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Dee Margo defends handling of pandemic amid criticism from mayoral challengers

July 17, 2020 6:44 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — With coronavirus numbers continuing to climb in the Borderland, ABC-7 asked the challengers vying for El Paso Mayor Dee Margo’s…

Texas attorney general says religious private schools ‘need not comply’ with local health orders

July 17, 2020 4:44 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — While local health officials have the authority to keep school districts closed for in-person instruction through the…

Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year

July 17, 2020 3:50 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up his campaign leadership team,…

Abbott says ‘no shutdown coming’ in Texas despite virus surge

July 16, 2020 7:19 PM Texas Tribune

HOUSTON, Texas — As the number of coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said…

Analysis: Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year

July 16, 2020 2:30 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up his campaign leadership team,…

Rosales defeats Montoya in runoff to be El Paso’s next district attorney

July 15, 2020 12:03 AM KVIA ABC-7, El Paso Matters

CLICK HERE for El Paso County 2020 Runoff Election Results EL PASO, Texas — Yvonne Rosales defeated James Montoya Tuesday night in the Democratic…

Holguin unseats incumbent Perez in El Paso County Commission runoff

July 14, 2020 11:41 PM David Burge

CLICK HERE for El Paso County 2020 Runoff Election Results EL PASO, Texas – A two-term El Paso County Commissioner lost to the chairwoman of the…

Kanye West dropping out of 2020 presidential race

July 15, 2020 3:43 PM ABC News

NEW YORK, NY — Kanye West’s run for the 2020 presidency is reportedly over just as quickly as it started. Less than two weeks after the July…

Complete results: El Paso County & Texas 2020 runoff elections

July 14, 2020 6:26 PM KVIA ABC-7

CLICK HERE for El Paso County 2020 Runoff Election Results Scroll down below to get all of Texas’ election results of the 2020 runoff races for…

MJ Hegar wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Texas

July 14, 2020 10:39 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

CLICK HERE for Texas 2020 Runoff Election Results AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ MJ Hegar won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, the Associated…

Texas GOP Congressman Will Hurd ‘afraid’ reopening schools will be ‘a debacle’

July 14, 2020 10:25 PM Jim Parker

WASHINGTON, DC — “A debacle” is what Texas Republican Congressman Will Hurd is afraid of as schools get closer to reopening. While Texas voters were…

El Paso family court judge ousted in race wrought with negative campaigning

July 14, 2020 10:00 PM KVIA ABC-7, El Paso Matters

CLICK HERE for El Paso County 2020 Runoff Election Results EL PASO, Texas — A runoff race to determine who would preside over the 388th District…

Trump’s former doctor wins GOP Congressional nomination in Texas

July 14, 2020 9:05 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump’s former White House physician won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in Texas on Tuesday in…

Texas voters deciding U.S. Senate runoff amid stress of pandemic

July 14, 2020 2:59 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — A U.S. Senate primary race in Texas overshadowed by an alarming resurgence of the coronavirus came down to a runoff Tuesday between…

New Mexico group ‘Cowboys for Trump’ ordered to pay fines, register as political committee

July 14, 2020 11:08 AM Associated Press

OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico — The New Mexico group, Cowboys for Trump, must register as a political committee in the state, and pay $7,600 in fines…

‘Let us serve’: Las Cruces restaurant owners, servers protest New Mexico dining restrictions

July 13, 2020 2:00 PM Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Restaurant owners and members of the service industry across Las Cruces on Monday afternoon protested the New Mexico…

‘Know My Ballot’ website aims to educate El Paso voters

July 13, 2020 7:13 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — It’s an organization geared towards simplifying the process of educating voters about who is running in local, state and national…

New Mexico governor orders no indoor restaurant dining, no fall football or soccer due to virus

July 9, 2020 3:45 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called it “a tough pill to swallow for many New Mexicans” as she rolled back the state’s…

Governor signs law requiring all New Mexico officers to wear body cams

July 8, 2020 12:58 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico will require that all state and local police officers wear body cameras in response to concern about excessive…

Houston mayor cancels GOP convention due to virus concerns

July 8, 2020 2:42 PM Associated Press, ABC News

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston’s mayor on Wednesday canceled the Texas Republican Party’s in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus…

New Mexico Supreme Court to hear challenge of governor’s virus order

July 8, 2020 12:47 PM Associated Press, ABC News

SANTA FE, New Mexico — It will be up to the New Mexico Supreme Court to decide what authority the state has to enforce certain provisions of…

Beto O’Rourke calls on ‘pathetic’ Gov. Abbott to ‘resign’ over handling of virus pandemic

July 6, 2020 11:30 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman and prominent Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to resign, saying his…

Kanye West announces he’s running for president

July 5, 2020 10:18 AM ABC News

LOS ANGELES, California — It’s unclear whether he’s consulted with his friend Donald Trump, but rapper Kanye West has announced he’s ready to…

President Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at Mount Rushmore speech & fireworks

July 3, 2020 7:50 PM Associated Press, CNN

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, South Dakota — At the foot of Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump made a direct…

Gov. Abbott orders Texans to wear masks in public or face $250 fine

July 2, 2020 2:33 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott issued a nearly statewide mask mandate Thursday as Texas scrambles to get its coronavirus surge under…

New poll has Trump holding narrow lead over Biden in Texas

July 2, 2020 10:35 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump would beat former Vice President Joe Biden in Texas by 4 percentage points if the election were held today,…

New Mexico hits 500 virus deaths; governor halts reopening, orders visitor quarantine, mask crackdown

July 1, 2020 3:30 PM Jim Parker

SANTA FE, New Mexico – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said there will now be more “aggressive enforcement” of the state’s public…

Abbott doesn’t say if he agrees with Lt. Gov’s view that Fauci ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about’

July 1, 2020 1:40 PM Texas Tribune, KVIA ABC-7

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com AUSTIN, Texas — Despite Texas’ surge of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, Lt. Gov. Dan…

New Mexico governor signs budget bill, but vetoes some cuts

June 30, 2020 10:32 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Tuesday a budget solvency plan seeking to mend a multi-billion-dollar deficit…

Texas bar owners sue Gov. Abbott to reopen amid pandemic

June 29, 2020 10:30 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

EL PASO, Texas — A group of Texas bar owners filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that closed their businesses to…