Jalisco looses its local parties
The Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPC) has deregistered two political parties, Hagamos and Futuro, for failing to meet the required electoral support thresholds in the state elections held this June.
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The Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPC) has deregistered two political parties, Hagamos and Futuro, for failing to meet the required electoral support thresholds in the state elections held this June.
Morena Party Senator Carlos Lomelí has called on legislators in the new Jalisco Congress to push for permanent, free-of-charge driver’s licenses, alongside introducing a points system for tracking traffic offenses.
With two weeks remaining in his six-year tenure, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has reignited his longstanding dispute with the federal government over the Pacto Fiscal (Fiscal Pact), the 43-year-old agreement granting the federal government authority to allocate tax revenues among states and municipalities how it sees fit.
The updated Covid-19 and 2024/25 influenza vaccines are currently only available in Jalisco at seven Farmacias Guadalajara branches in the Guadalajara metropolitan area that have doctors’ consultation rooms attached to them.
The Jalisco government has allocated 16.75 million pesos (US$817,000) for its winter assistance program, which aims to support 29,300 people through February 2025.
Outgoing Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has acknowledged that his administration fell short in tackling a major ecological challenge: the restoration and cleanup of the Santiago River, one of the most polluted waterways in Mexico.
Amid thanks and applause, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez delivered his sixth and final government report (informe)on November 6.
Maintenance work will be conducted on sections of Jalisco’s 2,228 kilometers of federal “libre” (free) highways through February as part of the federal government’s nationwide “Bachetón” program, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) has announced.
Members of the Association of Jaliscienses United in Action have launched a campaign advocating for Jalisco migrants living abroad—especially those in the United States—to have the right to vote in local elections for mayors, or presidentes municipales, and city councils in their hometowns.