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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 3h
🗳️ Registered to vote in the Nov. 3 election? Time’s running out! The voter registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 5. ☑️ Here’s a checklist on everything you need to know to register to vote in the upcoming elections. elpasomatters.org/2026/10/01/d...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 13h
Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton made his first Senate campaign stop in El Paso on Wednesday, touting his experience, targeting transgender rights and asking supporters for prayers in the Nov. 3 election. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/30/t...
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Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton touts experience, asks for prayers in El Paso campaign stop
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, talked about his accomplishments, plans to help Texas families and the need for
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tibor Schaechner, El Paso’s last living Holocaust survivor, died Tuesday at age 98. The Hungarian-born survivor escaped death several times under the Nazis and later urged future generations to “get up and fight for your rights.” elpasomatters.org/2026/09/30/t...
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Tibor Schaechner, El Paso’s last living Holocaust survivor, dies at 98
Tibor Schaechner survived forced labor and several close encounters with death during the Holocaust before moving to El Paso in 1961 and raising three daughters with his wife and fellow Holocaust…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clayco founder Bob Clark says Project Jupiter can advance U.S. AI leadership while creating thousands of jobs in southern New Mexico, conserving water and providing public data on its environmental performance. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/30/o...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso. 🎨 Chalk the Block 🎤 Usher and Chris Brown ✊ “Where It Began” 🤼 Héroes del Futuro 🎉 Rocking the Rez Pow Wow ❤️ Mexican Revolution Tour 🏃 Get Your Rear In Gear Plan your week with our roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/30/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Supreme Court will let President Trump resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The order lifts for now an appeals court decision that found migrants must have a chance to object. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/29/s...
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
Under a series of often-secret agreements, Trump's Republican administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries. The case comes amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How an El Paso woman started River Thunder Ranch, a sanctuary for unwanted, neglected and retired horses to live out their twilight years: elpasomatters.org/2026/09/29/h...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
El Paso homeowners will likely pay more in property taxes this year. But even with high tax rates, El Paso County has the lowest median property tax bill among Texas’ 10 largest counties. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/28/e...
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Highest tax rates, lowest tax bills: The complicated reality of El Paso property taxes
El Paso’s high property tax rates are offset by comparatively low home values, leaving residents with a smaller average tax burden than most Texans in major metropolitan counties.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Young El Paso voters have historically participated in midterm elections at lower rates, but election officials say they’re seeing increased interest among voters ages 18 to 34. Here’s what still keeps some students from voting. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/28/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Antonio Frometa Ascón has spent more than a year in ICE detention in El Paso, even though Cuba won’t accept his deportation and Mexico requires his approval. His case is testing limits on prolonged immigration detention. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/27/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted attractions and some of the Borderland’s biggest fall celebrations are returning. Our 2026 guide has what you need to plan the season across El Paso, Las Cruces and southern New Mexico. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/25/e...
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Find fall fun in El Paso: Pumpkin patches, scares and festivals
Plan your fall with pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted attractions, festivals and Halloween events across El Paso and southern New Mexico.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week in El Paso: • Danny Olivas promotes voting. • County gets 12,000 delayed voter records. • SISD exits state oversight. • Montwood extension breaks ground. • Texas studies 3-year degrees. Read more in our weekly news roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/25/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TribFest 2026 brings together the state’s boldest thinkers, leaders and innovators for candid conversations about the ideas and actions transforming our state. It’s Texas, on the record. Sept. 24–26 in downtown Austin. Get tickets: trib.it/tribfest2026... #TribFest26
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oracle says Project Jupiter remains on schedule despite delays and permitting hurdles involving the power supply for the massive data center under construction near Santa Teresa. A new notice could allow Oracle to defer rent payments if the power supply is delayed. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/24/p...
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Oracle says Project Jupiter remains on track despite power supply concerns
Oracle says the plans for the massive data center near Santa Teresa have not changed, despite a notice that could allow the company to defer rent payments to the project’s developer if its power…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As the screwworm outbreak slows down, the busiest cattle crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border is set to reopen. Livestock trade is scheduled to resume Sept. 24 at the Santa Teresa port of entry, bringing relief to Chihuahuan cattle ranchers and their clients. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/24/s...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Smithsonian’s Latino museum shouldn’t expect every family to travel to Washington. Former museum leader Eduardo Díaz proposes a mobile museum and national partnerships, including one with El Paso institutions. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion: A mobile, decentralized Latino museum could reach communities nationwide - El Paso Matters
A decentralized national Latino museum could work with institutions in El Paso and other communities to tell regional stories, expand access and connect diverse
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
El Paso County commissioners asked Sheriff Oscar Ugarte to halt unauthorized overtime and identify funding within his office in a Sept. 15 letter. The requests remain largely unfulfilled. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/23/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso. 🏈 UTEP Homecoming 🧪 La Nube Day of Play 🔮 ‘Frontera Esoterica’ 🎬 El Paso Film Festival 💃 National Dance Day 🏕️ Ascarate overnight adventure 🤠 Way Out West Fest 🥾 Last Sunday Hike Plan your week with our roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/23/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has stopped publicly listing thousands of detainees with final deportation orders in its online locator. Attorneys and families say the change is making it far more difficult to determine where people are being held and pursue remaining legal options. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/22/i...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Podcast: Project Jupiter’s air permit process is moving again, while questions remain about its power plant and gas pipeline. In El Paso, officials are eyeing Meta’s $1 billion community fund. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/21/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
El Paso reached at least 90 degrees for the 108th consecutive day Monday, breaking the city record. Every day of summer topped 90 degrees for the first time in more than 140 years of weather records. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/21/e...
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El Paso ends historic hot summer with longest streak of 90-degree days
Every day of summer reached at least 90 degrees in El Paso for the first time on record, putting the city on pace for its warmest year ever.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
About 700 people turned out Saturday for the second annual El Paso Matters 9.15K in Downtown. 🏅 Dorian Miranda and Anna Gitter were the top male and female finishers, respectively. 📸 See the winners, results and photos. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/19/2...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Finding cyclospora in wastewater does not mean it is in drinking water. A public health researcher explains how multiple treatment barriers at El Paso’s Pure Water Center will protect the city’s water supply. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion: Why El Paso’s Pure Water Center can protect against cyclospora and other pathogens
A public health researcher explains why finding cyclospora in wastewater does not mean it is in drinking water and how El Paso’s Pure Water Center will use multiple treatment barriers to protect…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week in El Paso: • UTEP sets an enrollment record; EPCC grows 4.4% • County breaks ground on a $27M medical examiner facility • City eyes a $2.5 million housing funding shift • Old El Paso takes over Sun Bowl sponsorship Read more in our weekly news roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/18/o...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
TribFest 2026 brings together the state’s boldest thinkers, leaders and innovators for candid conversations about the ideas and actions transforming our state. It’s Texas, on the record. Sept. 24–26 in downtown Austin. Get tickets: trib.it/tribfest2026... #TribFest26
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Podcast: El Paso’s rising temperatures are increasingly becoming an affordability problem. We discuss how hotter temperatures and rising electricity demand are combining to push up household utility bills in El Paso. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/17/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso. 🏃 El Paso Matters 9.15K 🎨 Third Thursdays 🎷 Party on the Plaza 🎉 El Paso Greek Festival 🥨 Oktoberfest 💃 National Dance Day 💧 Water Festival 🍷 La Viña Harvest Wine Festival Plan your week with our roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/16/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
El Paso ISD’s school board set a tax rate above the no-new-revenue level but below the election trigger. More than 20,000 owner-occupied homes in the district will owe no school tax, while rental and commercial properties generally get no exemptions. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/15/e...
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EPISD adopts new tax rate, but more than 20,000 homeowners will pay nothing
The new EPISD tax rate will generate $13,389 per student – $183 less than last year but $396 more than this year’s no-new-revenue rate – while more than 20,000 owner-occupied homes will owe no school…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
El Paso will ask Flock Safety to remove 150 automated license plate readers after state grant funding was blocked. If the company has not removed them within 90 days of the request, the city will cover the cameras. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/15/e...
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City of El Paso to give Flock 90 days to remove 150 cameras before covering them
City Council voted unanimously to cover the automated license plate readers after 90 days if Flock Safety does not remove the equipment installed in El Paso under a May 2025 Police Department…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
El Paso County approved a nearly $143 million Sheriff’s Office budget as the agency faces a projected $4.7 million year-end shortfall tied to jail operations. Commissioners also renewed demands for details about overtime use and staffing needs. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/15/e...
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El Paso County adds millions to sheriff budget as jail overtime concerns persist
Commissioners approved a nearly $143 million Sheriff’s Office budget and renewed demands for details about overtime spending as jail operations face a projected $4.7 million year-end shortfall this…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A program providing resources to food businesses in El Paso and along the Rio Grande is nearing its end after the Trump administration cut the program short. The USDA is reallocating any remaining funds to other priorities, but did not specify what. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/15/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A $25.7 million project will separate Rick Francis Street from Union Pacific tracks at Texas Tech Health El Paso. Trains currently use the crossing about 23 times a day, with past blockages lasting up to an hour and delaying students and healthcare workers. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/15/t...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Colombian man pleaded guilty in El Paso to a human smuggling charge tied to a boat carrying 40 migrants that vanished in the Caribbean. He faces up to 20 years in prison. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/14/c...
