The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
An initiative that would see establishments fined starting in 2020 if they fail to provide biodegradable plastic bags, containers, straws and cups to their customers has been approved by the main body of the Jalisco State Congress.
A seven-year-old girl was mauled to death this week by a pit bull in the Lomas del Cuatro neighborhood of Tlaquepaque.
Dissatisfied with the August 31 decision of Jalisco’s Electoral Tribunal (Triejal) to uphold the election of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) candidate Moisés Anaya as Chapala’s next mayor, representatives of two opposing parties have filed appeals with the regional chamber of the Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF) for a definitive ruling.
The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara has opened a small space in the city’s Biblioteca Pública Juan José Arreola (State Library) to be known as “La Esquina Franklin” (The Franklin Corner).
Expect Mexico to mark Día Nacional de Protección Civil with heightened pathos on Wednesday, September 19.
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador this week paid his first visit to Guadalajara since his landslide July 1 election victory — part of a national “Tour of Thanks” he is undertaking prior to his investiture on December 1.
Renovations to the Plaza de Armas, the landmark square in Guadalajara’s historic center, will not be completed by this weekend but the traditional “grito” festivities will take place as usual on the evening of Saturday, September 15.
Jalisco’s Secretaria de Movilidad (Semov) resumed random vehicle spot checks at lakeside this week, with local motorists reporting a team of agents posted on the highway west of Ajijic at La Cristina on Wednesday, September 19.
The Centro Interpretativo Phil Weigand at the Guachimontones archaeological site has become the first museum in Jalisco to be powered exclusively by “green” energy.
