Two college students have joined the El Paso Matters team for the summer to enhance our data efforts and build our audience engagement. Michaela Román Michaela Román is a UTEP graduate now pursuing a masters ...
For the next two weeks, El Paso Matters is offering a unique celebration of El Paso high school students in the Class of 2020. These students have persevered under unimaginable circumstances. Their senior year began ...
El Paso journalist Robert Moore is among a group of investigative reporters who received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award on Thursday for a series of stories on the U.S. Border Patrol. Moore, the founder ...
El Paso Matters is seeking several full-time journalists to help tell the important stories of a major binational community. Ideal candidates understand the uniqueness of the U.S.-Mexico border region. Bilingual English-Spanish speakers preferred. Multimedia, data ...
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A 70-year-old man was released this week from Del Sol Medical Center after four days of treatment for COVID-19. He received antibiotics, supplemental oxygen and was connected to a cardiac monitor, officials at the East ...
Workforce Solutions Borderplex has created a stunning series of charts documenting the sudden rise in unemployment in El Paso and Far West Texas as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The charts break down first-time unemployment claims. ...
The number of positive COVID-19 tests is growing rapidly in El Paso as more people are being tested. These numbers almost certainly understate the actual spread of COVID-19 in El Paso because testing has been ...
If you have a cough, fever, or shortness of breath, how can you tell if you’ve got COVID-19, a common cold, the ordinary flu, or a bad case of worry? Should you get tested? When ...
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 ...
Claudia Ordaz Perez and Elisa Tamayo, candidates running in the March 3 Democratic primary for the Texas House District 76 seat, will talk about education issues at a candidate forum Tuesday in the Bel Air High ...
Your guide for the March 3 2020 Republican and Democratic primary elections in El Paso County. It includes: How candidates in contested primary races responded to our questionnaires on key issues Where to find sample ...
El Paso’s Beto O’Rourke ended his presidential campaign in October, in large part because his fundraising was badly trailing the top Democratic candidates. But one area where O’Rourke dominated in fundraising was in his hometown, ...
Like the United States and Texas, the percentage of El Pasoans without health care has been on the rise for the past two years, Census Bureau data indicates. The rate of uninsured El Pasoans had ...
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El Paso Matters Voters Guide
Your guide for the July 14, 2020, Republican and Democratic runoff elections in El Paso County. It includes:
- How candidates responded to our questionnaires on key issues
- Where to find sample ballots
- Voting locations and methods
- Important dates
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