Welcome to this edition of the El Paso News Week in Review for the week of January 20, 2023. In this week we look at who was behind secretive mailers on the November elections. We look at the latest on the case against Patrick Woods Crusius, the death of El Paso Police Chief and a […]
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El Paso News 2022 Year In Review
This is the important news and information for 2022. Before we get to the 2022 headlines, we want to update you on our new features. Today we incorporate what we believe is the future of news delivery. As part of our efforts to keep you informed, we are now delivering our articles to you on […]
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Prominent El Paso Attorney Suspended By Texas Bar
According to a review of the State Bar of Texas, which licenses attorneys in Texas, Jack Teague Chapman, a long time Kemp Smith partner has been suspended by the Bar. The Bar’s online records show that Chapman “is ineligible” to practice law in Texas. According to the Bar’s June 25, 2025 list of ineligible attorneys, […]
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UMC And The Issue of Transparency
By now most readers are aware of the pending $345 million of non-voter approved bonds that the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) asked for last week at county commissioners court. As David Gonzalez of KVIA reported on June 15, 2022 the issue is not just about the amount of taxpayer funds, but on […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation Accepted Stolen Money Donation
This article was corrected on December 16, 2021 at 6:00am ET. The date of the donation to the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation was on November 20, 2020, not November 20, 2021 as originally reported. In October of this year, Abner Alejandro Tinoco was accused of running a Ponzi scheme based out of El Paso. […]
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UMC Denies Our Open Records Request About Cancer Center Sends To Texas Attorney General
As we previously reported, our research suggests that the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) did not discuss a feasibility or marketing plan with the Board of Managers before they voted on including almost $80 million for a cancer center that is part of UMC’s request for the $345.7 million in non-voter approved debt […]
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Special Report: Dora Oaxaca And El Paso Matters Orchestrating False Narratives To Keep Duranguito As Location For Sports Arena
As readers may remember, the city council – with newly elected city representatives taking their seats for the first time – voted to remove the controversial site of the proposed sports arena that targeted the Duranguito community. Max Grossman and members of the Paso del Sur group celebrated their long-fought victory in moving the proposed […]
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In Unprecedented Order Judge In Children’s Hospital Malpractice Case Orders Affidavit Sealed
As previously reported by El Paso Politics, El Paso Children’s Hospital has asked the judge in a malpractice lawsuit involving the death of a three-year-old girl to seal the affidavit attached to the lawsuit. The affidavit, by a doctor, alleges among several issues that the doctor overseeing the care of the three-year-old “presents a clear […]
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The Two Sides Of The El Paso Children’s Hospital
In recent court filings, the El Paso Children’s Hospital is arguing both that it is a public entity immune from lawsuits but also not a public entity subject to open records requests. In the Hensley malpractice case, the plaintiffs have alleged that the negligence of doctors Steven Ross and Rodolfo Fierro-Stevens caused a “suspected” stroke […]
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Children’s And UMC CEO: Text Message We Can Use Providence ‘Inexperience’ For Growth
Open records show that El Paso Children’s Hospital CEO Cindy Stout and University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) CEO Jacob Cintron celebrated the appointment Nicholas Tejeda as the Market CEO of the Hospitals of Providence in April 2018. Their celebration of Tejeda’s appointment centered on Tejeda’s lack of “experience”. Tejeda oversees Tenet’s health care […]
