General News

Some civic organizations say new regulations published last week that detail how Jalisco’s anti-tabacco laws are to be enforced aren’t restrictive enough.

Jalisco Education Department (SEP) officials have stressed that they will sanction school directors who deny students access to classes because they have failed to pay a voluntary “cuota” (fee).

Molasses dumped illegally into a canal leading to La Hurtado Reservior in Acatlan, Jalisco have caused the deaths of at least 500 tons of fish.

The Jalisco town of Cocula is often considered the “birthplace of mariachi,” although some historians would dispute that claim.

Norma Consuelo Regalado Garibay, a retired teacher from La Huerta, has been crowned Jalisco’s Senior Queen (Reina de los Adultos Mayores) for 2013. 

The State Human Rights Commission is once again calling for for the elaboration of a reliable database that lists all minors living in privately-run child-care centers (shelters) in Jalisco.

Jalisco Governor Aristotoles Sandoval and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois renewed  2009 sister-state agreement at a ceremony held at the Casa Jalisco Wednesday.

Families under economic pressure shouldn’t be looking to the state’s politicians to set a good example about running up debt.