Declarations by all three candidates running for the Jalisco governorship calling for modifications to the state-run emissions inspection program (Verificación Responsable) have gone down like a lead balloon with Jalisco’s incumbent chief, Enrique Alfaro, the key promoter of the system that went into full service in January 2023.

Mexico’s biggest and most important hot-air balloon festival is held each year in León, Guanajuato.  

The first part of the Zapotillo-El Salto-La Red-Calderon aqueduct network—a system that the state governor says will “guarantee” metro-area Guadalajara’s water supply for the next 50 years—went into operation last week.

The Irish Mexican Chamber is hosting its 4th St. Patrick’s Party to benefit Guadalajara Clubhouse, an association dedicated to helping people in Jalisco with serious mental illnesses.  

The world’s major scientific weather monitoring bodies recently announced that a new global heat record was set in 2023.

The plight of animals that once entertained circus audiences was brought home this week after “Annie,” an African elephant, was found semi-abandoned at a property in the Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno.