(Photo by Monica Ortiz Uribe)
An older vertical pump jack sucks up crude oil outside Hobbs, New Mexico.
New Mexico Oil Series
Fronteras Desk reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe traveled to southeastern New Mexico to look at the new oil boom towns: Carlsbad, Hobbs, Artesia. She took a look at the impact of the industry on the economies, the people and the resources of the area. Read her three-part series:
New Mexico's Oil Industry Transforms Local Economies
New Mexico Towns Struggle To Catch Up With Oil Boom
Oil Creates New Demand In Water-Stressed New Mexico
Texas State Police Surges Challenged By Borderland Sheriffs
Mistrust of law enforcement on the border is hardly rare. The ebb and flow of policing the border in a post-9/11 world means someone or some group is almost always upset.
But in Texas, there’s apparent distrust within law enforcement itself. It involves how intelligence is not shared and how that’s in turn causing stress for some citizens along the largest section of the United States-Mexico border.
Arizona Debates Special Courts For Business Cases
Around the country, some jurisdictions have specialized courts that only handle certain kinds of cases. Sometimes they're geared toward veterans, drug cases, or defendants with mental health issues. Arizona may soon have a specialized court dealing just with businesses.