The El Paso City Council will begin reviewing possible changes to the City Charter in an November 2022 amendment election after a city representative said voters should decide on whether to switch back to a ...
The El Paso County Commissioners Court and the El Paso City Council are gearing up for the decennial task of redistricting political boundaries based on U.S. Census data — a move that could impact who ...
Proposed amendments to the city’s ethics ordinance include restrictions for who can file a complaint and punishments for people who file complaints that are deemed to be frivolous — changes that are raising concern among ...
With an overwhelming call by voters for a change in leadership at the helm of the city, many El Paso City Council representatives are looking forward to moving ahead in the New Year by focusing ...
Former El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser was returned to office Saturday, trouncing the man who succeeded him in 2017, Dee Margo. Leeser picked up more than 79% of the 53,929 votes cast in the runoff ...
El Paso city leaders responded to nationwide concerns over policing with a resolution that “seeks to encourage the elimination of racial disparities and improve law enforcement interactions” and called for a review of use-of-force policies ...
The candidates in the District 4 City Council race may have differing opinions on the issues, but they agree on one thing. The biggest challenge their district faces is it’s undeserved bad reputation among the ...
The winner of El Paso’s mayoral election will be tasked with leading the city during tumultuous times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayor, who presides over City Council meetings and votes in case ...
It was only a year ago that voters went to the polls to decide whether District 3 city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez should keep her seat. A post on Hernandez’s official Facebook page suggesting she was ...
The El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization and Border Interfaith hosted a virtual accountability session in October with candidates for El Paso mayor and City Council. The church-based groups take a different approach than most other ...
Northeast El Paso City Council candidate Shawnson “Shawn” Nixon was arrested Friday on charges that he issued bad checks to fund his campaign, police said in a text to the media. He was taken into ...
A security company and a temporary employment agency say El Paso City Council candidate Shawn Nixon owes them more than $280,000 from bad checks and unpaid invoices from this summer. Nixon’s campaign has faced repeated ...
An El Paso City Council candidate has been funding his campaign with thousands of dollars worth of bounced checks and wage theft, according to several police reports filed in recent weeks. Shawnson Nixon, 21, has ...
Weeks of debating whether to release information that would identify locations of COVID-19 outbreaks has left the City Council increasingly divided while cases of the deadly virus continue to spread throughout the community. Attempts to ...
Note: This column has been updated to include information that the state of Texas on Monday began providing information on COVID-19 infections at nursing homes, assisted living centers and state-run mental health facilities. Two things ...
The city of El Paso will continue to withhold the names of facilities and businesses that have clusters of COVID-19 positive cases after Mayor Dee Margo broke a 4-4 tie vote at City Council on ...
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By Peter Svarzbein My parents Leonardo and Sylvia were immigrants to the United States. When it came time to raise a family and establish roots they settled in El Paso. My parents were welcomed into ...