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Month: August 2020

Council approves El Paso city budget that cuts $62M, holds the line on property tax rate

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council on Tuesday approved an approximately $985 million budget plan for the new fiscal year that begins in September amid what officials acknowledge are “financial challenges created by the (coronavirus) pandemic.” As a result, the budget adopted by council for the 2021 fiscal year reflects a decrease of approximately

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How to help Beirut explosion victims

At least 100 people are dead and 4,000 wounded following an explosion in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut. The city is decimated with thousands of residents left homeless, a medical system already strained from coronavirus and up to $5 billion worth of damage. The Lebanese Red Cross is sheltering the displaced and providing medical treatment

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