The Jalisco Hotel Association is urging state and local authorities to implement stricter regulations on short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, arguing that these services should be treated as lodging businesses rather than private residences.

Jalisco vehicle owners have less than two weeks to take advantage of the free license plate exchange program before costs and fines kick in starting April.

Officers from the Tlajomulco municipal police detained a 37-year-old man on March 14 for alleged “crimes against biodiversity,” after he was found in possession of a crested caracara.

Americans living in western Mexico are ramping up efforts to register voters and boost turnout ahead of upcoming U.S. elections, with Democrats Abroad chapters in Guadalajara and Lake Chapala organizing weekly voter assistance sessions and a pair of rallies planned for March 28.

The National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin) has approved 1.5 billion pesos to extend the new Guadalajara Airport BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system to Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, according to a report by the Spanish-language daily, Mural.

Jalisco health officials lifted the mandatory mask requirement in schools across the Guadalajara metropolitan area effective March 9, citing high vaccination coverage against measles.