Questionnaire: Willeta Corbett for EPISD Board of Trustees
QUESTION-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? I am a poster child of a District 5 public education. I was a…
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Questionnaire: Vanessa Betts for EPISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? I meet and exceed the qualification for the position, I am a former…
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Questionnaire: Stephen Hayes for EPISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? As a parent of 3 children in EPSID and a taxpayer, we need a strong…
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Questionnaire: Jerome Tilghman for EPISD Board of Trustees
1. Revelations experience: • 17 years 2018 retiree from classroom teaching in EPISD. • District 5 resident since 1992 w/ two…
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Questionnaire: Diane Dye, incumbent for EPISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee?30 Years of Teaching and Substitute Teaching, 6 years as a member of EPISD…
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Questionnaire: Jennie Lasley for EPISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? I have lived in this neighborhood for almost 30 years. I have…
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Questionnaire: Arturo Dominguez for EPISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? I am a product of EPISD. I graduated from Irvin HS and then attended the…
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Questionnaire: Fainot Pierre for EPISD Board of Trustees
What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? As a combat veteran and a diesel technician, I have real-world…
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Questionnaire: Josh Acevedo, incumbent candidate for El Paso ISD Board of Trustees – District 3
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? Since July 2019, I have been a member of the EPISD Board of Trustees,…
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Questionnaire: Frances De Santos Whitaker, candidate for El Paso ISD Board of Trustees
-What relevant experience qualifies you to serve as a school board trustee? I am a retired educator with 26 years experience as a teacher and…
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New Mexico expected to have fewer births, fewer students
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico researchers are warning that there may be fewer people in the state in the coming decade, with a drop in births…
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Poll finds Texans remain concerned about pandemic, but are returning to normal
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas voters are feeling safer about being out in public, and better about getting Covid-19 vaccines, but a majority of the…
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Texas congressional race showcases GOP fight over Trump, conspiracy theories and election lies
Some Republicans in a crowded field of candidates competing for a US House seat in Texas ahead of a May 1 special election have embraced Donald Trump…
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Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement; state senate now expected to vote on it
AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted crossing: making it legal…
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Texas alcohol to-go bill awaits governor’s signature to become law
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has passed a measure to permanently allow Texans to purchase alcohol to go from restaurants, advancing…
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Texas releases $11 billion of $18 billion in federal stimulus money for public schools
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’s top state leaders announced this week that they are releasing $11.2 billion out of nearly $18 billion available in federal…
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz caught sleeping during Biden’s address
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol. Just about…
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New Mexico governor predicts state to fully reopen by end of June
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham predicted during a Covid-19 briefing on Wednesday that New Mexico will fully reopen in nine…
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden will nominate Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s…
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Caught on audio: J.P. Bryan reaches out to ‘settle’ Duranguito fight, but Leeser won’t return his calls
EL PASO, Texas — Houston preservationist J.P. Bryan has funded a legal battle against El Paso’s proposed downtown multipurpose arena and donated…
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Texas will gain 2 seats in Congress as U.S. Census shows state’s Hispanic population grows
WASHINGTON, DC — Texas will continue to see its political clout grow as it gains two additional congressional seats following the 2020 census, the…
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Gov. Abbott wants feds to pay for ‘border crisis’ expenses in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to county judges across Texas on Monday requesting that they send his office an estimate of the…
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t let Texas defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ immigration rule, for now
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied, for now, a bid by Texas and 13 other states to defend a controversial Trump-era rule…
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University of Texas band members will be required to play ‘The Eyes of Texas’ or join a different band
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin says that its Longhorn Band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” and that…
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Escobar wants ‘crown jewel’ Castner Range named national monument
EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke called the the Castner Range of the Franklin Mountains “7,000 acres of rugged wilderness…
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Latest New Mexico health order allows churches at 100% capacity
SANTA FE, New Mexico — The state of New Mexico issued a new public health order Friday which allows houses of worship to operate at 100% capacity,…
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Bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers unveils legislation to ease crowding at border facilities
WASHINGTON, DC — A bipartisan group of three Texas lawmakers — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, and U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo,…
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First Lady Jill Biden visits New Mexico amid vaccine push
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — First lady Jill Biden kicked off a three-day, two-state visit to the U.S. Southwest with a tour of a vaccination clinic…
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Texas agencies tell state lawmakers of challenges involving federal shelters for migrant kids
AUSTIN, Texas — The General Investigating Committee of the Texas House of Representatives held a hearing Tuesday to listen to testimony regarding…
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Cowboys for Trump leader appeals recall bid to New Mexico Supreme Court
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin has filed an appeal with the New Mexico Supreme Court as he seeks to fend off an…
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