EL PASO, Texas — El Paso voters were deciding Tuesday on a multi-million dollar public safety bond.. The $413 million bond will fund projects and improvements for both El Paso Police Department and El Paso Fire Department. The bond would devote more than $191 million to the fire department for new facilities, more resources in
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Election Day is Tuesday in El Paso and Doña Ana counties. If you’re not sure what will be on this year’s ballot – or where to vote – we have you covered. 2019 ballot items for El Paso County residents: City of El Paso, Representative, District No. 3: Four candidates are running on the Nov.
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EL PASO, Texas — An ethics complaint has been filed against District 3 El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez. The complaint alleges Hernandez illegally solicited campaign donations because she allegedly failed to file the appropriate documents for a new campaign treasurer. The complaint was filed by local attorney Casey Williams. According to the complaint, Williams
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EL PASO, Texas — Former three-term El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Friday afternoon that he is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. O’Rourke made his announcement via social media; many staffers at his campaign headquarters in downtown El Paso hadn’t yet been told of his decision when the word went out. “I
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry will not participate in a closed-door deposition with impeachment investigators but would consider testifying in an open hearing, according to the Department of Energy. “The Secretary will not partake in a secret star chamber inquisition where agency counsel is forbidden to be present,” department spokesperson Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement
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EL PASO< Texas — Four candidates are running on the Nov. 5 ballot to represent District 3 on the El Paso City Council. District 3 represents parts of the Lower Valley and East El Paso. The seat is currently held by city rep. Cassandra Hernandez. Hernandez was elected to the seat in 2017 after serving
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that she will “of course” consult with Sen. Bernie Sanders about her soon-to-be-released plan on how to pay for “Medicare for All,” but that she has not yet discussed those details with him. “I’m glad to talk to Bernie about this,” Warren told reporters after a campaign rally in Durham,
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DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas judge has ruled that both parents should have joint custody of a 7-year-old whose gender identity became central to their court battle, which drew attention from politicians across Texas. The judge’s order came just days after a jury rendered a verdict giving the mother sole conservatorship of James Younger. In
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EL PASO, Texas — Could El Paso’s voice in Austin get quieter? It all depends on the outcome of the upcoming census. The state of Texas is seeing a population boom, but data shows El Paso’s growth is far slower. “Indicating from the census numbers (released) early this spring that El Paso, and a lot
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Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized the involvement of President Donald Trump’s family members in the White House, saying his own children “are not going to have offices in the White House” if he is elected president. During an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate called the
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EL PASO, Texas – Ron Martin, the president of the El Paso Police Officers Association, announced Thursday on Twitter that he will be challenge El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles in the Democratic primary next March. “Its time to tell all my friends, family, coworkers and all of El Paso that I will be running
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso City Council District 6 Rep. Claudia Ordaz-Perez announced Wednesday she plans to run for the Texas House District 76 seat in 2020. The seat was previously held by Cesar Blanco who announced earlier this year he will run for the Texas Senate seat that is held by Jose Rodriguez.
