by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersAugust 20, 2024 At this time four years ago, El Paso native Olivia Troye had just left the Trump White House over frustration with the administration’s COVID-19 response and other issues. On Wednesday night, she took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to tell the nation why it’s important
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Originally Published: 21 AUG 24 14:07 ET Updated: 21 AUG 24 17:43 ET By Kristen Holmes, Aaron Pellish and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to suspend his campaign on Friday at an event in Arizona, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN. There are current talks
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he is launching an investigation into “reports that organizations in Texas are illegally registering non-citizens to vote.” Paxton did not name any of the organizations under investigation. He posted about the investigation on social media today. 🚨Breaking: I am launching an investigation into reports that
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Congresswoman Veronica Escobar has been selected as one of four co-chairs for this year’s Democratic National Convention. Escobar is expected to chair the event on Thursday. Last week, Congresswoman Escobar announced she is the co-chair for the Harris-Walz campaign. She will also speak Thursday evening. The 2024 DNC is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso announced the adoption of its Fiscal Year 2025 budget, along with the approval of a No-New-Revenue tax rate. Officials said the city adopted the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate of 0.761405, which represents a 5.7-cent reduction from last year’s rate. The city had previously said the rate
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Update: City Council voted 6-2 to make Mack the next city manager. Dionne Mack, who already worked for the City as Deputy City Manager for Quality of Life, was one of the four finalists up for the position of city manager. The other three finalists also worked for the City and were Robert Cortinas, Mario
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 obtained the interviews of the four finalists for City Manager through an open records request. Baker Tilly conducted interviews, the search firm the city hired for $42,000. The City of El Paso released the videos above of the four candidates for El Paso’s next city manager.
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CHICAGO, Illinois (KVIA) — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will speak at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening. Lujan Grisham’s office says the governor will give a speech on health care. “The governor is a convention delegate and a former New Mexico Secretary of Health,” a spokesperson for Lujan Grisham’s office explained. “Democrats are
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — El Paso City Council is set to conduct final interviews today with the four finalists for the City Manager position, with a decision potentially being announced by the end of the day. The interviews will take place during the council’s executive session. This is the last step in a selection
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar will serve as one of the nightly leaders for this week’s Democratic National Convention Committee in Chicago, Illinois. The Representative’s press team told ABC-7 Sunday night that she will serve as co-chair on Thursday, which is when Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to formally accept the
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is out with a string of new proposals on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class. The plans constitute the first major policy proposals Harris has released in the nearly four weeks since President Joe Biden bowed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Rep. Isabel Salcido filed to run for El Paso mayor today. That is according to online records. Salcido represents District 5. Her term is currently set to expire in January 2027, meaning she will likely need to give up her seat to run for mayor. District 1 Rep. Brian Kennedy,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser is set to hold a news conference Thursday to discuss the city manager selection process, timeline, and next steps. This comes after committee member Cindy Conroy told ABC-7 she feels the process is being “rushed.” With the election around the corner and six council positions
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by Elida S. Perez, El Paso MattersAugust 14, 2024 The majority of El Paso County staff and elected officials – including commissioners and the county judge who gave themselves a hefty salary bump last year – will not likely get pay raises in the coming fiscal year. The El Paso County Commissioners Court on Tuesday
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Local businessman Renard Johnson officially filed for candidacy in the El Paso mayoral race on August 13. In a meeting with reporters, Johnson said his campaign is focusing on lowering property taxes, addressing public safety, and improving quality of life. Johnson says his vison for El Paso includes a focus
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Rep. Chris Canales’ response to ABC-7. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso City Representative Brian Kennedy is looking to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from his discretionary fund back to the city’s general fund. Kennedy, who is also running for mayor, is asking council to approve the
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KVIA) — Vice President Kamala Harris hosted her first presidential campaign event since she announced her running mate selection Tuesday morning. Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. The event was held in Philadelphia.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said this morning that she expects to play a major role in Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. “I got a call yesterday from the campaign, and they told me to be on high alert, that (Harris) is going to try to call me back today or
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Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee. “This week, we got a chance to catch up with a friend who we’ve known for more than 20 years. She’d had a pretty busy couple of days, to say the least. But we couldn’t be
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Hundreds of southern New Mexico residents attended a public safety town hall hosted by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in Las Cruses Thursday afternoon. ABC-7 livestreamed the event: “Ensuring the safety and security of every New Mexican remains my top priority,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham in a statement earlier in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In the lead-up to President Joe Biden dropping out of the upcoming presidential race and Vice President Kamala Harris starting her own bid, there’s one word you’ve probably head over and over: polling. To help make sense of current polling numbers, as well as how El Pasoans tend to vote,
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Originally Published: 23 JUL 24 00:00 ET Updated: 23 JUL 24 06:32 ET Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has aced her moment. So far. The vice president has already won the backing of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, sparked a fundraising bonanza and alchemized the mood of a party
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar has expressed her full support for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next Democratic presidential nominee. In a news conference held Monday, July 22, Escobar said President Biden was selfless in stepping down from the race and that she would serve in whatever capacity VP Harris
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Monday afternoon that she will be hosting a town hall on public safety in Las Cruces on Thursday at the Las Cruces Convention Center. “Ensuring the safety and security of every New Mexican remains my top priority,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham in a
Continue Reading By John King, CNN Easton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Live to 94 like Pat Levin, and you think maybe you have seen it all. Well, think again. “We’ve been thrown into an emotional tailspin,” is how Levin described President Joe Biden’s abrupt departure from the 2024 campaign this weekend and his quick endorsement of Vice President
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke publicly for the first time since President Joe Biden relinquished his reelection campaign. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1815087772216303933 Harris spoke at an event in Washington D.C. celebrating NCAA championship teams earlier today, first noting that President Biden “wanted to be here today” and is “feeling much better and recovering fast” after testing positive for
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El Paso, TX (KVIA) – From El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, to Donald Trump, a number of borderland leaders and people nationwide from all political spectrums reacted to the news of President Joe Biden announcing he will -not- seek reelection.
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