REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH care
El Paso doctors reckon with strict abortion laws a year after SB 8
OB-GYNs and birth workers in El Paso share how SB 8 and the Texas trigger law have impacted pregnancy and reproductive health care in the region.
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Diana Sayavedra reflects on her first year as EPISD superintendent
El Paso Matters met with EPISD Superintendent Diana Sayavedra to discuss her first year at the city’s largest school district.
Photos: El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen memorial service
Hundreds of El Pasoans gathered Thursday to pay tribute to El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen at the Judson F. Williams Convention Center on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Community mourns El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen
Hundreds of El Pasoans paid their respects to the late El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen Thursday evening.
The Week Ahead: County attorney will not seek reelection; city looks to permit, tax Airbnbs
After 15 years of service, El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal announced that she will not seek reelection; also, the city is looking to register, permit and tax short-term rental properties.
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government
Complaint against Rep. Brian Kennedy to get further review
An outside attorney is referring an ethics complaint filed against city Rep. Brian Kennedy to the city’s ethics commission – which hasn’t met since 2021.
Brian Kennedy’s sports consulting gig poses conflicts with arena votes
City Rep. Brian Kennedy earned $55,000 from the Sports Commission consulting work he did prior to getting elected – preventing him from voting on the key issue he campaigned on…
Gov. Greg Abbott says in inauguration speech Legislature will prioritize budget surplus, schools and power grid
Abbott is on track to becoming Texas’ second-longest-serving governor, behind Rick Perry, who served more than 14 years. Abbott enters his third term after a decisive reelection win in November.
The week ahead
The Week Ahead: El Paso Matters’ Book Club will spotlight regional authors
El Paso Matters’ new book club will spotlight local authors; also, service employees at Hospitals of Providence vote to unionize.
HEALTH
3 years later: How cross-border partnership helped El Paso, Juárez manage COVID
Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the borderland hard. Today, looking back at the strategies to vaccinate residents on both sides of the border provides a blueprint for future…
Free at-home COVID-19 tests available again
The U.S. is mailing free, at-home COVID-19 tests ahead of a potential holiday surge. Health insurance and the city of El Paso also cover testing at no cost. Here’s how…
El Paso woman defies state abortion bans
Inspired by Mexican activists, an El Paso woman describes how she began distributing abortion pills after the fall of Roe v. Wade – a legal risk she’s willing to take…
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