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Colombian man pleads guilty in El Paso smuggling case linked to 40 migrant deaths
A Colombian man pleaded guilty in El Paso federal court for his role in a smuggling operation linked to a boat carrying 40 migrants that vanished en route to Nicaragua.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
El Paso ISD’s new substitute program puts central office administrators back in classrooms while helping reduce costs. The initiative could save $255,000 annually, but union leaders worry it could lead to fewer assignments for substitutes. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/14/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sonia was on the phone when her daughter, Sofia, was stopped by ICE leaving work. “What do I do?! What do I do?!” Sofia was among nearly 3,500 people apprehended by ICE in the El Paso region through early August — about as many as in all of 2025. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/13/h...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This week in El Paso: • YISD offers $7,500 separation incentives • $1.7 million in grants will support West Texas veterans • Planned Parenthood launches a birth control program • Project Jupiter reports on local hiring Read more in our weekly news roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/11/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
TribFest 2026 brings together the state’s boldest thinkers, leaders and innovators for candid conversations about the ideas and actions transforming our state. It’s Texas, on the record. Sept. 24–26 in downtown Austin. Get tickets: trib.it/tribfest2026... #TribFest26
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More than 211,000 Medicaid applications were waiting to be processed in Texas in August. The backlog comes as new federal requirements add pressure to the state benefits system and Medicaid and SNAP enrollment declines. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/10/t...
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More than 200,000 Texans are waiting for Medicaid approval as enrollment declines
More than 200,000 Medicaid applications remain pending in Texas as processing delays grow and hundreds of thousands lose Medicaid and food assistance.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the fear feels familiar, El Paso’s Laura Rodriguez writes. So does the choice we face: Will fear make our world smaller or will it bring us closer to our neighbors? elpasomatters.org/2026/09/09/o...
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Opinion: Sept. 11 taught me that fear can divide us — or bring us together
Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, Laura Rodriguez of El Paso reflects on the solidarity and fear she witnessed after the attacks and considers what those memories reveal about how governments and…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A proposed overhaul of Head Start rules could weaken staffing standards, multilingual services and support for children with disabilities, the authors argue. Public comments on the proposal are due by Oct. 6. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/09/o...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Catch this week’s top events across El Paso. ❤️ 9/11 memorial events 🎉 ¡Vivamos México! grito celebration 🎨 Rubin Center fall exhibitions 🎭 Encores and Overtures Gala 🛍️ Mija Market 🏈 UTEP football home opener Plan your week with our roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/09/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An El Paso mother whose teenage son has Duchenne muscular dystrophy warns that pharmacy legislation could disrupt the trusted, specialized pharmacy care families with serious illnesses rely on. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/08/o...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Public records show El Paso police arrested City Council candidate Arturo Alluin in 2022 after he allegedly assaulted his then-girlfriend in a hotel. The restaurant owner and District 8 candidate said the case was expunged this year. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/08/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More than 70 works of art are exploring what it means to imagine the border at the Border Biennial 2026, on display at museums in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. The exhibition features 31 artists and two collectives from across the region. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/07/b...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The El Paso Independent School District plans to retrofit any buses that do not meet seat belt requirements, while the Socorro and Ysleta school districts plan to replace them. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/06/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A judge has granted David Leonard Wood’s request for DNA testing of evidence from the 1987 Northeast El Paso serial killings, potentially opening a new chapter in his decades-old death penalty case. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/04/d...
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Judge grants David Leonard Wood’s request for DNA testing in 1987 Northeast El Paso killings
David Leonard Wood had unsuccessfully sought additional DNA testing for 15 years, but a ruling Friday potentially opens a new avenue in his long-running death penalty case.
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Podcast: UTEP is spending more on players and facilities as it enters the Mountain West Conference. Steve Kaplowitz and Adrian Broaddus of ESPN 600 El Paso discuss the school’s shift to a more prominent conference and how UTEP is navigating the NIL era. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/04/u...
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Podcast: UTEP raises millions to compete in Mountain West Conference amid college sports money race
Following an intensive, multi-million dollar fundraising campaign, the university in July exited Conference USA, where it spent 21 years. ESPN 600’s Steve Kaplowitz and Adrian Broaddus join us on the…
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This week in El Paso: • Lincoln Park adds “El Paso’s Chicano Park” to its name. • El Paso opens Adopt-A-Street to the public. • Commissioners Court approves UMC tax rate, budget. Read more in our weekly news roundup. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/04/e...
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is The Texas Tribune Festival: bold ideas, real accountability, on the record. Get an up-close look at the ideas transforming our state and leave informed, inspired and ready for what’s next. Sept. 24–26 in downtown Austin. Get tickets: trib.it/tribfest2026... #TribFest26
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El Paso Matters @elpasomatters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
El Paso police abruptly stopped using state-funded Flock license plate reader cameras citywide after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause the funding. The equipment will remain installed, and EPPD may seek other money to restart the program. elpasomatters.org/2026/09/03/e...
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El Paso police abruptly halt Flock camera program after Abbott pauses funding as scrutiny grows
El Paso police stopped using state-funded license plate readers, though the cameras will remain installed and officials have not ruled out reviving the program with a different funding source.
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