By Olivia Alafriz, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2023 “Texas Democrat leads renewed push in Congress to grant citizenship to DACA recipients” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The
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Stacker compiled a ranking of the counties with the highest unemployment in Texas using data from the BLS.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Governor Greg Abbott is signing a bill at the Texas Capitol Wednesday. The new law will allow fentanyl deaths to be prosecuted as murder. The Governor will be joined by fentanyl advocates, families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl, and bill authors and sponsors. In a tweet Gov. Abbott
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new law signed by Governor Greg Abbott gets rid of temporary paper plates for vehicles. When a person buys a car in Texas, they are given a temporary paper plate that’s good for 30 days. During that time, they are supposed to register their vehicle with the Texas DMV
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Coronado grad Ivan Melendez is known as the ‘hispanic titanic’, in large because he hits home run after home run. Last year he broke Texas’ single-season home run record, wont the Golden Spikes Award and then got drafted No. 43 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He started playing in the
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Stacker crunched the numbers from a variety of sources to find the best beach towns in Texas
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune June 9, 2023 “Appeals court dismisses GOP megadonor’s lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California’s capital on taxpayer-funded private jets. Intentionally or not, envoys for Florida’s Catholic governor and Republican presidential
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar wants a federal investigation to occur after migrants were flown to California. The migrants reportedly crossed into the United States through El Paso. Shortly after, they were approached by people who offered them jobs and migrant support. Once in California, the migrants were dropped off
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans will be remembering the man killed Thursday evening. 32-year-old Marcos Fino Jr. died following a deadly shooting on Doniphan in the Upper Valley. A vigil is scheduled to held at Album Park in East El Paso to remember the man some called ‘Pumba’. According to court documents ABC-7
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — On Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed what his office describes as critical border security legislation. This comes after Abbott signed at least five other bills aimed at strengthening border security since the start of the latest legislative session. That session is now at a close, so this is expected to
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that aims to improve public safety. Lawmakers passed the bill during the 88th regular legislative session, which ended last month. It is one of many measures passed and signed in the days after the regular session. Abbott called a special session to finish
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By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune June 1, 2023 “Cars registered in Texas after 2025 will no longer need to pass a safety inspection, but owners will still pay the fee” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public
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Originally Published: 02 JUN 23 19:55 ET By Jack Forrest (CNN) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for most minors in the state, making Texas the largest state in the US to place restrictions on transgender youth’s access to critical care. Senate Bill 14 bars health
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Working lunches that cost El Paso taxpayers more than $17,000 over the last 16 months will no longer be provided during El Paso City Council meetings effective Monday, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC-7 through a source. The authenticity of the e-mail sent by El Paso Mayor Oscar
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Traffic experts are urging the importance of driving safely as more people hit the roads this summer, including motorcyclists. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, crashes involving motorcycles continue to rise in the state of Texas. In 2022 alone, 562 motorcycle riders were killed. In just one week in
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Stacker compiled a list of counties with the most farmland in Texas using data from the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency.
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HORIZON, Texas (KVIA) — A judge sentenced Ricardo Robles to five years in prison Thursday. Robles was convicted of embezzling almost $10 million. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Jaime Esparza, tells ABC-7 that Robles will also have to pay $9.8 million in restitution for wire fraud. Court documents obtained by ABC-7
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(ABC) — A Texas man is facing two new murder charges after he allegedly called police to confess to killing his roommate and another woman, and authorities are now investigating whether the previously convicted killer could be linked to other cold cases. Raul Meza Jr. also allegedly may have killed again if he was not
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Questions still remain how former District 6 City Representative Claudia Rodriguez spent $7,555.48 in one day using taxpayer money in October 2022. Rodriguez made eight transactions using a taxpayer-funded purchasing card on the same day the city representative hosted a city-sponsored Halloween event, but there is no indication those purchases
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By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune May 31, 2023 “Abbott taps John Scott, former Texas secretary of state, as interim attorney general” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In an exclusive interview with ABC-7, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said he’s concerned about the amount of spending on city procurement cards, or P-cards. “I want to look at that and make sure that the citizens of El Paso know that we are looking at it and we will
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ORANGE, Texas (KVIA) — Alexandra Serrano tells ABC-7 her son, 29-year-old Aaron Ray, was killed May 16, 2023. Serrano says Ray was stabbed in the heart in a domestic dispute in Orange, Texas, which is east of Houston. The family set up a Gofundme page to pay for Ray’s body to be returned to El
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Update: The Texas House of Representatives has passed the tax cut measure. It now moves on to the governor’s desk. By Joshua Fechter and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2023 “Political fights over property taxes rage as Texas House and Senate rush bills forward” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit,
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham is asking everyone to help a World War II Veteran celebrate his 100th birthday. The commissioner is organizing a birthday card drive for U.S. Army Corporal Carl Reid, who turns 100 on June 15. Reid requested 100 birthday cards to celebrate the landmark day.
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NEW IBERIA, Louisiana (KATC) — A lawsuit has officially been filed in Texas against Turbo Restaurants LLC, the company that owns the Arby’s franchise where Nguyet Le was found dead. According to the lawsuit, Le had worked at a Houston Arby’s and then was contracted to temporarily work at the New Iberia location. She had
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Future El Paso athletic hall of famer, Dale Laverty had a pretty stellar track career which still sees him sit atop several record books. Laverty is a three-time 400 meter intermediate hurdle outdoor champ, a 2-time NCAA track and field All-American for the 400 meter hurdles. His time of 49.45
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Tribune reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial will begin no later than August 28 in Austin. ABC-7 has learned that the Texas State Senate unanimously adopted a measure laying out the timeline for the trial Monday evening. A seven-member committee is now tasked with figuring out
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By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2023 “Gov. Greg Abbott calls immediate special session to address property taxes and border issues” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for
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By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2023 “Abbott signs into law CROWN Act banning race-based hair discrimination” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas
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