporters in office.
Nov. 4, 2012
In 2010, California voters gave the power of drawing congressional district lines to a bipartisan committee. One outcome: some parts of historically red San Diego are a new battleground. Millions of outside dollars have poured into the 52nd Congressional District race. Super PACs, ominous television ads and fierce politicking are all making the Bilbray-Peters race a reflection of the new political norm.
Nov. 4, 2012
The last-minute drama is testing California campaign finance rules.
Nov. 2, 2012
Residents and elected officials in South Texas continue to protest a fatal shooting of two undocumented immigrants from a Department of Public Safety helicopter.
Nov. 2, 2012
Though the Mexican community of Las Vegas doesn't have the longstanding presence of that in Phoenix or Los Angeles, roughly 2,000 people came out on the first night of the Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Nov. 2, 2012
To understand New Mexico's current political climate, you have to look into its past.
Nov. 2, 2012
Conservationists are once again suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in hopes of listing the Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle as endangered.
Nov. 2, 2012
Two Harvard graduate students have written an algorithm that tracks the growth of Mexican drug Cartels through Google.
Nov. 2, 2012
We take a road trip through Nevada, the last battleground of the Fronteras region for the Presidential contest. UPDATED 11:25 AM
Nov. 2, 2012
The Mexican border city of Juarez hit a new low this October, but in a more positive way.
Nov. 2, 2012
The ATF agent who blew the whistle on the agency's flawed gunwalking program, Operation Fast and Furious, is now suing Time, Inc., the media giant that publishes Fortune Magazine.
Nov. 2, 2012
Arizona’s Proposition 120 is the latest skirmish in a decades-old, federal-state tug-of-war. The State Sovereignty Act, as it’s called, would amend the Arizona Constitution to grant the state control over millions of acres of public land -- including the Grand Canyon.
Nov. 2, 2012
