Jalisco deputies mired in expenses scandal
Razors, tampons, tacos, candy bars, Frosted Flakes – just some of the personal items that members of the Jalisco Congress have charged to expenses despite being the best paid state legislators in Mexico.
Razors, tampons, tacos, candy bars, Frosted Flakes – just some of the personal items that members of the Jalisco Congress have charged to expenses despite being the best paid state legislators in Mexico.
The official dengue figures for 2013 are double those for the whole of last year, the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) reported this week.
Boosted by an influx of international tourists from far-flung destinations such as Russia, Jalisco has reversed the recent decline in the number of visitors flying into its airports.
Purchasing a computer may be cheaper than ever before but accessing the internet is still too costly for many Jalisciences, studies show.
Jalisco is just one heist away from a record year of bank robberies.
The Jalisco Congress will debate a bill that seeks to identify and punish discrimination in the state.
Jalisco’s First Lady, Lorena Arriaga, who heads the state Family Development Agency (DIF), was ridiculed on social networks this month for delivering unhealthy candy bars to impoverished indigenous children instead of nutritious food supplies.
Conservative groups have mobilized in an effort to block the passage of a law that would enhance the rights of same-sex couples in Jalisco.
At least four people were killed in Jalisco on Sunday, after tropical storm Manuel made landfall near the port of Manzanillo, Colima and proceeded to wreak havoc across western Mexico.