By: Jerry Kurtyka The proposed Downtown + Uptown Master Plan is now set for adoption by the City. I want to point out some of the problems with this Plan, actually, more the process of the Plan, and I am asking that you as a reader communicate with your own City rep as I did […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Names Emergency Room After Lawyer Sued For Ambulance Chasing
On March 29, the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation announced it had received a $250,000 donation from Cesar Ornelas Injury Law, a law firm with offices in several cities in Texas. According to the Foundation, the donation was made on March 20. The El Paso Children’s Hospital renamed its emergency room after Ornelas because of […]
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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 31: The DMB Podcast: The May 6 Elections
In this episode of The DMB Podcast, your host, Deliris Montanez Berrios talks about the upcoming May 6 elections. Your host talks about the school board races, where to register to vote and how to get more information about the candidates. The host also urges you to vote against Proposition K, the climate charter. About […]
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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 30: The Accessibility Corner: The ADA Accessibility Improvement Program
In this episode of the El Paso Talks podcast, your Accessibility Corner host, George Zavala, talks about the need for the city council to increase the budget for the ADA Accessibility Improvement Program. ADA-Accessibility-Improvement-Program-GuideDownload Zavala is asking supporters of the program to call their city representative and ask that they support increasing the budget from […]
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Week In Review For March 31, 2023
Hello and welcome to this edition of the El Paso News Week In Review. We hope you had a wonderful week. This is the news and information for the week of March 31, 2023. As a reminder, you can view our Week In Review: https://youtu.be/m0f5cENVJp4 Listen to it on our podcast: Or, read it here. […]
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Opinion: El Paso Matters Politicizes Viral Video Of Trooper Incursion Into Mexico
Earlier this week a video from what appears to be a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) dashcam was released on TikTok. The video shows a Texas DPS trooper chasing a suspect across the Bridge of the Americas into México. The video went viral. A second video was also released on TikTok by a bystander […]
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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 29: May 6 Charter Election And Why Vote No On Prop K
In the latest episode of Unmuted With Claudia Rodriguez, your host talks about the charter amendments on the May 6 ballot. In her latest podcast episode, Claudia talks about why El Paso voters should vote no on Proposition K, also known as the climate change proposition. About El Paso Talks El Paso Talks is a […]
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Special Report: Proposition K – The Climate Proposition And How El Paso Electric Unwittingly Funded It
Editor’s note: several original source documents are available for download at the end of the article. On May 6, El Paso voters will be voting on eleven charter amendment propositions. The city’s charter is its constitution. Any changes approved by the voters in May will update the underlining structure of the city’s governance. Among the […]
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Texas Observer, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staff
By Sewell Chan and Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune The Texas Observer, the storied progressive publication known for its feisty, combative and often humorous investigative journalism, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff, including 13 journalists, several members of its board said Sunday. The decision marks an end to 68 years of […]
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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 28: Climate, May Elections & Other
In the latest episode of The DMB Podcast, Deliris Montanez Berrios talks about her opposition to the climate charter (Proposition K) in the May 6 elections. She also talks about party retaliation and how to avoid it by making political contributions under $50. Other subjects that the podcast covers include election involvement, super PACS and […]