The Jalisco Congress ratified Jesus Eduardo Alamguer Ramirez as the new state fiscal (attorney general) Thursday by a vote of 33 in favor and one abstention. He was subsequently sworn in at the Government Palace in the presence of Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.

After weeks of speculation, Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Najera has stepped down from his post as the state’s senior law enforcement official.

As the legal tango continued this week between longtime Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) violinist Jolanta Michalewicz and orchestra administrators, who reportedly denied her entry to the Teatro Degollado on Tuesday, sources familiar with the orchestra’s problems say that many media reports contain errors or are “lies motivated by either parties’ agenda.”

After weeks of speculation, Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Najera stepped down from his post as the state's senior law enforcement official Monday.  Although the change seems to have been preplanned, only days earlier Najera had been roundly criticized by Guadalajara mayor-elect Enrique Alfaro for "jumping to conclusions" in a shooting incident involving his wife's driver.

Jalisco lawmakers have binned an assisted dying bill that would have given people with terminal illnesses a greater say in how they live out their final days.

Jalisco Health Department officials have warned homeowners about “phony brigades” of fumigators prowling neighborhoods claiming to work for their agency.