The El Paso News team wants to take this opportunity to wish you and yours the best this holiday season has to offer. However you celebrate this season we wish you a joyous and wonderful time with your family and friends. https://videopress.com/v/nCrIwlfq?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true As we begin to close out the year we want to offer you […]
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Politico: “Even In Democratic El Paso, Immigration Is Sinking Biden,” As Veronica Escobar Told The Magazine, “We Have Failed.”
An article in Politico published this morning by David Siders talks about how Biden’s ineffective immigration policies have been helping Donald Trump’s quest for a second term in office. On the campaign trail, Trump has argued that the solution to the immigration issue is rounding up “millions” of immigrants, placing them in camps across the […]
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Guest Column: U.S. Border Tobacco Smuggling – A Deadly Enemy
By: Karen Santamaría It is well known that illicit trade in tobacco products poses significant health, economic and security problems worldwide. It is estimated that one in every ten tobacco products consumed globally comes from illicit trade. The impact on humans is serious. Smuggling, whether of original or counterfeit brands, provides cheaper tobacco, which attracts […]
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Analysis: El Paso District Two Election Postmortem: How Voter Apathy And A PAC Shaped The Election And What It Means For Veronica Carbajal
Verónica Carbajal went into the election with clear name recognition and a campaign team ready to work towards her election. As one local political consultant told us shortly after Carbajal announced that she was running, this “election is Carbajal’s to lose.” The consultant was arguing that with Carbajal’s name recognition, the short campaigning window and […]
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El Paso District Two Election Results: Acevedo And Carbajal In A Runoff
This article will be updated throughout as election results are released by the County’s Elections Department. Last updated at 9:15pm, El Paso time. The final results show a runoff between Josh Acevedo and Verónica Carbajal. According to the results of early voting for the District 2 city council seat to replace Alexsandra Annello who resigned […]
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Analysis: El Paso City Council District Two Election By The Numbers
Saturday’s upcoming election for the recently vacated District 2 seat has low voter turn out and the voters are overwhelmingly older educated voters. Running for the open seat are Josh Acevedo, Verónica Carbajal, Judy Gutierrez and Ben Mendoza. At the start of the election cycle, Carbajal had significant name recognition and engaged canvassers talking to […]
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El Paso City Council District Two Campaign Finance Reports For The Saturday Election
Correction: the sub title on this article was updated to correct a mistake. Verónica Carbajal is on the ballot on Saturday, not Veronica Escobar. Yesterday, the latest campaign finance reports for the District 2 election were posted by the City Clerk’s office. The reports were due on Saturday, December 1. These are the last financial […]
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Exclusive: City Council To Receive Report About Henry Rivera And An Alleged Suicide Attempt On Monday
In September we published an exclusive report detailing allegations made against Henry Rivera and his wife, Dora Oaxaca, about a complaint filed by a former staffer in Rivera’s office. Our report detailed allegations that Oaxaca was running Rivera’s office and that she allegedly had access to confidential City files. The report into Rivera’s actions was […]
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El Paso District 2 Election: Verónica Carbajal Instagram Post Accuses Israel Of Genocide In Gaza
An Instagram post shared by Verónica Carbajal on her official campaign channel on October 19 led to several readers reaching out to El Paso News to express their disapproval of the post and the inappropriateness of it by a candidate running for the District 2 city council seat. The post shared by Carbajal accuses Israel […]
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Thank You To Our Loyal Readers And Supporters
As the owner and frequent writer on El Paso News I want to take this opportunity to offer a big thank you to our loyal readers and to the supporters who have contributed towards our operational costs this year. Without your help, support and those who read and share our stories we would not have […]