UPDATE: 2 Socorro ISD board members, and the wife of 1 of them, have been arrested on charges that appear to be related to official duties. elpasomatters.org/2024/05/09/sis…

The Higley Schools School Board voted to rescind former Socorro ISD superintendent Nate Carman’s job offer as leader of the Arizona school district. More from Claudia Silva
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BREAKING: “We cannot even fathom what would lead you to take such a negative action toward our community” El Paso’s top elected officials tell UTEP President Heather Wilson after she removed the leader of UTEP’s Aerospace Center. elpasomatters.org/2024/05/08/ute…

In the court filing, @txag repeatedly criticizes Annunciation House for refusing to grant law enforcement entry into its facilities without a warrant. Which of course is their constitutional right.

BREAKING: Could UTEP’s aerospace program be in jeopardy? U.S. National Science Foundation asks work to be suspended while it reviews a multi-million-dollar grant of Regional Innovation Engines Program.
elpasomatters.org/2024/05/06/ute…

With respect, please know that tomorrow is the anniversary of Trump’s family separation policy. His enablers should not get a free pass.

After 2 previous defeats, Canutillo ISD voters are supporting a bond issue that the district has said is crucial for its future.

Thanks to your generous support, we've reached our original Spring Campaign goal of $10,000, but we're not done yet! Will you help us meet our new goal of $15,000 to support our reporting in this pivotal year? Donate today:
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I don't think most El Pasoans, including leadership, grasp what's happening with the sharp decline in births. EPISD's decision to plan for more school closures is the latest impact. Our birth numbers have declined by more than twice the national rate over the past decade.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An immigrant from Laos battling cancer holds the winning ticket for the $1.3 billion jackpot in Oregon.

An El Paso GOP congressional candidate and a Wisconsin political operative set up a super PAC to support candidates favoring heightened border security. But FEC records show much of the money went to credit card fees, and none to election efforts.
elpasomatters.org/2024/04/29/ele…

Congratulations Andrew Meyer!

Campaign finance gem of the day: A super PAC called People Not Profits reported a negative cash on hand of $53,604 at the end of 2023, according to FEC records. That's called walking the walk.

Richard Halliday, a 21-year-old private who disappeared from Fort Bliss in 2020, has been classified as deceased, the Army said Friday. elpasomatters.org/2024/04/26/arm…

Check out this satellite loop of the dust from today! Dust sources in Mexico brought the majority of our dust today here in the Borderland. If you look closely at White Sands National Park, you can see the gypsum also getting lofted up! #nmwx #txwx

I’d like to hear from Lyndon Baines Johnson, the authority on Peckers and pockets.

The recently announced state conservatorship of Socorro ISD has some similarities to previous Texas Education Agency actions in Houston and El Paso ISDs – but also some significant differences. Bob Moore breaks down what the conservatorship means.
elpasomatters.org/2024/04/23/soc…

7 straight losing years will make changing your clothes a “momentous day.”

No es la desinformación lo que más me preocupa en esta elecciones, sino la polarización. Ya no podemos hablar con franqueza en voz alta con los nuestros. Veo familias y amistades destruidas por los extremos. ¿Cómo logramos una tregua?

I’m the first in my family to get a four year degree. It took us a couple hundred years (according to Ancestry.com) but we made it.

Thanks to Texas A&M International University (and my counterpart on the SDEC Nicholas Hudson, EdD) I got to commemorate this moment with my momma and her best friend.