UPDATE: Sammy Carrejo, the organizer of the “Open Texas” rally, posted video on Facebook on Monday of police officers coming to his house to issue him a citation for not having a required permit and ...
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has temporarily closed a second El Paso call center because a worker tested positive for COVID-19, El Paso Matters has learned. Wayne Salter, HHSC’s deputy executive commissioner for ...
El Paso’s Tigua Indians have suffered another major defeat in their decades-long efforts to conduct gambling at their Speaking Rock Entertainment Center. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April ...
Four U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees in the El Paso area have tested positive for COVID-19, the agency says in data recently made public. CBP had said previously it would not make public the ...
El Paso parks will close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday as city and county leaders take more stringent steps to control the spread of COVID-19. The new order was announced as the number of positive tests ...
By Stacy Fernández/Texas Tribune El Paso gun stores re-opened Friday within hours of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s nonbinding opinion that cities and counties couldn’t order them closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several ...
Beginning Wednesday, El Pasoans will be under orders to stay home and nonessential businesses must close their doors, the latest and most extreme measure yet taken to slow the spread of coronavirus. The new order ...
El Paso’s Department of Public Health has implemented new restrictions effective Saturday in line with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order earlier in the week. The United States and Mexico limited who will be allowed ...
By Mitchell Ferman and Ross Ramsey/Texas Tribune HOUSTON — Up against a Friday deadline, the broad base of workers in the Texas restaurant industry have asked Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials to waive monthly sales taxes ...
A jury should decide whether a 2015 police shooting death of an El Paso man in a mental health crisis may be traced to poor training and discipline standards set by Police Chief Greg Allen, ...
By Kelley ShannonExecutive DirectorFreedom of Information Foundation of Texas Whatever our political views, certainly we can agree we have the right to know how government is conducting business. How are taxpayer dollars spent? Who is ...
By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Jan. 20, 2020 “Analysis: Voters elect Texas’ judges. The state might take that power — but it’s risky.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media ...
By Kathy Staudt El Pasoans have tried to communicate with city officials through emails, but their voices are invisible to the broader public. Alas, the mayor and council representatives rarely answer emails. Civic engagement is ...