Congresswoman Escobar hosts town hall on gun violence, domestic terrorism
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar held a virtual town hall meeting Friday morning that she described as an effort to honor to…
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Abbott worries flu season amid virus pandemic may leave Texas hospitals ‘completely overrun’
DALLAS, Texas — In a visit to Dallas Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott urged Texans to “get a flu vaccine” as early as possible. Abbott said it’s critical…
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2 highest paid El Paso city execs to get $20k in raises amid budget cuts and layoffs during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — The two highest paid city of El Paso administrators are set to get more than $20,000 combined in raises coming up in September.…
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‘May karma find you all’: Texas woman’s obituary for her late husband condemns Trump, Abbott and people who don’t wear masks
JEFFERSON, Texas — Stacey Nagy’s husband, David, died two weeks ago from coronavirus complications. She grieved the loss of her longtime…
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Texas Gov. Abbott says ‘abundant supplies’ of PPE exist for schools to reopen, even as virus cases rise
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday visited a Texas Division of Emergency Management warehouse in San Antonio to receive an…
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Mayor Margo says it’s his mission to ensure shooting tragedy doesn’t define El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Dee Margo was out of town when the Aug. 3, 2019 tragedy unfolded. He made it a point to get back to El Paso, and has since…
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Texas Gov. Abbott to skip Republican National Convention due to virus concerns
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will skip the scaled-down Republican National Convention later this month in North Carolina as his state…
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El Paso police chief photographed in uniform with GOP political leader not wearing mask or social distancing
EL PASO, Texas — Both the El Paso Republican Party and the Texas GOP have publicly posted a photograph on social media showing the city’s police…
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Trump downplays West Texas energy worries as he tries to rally oil and gas workers against Dems
MIDLAND, Texas — President Donald Trump took sweeping digs at “crazy left radical Democrats” on a trip Wednesday to the fracking fields of West…
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Texas AG says only school officials, not health authority, can order closures to prevent virus
AUSTIN, Texas — In an advisory opinion issued Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said only local school districts – and not the local health…
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Hundreds of Texas bar owners pledge defiance to Gov. Abbott’s order
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hundreds of Texas bar owners say they’ll defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s mandate that ordered them closed after a surge in coronavirus…
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Trump sued by El Paso County over attempt to omit undocumented immigrants from key census count
EL PASO, Texas — President Donald Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from census figures that will be used to divide up seats in…
Continue Reading Woman who invited Texas governor to her mother’s funeral says she would be alive if state had mandated masks sooner
DALLAS, Texas — The woman who invited Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to her mother’s burial “to witness first-hand the tragedy” of…
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El Paso mayor breaks tie council votes to keep virus cluster data secret & not add test sites
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday, with Mayor Dee Margo breaking ties, to continue withholding information on the specific…
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Abbott ducks question about adviser’s remark that Trump is ‘bored’ with pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — In an interview with ABC-7 on Tuesday evening, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined to directly address a remark by one of his advisers…
Continue Reading Texas AG Paxton: Religious and private schools don’t have t follow COVID-19 public health orders
Click here for updates on this story North Texas, TX (KTVT) — In a letter simply addressed to ‘Religious Private…
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In rare move, Biden & DNC air presidential TV ads in El Paso, across Texas
EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden’s campaign debuted its first general election television ad in El Paso on ABC-7 over the weekend, dipping its toes in…
Continue Reading Dee Margo defends handling of pandemic amid criticism from mayoral challengers
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…
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Texas attorney general says religious private schools ‘need not comply’ with local health orders
AUSTIN, Texas — While local health officials have the authority to keep school districts closed for in-person instruction through the…
Continue Reading Abbott says ‘no shutdown coming’ in Texas despite virus surge
HOUSTON, Texas — As the number of coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said…
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Rosales defeats Montoya in runoff to be El Paso’s next district attorney
CLICK HERE for El Paso County 2020 Runoff Election Results EL PASO, Texas — Yvonne Rosales defeated James Montoya Tuesday night in the Democratic…
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Holguin unseats incumbent Perez in El Paso County Commission runoff
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…
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Complete results: El Paso County & Texas 2020 runoff elections
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…
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MJ Hegar wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Texas
CLICK HERE for Texas 2020 Runoff Election Results AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ MJ Hegar won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, the Associated…
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Texas GOP Congressman Will Hurd ‘afraid’ reopening schools will be ‘a debacle’
WASHINGTON, DC — “A debacle” is what Texas Republican Congressman Will Hurd is afraid of as schools get closer to reopening. While Texas voters were…
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El Paso family court judge ousted in race wrought with negative campaigning
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…
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Trump’s former doctor wins GOP Congressional nomination in Texas
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…
Continue Reading Texas voters deciding U.S. Senate runoff amid stress of pandemic
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…
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‘Know My Ballot’ website aims to educate El Paso voters
EL PASO, Texas — It’s an organization geared towards simplifying the process of educating voters about who is running in local, state and national…
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Houston mayor cancels GOP convention due to virus concerns
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston’s mayor on Wednesday canceled the Texas Republican Party’s in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus…
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