The Guadalajara Reporter
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Reforms prohibiting the physical punishment of children in the state of Jalisco entered into law this week after their publication in the Periódico Oficial del Estado (official state newspaper).
The Jalisco State Congress has approved the new Law on Protection Against Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, which comes into force on December 18.
While the coronavirus pandemic should be taken very seriously, there are various reasons for optimism that the situation in Jalisco is at least stable and not spiralling out of control.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro and Hugo López-Gatell, the federal government’s chief coronavirus spokesperson, haven’t always seen eye to eye during the course of the pandemic, but they now agree on one thing: Jalisco appears to be on a downward trend in new Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations.
The Federalist Alliance, a group of ten opposition governors, has announced its departure from the National Conference of Governors (Conago), opting to create a “new space for republican dialogue and not a simulation” with the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Jalisco government health officials believe the state is on the cusp of moving from the high risk category (orange on the epidemic traffic light monitoring system) to medium risk (yellow).
Turnout was huge at the mobile unit for issuance of Jalisco driver’s licenses set up Thursday, August 27, at the San Antonio Tlayacapan plaza.
Federal funds allocated for Jalisco in 2021 will shrink by 4.6 percent, a move that represents “a harsh blow” for this state, Governor Enrique Alfaro said.
A five-year boy tragically lost his life Wednesday, August 26 when he was run over by a passenger bus on the highway at the outskirts of Mezcala de la Asunción.