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AUSTIN, Texas — First-term Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection to the lower chamber in 2020 — completing a stunning fall for the Angleton Republican who enjoyed near unanimous support in the House just months earlier. After much prayer, consultation, and thoughtful consideration with my family, it is clear
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Will 2020 see the return of the brokered national political convention — that is, a convention where delegates are unable to agree on a nominee during the first round of voting, making it necessary to “broker” delegates between candidates in subsequent rounds to arrive at a nominee? It’s hard to ignore the potential for a
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso City Council member said Monday that he will be seeking to strip City Rep. Sam Morgan of his Alternate Mayor Pro-Tempore post in the wake of his recent arrest for domestic violence. Fellow City Rep. Henry Rivera told ABC-7 that he will introduce an item to do so at the next
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Hundreds of supporters filled the Theatre in Grand Prairie for Beto O’Rourke’s “Rally Against Fear” on Thursday evening. The Democratic presidential candidate hosted the event in response to President Donald Trump’s “Keep America Great” rally in Dallas. After several speakers and musical acts, O’Rourke took the stage and greeted the crowd by saying “I love
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President Donald Trump on Thursday night compared the attack by the Turkish military on Syrian Kurds, onetime American allies in the fight against ISIS, to a schoolyard fight after praising a ceasefire agreed to earlier in the day. While speaking at a rally in Dallas, Trump described his approach to the situation between the Turks
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In the fourth round of Democratic debates, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso engaged in one of the most personal exchanges of the entire primary with a fellow Democrat, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The issue — whether or not the government should have a mandatory buyback program for assault-style weapons — elicited
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The Democratic presidential contenders were in Ohio on Tuesday evening for the fourth primary matchup of the season as an ongoing impeachment inquiry battle continues to pull the contest into Washington’s orbit despite efforts to keep kitchen table issues at the forefront on the trail. The pivotal debate, hosted by CNN and the New York
Continue Reading Texas’ GOP House speaker sought help ousting members of his own party in 2020, called a female lawmaker “vile” and said President Donald Trump is “killing us” in pivotal races in a secretly recorded meeting with a conservative activist released Tuesday. House Speaker Dennis Bonnen also profanely disparaged another Democratic House member in the hourlong
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Beto O’Rourke said Friday that he raised $4.5 million in 2019’s third quarter — a three-month stretch that included a nearly two-week fundraising hiatus after the mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso and a surge in donations in the weeks that followed. That puts the former Texas congressman in ninth place among Democratic
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The two Democratic presidential candidates from Texas are set to appear Tuesday evening in what threatens to be their last debate, a high-stakes opportunity to propel their campaigns out of the lower tier and prove they deserve their spots onstage. Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke are among 12 candidates who will take the stage at
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2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Saturday that the “single best thing” to unify the country would be for President Donald Trump to resign for his actions related to Ukraine. “The best possible path, especially if you’re concerned about a country that’s never been more divided, perhaps more highly polarized every day, is for
Continue Reading “Cowboys for Trump,” a pro-Trump group of New Mexico cowboys, is looking to flip the state, turning it red. Their plan to achieve their goal: Helping their communities and raising awareness of the values and issues they think impact every New Mexican. On Friday, the group rode along the U.S.-Mexico border to raise awareness of
Continue Reading The whistleblower complaint at the center of Congress’ impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. election. The White House then tried to “lock down” the information to cover it up, the complaint says. The 9-page document released Thursday
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The FBI has arrested a U.S. soldier who allegedly discussed plans to bomb a major American news network, planned to travel to Ukraine to fight with violent far-right group Azov Battalion and allegedly distributed information online on how to build bombs. He also allegedly suggested targeting Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke of El Paso. According
Continue Reading Former Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said she believes Donald Trump could win New Mexico in 2020. Speaking with Fox News on Tuesday, Martinez described turnout as “huge” at Trump’s rally in Rio Rancho the previous night. She noted that the presence of Hispanics who applauded the president’s hard-line stance on border security. Trump
Continue Reading President Donald Trump spoke for 95 minutes at a campaign rally in New Mexico on Monday night, among the longest speeches he’s given as President. Working through the long transcript, he made at least 26 false claims — most of them ones he’s said before in recent months. Here’s the list: Trump repeated his claim
Continue Reading President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in New Mexico on Monday night and talked up his chances of turning the state red as part of his efforts to expand his grip on the Electoral College in next year’s presidential election. “It’s been a while since a Republican won” New Mexico,” Trump told supporters, who greeted
Continue Reading Donald Trump lost New Mexico by 8 percentage points in 2016. Last year, his party lost a House seat and the governor’s mansion. Last week, a congressional candidate went viral by taunting the president by name in an ad. Still, Trump is headed to New Mexico on Monday for a campaign rally that is making
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