An El Paso man will spend 21 years in jail after pleading guilty to theft of property, forgery and defraud charges. Victor Bernard Dennis Jr. pleaded guilty to those charges in July after prosecutors say he stole over half a million dollars from 70 different people.

The NAACP has joined LULAC in a federal lawsuit challenging the newly approved congressional maps in Texas. An immigration judge rescheduled DACA recipient Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago’s deportation hearing.

The El Paso County Commissioners Court adopted a higher property tax rate for the county hospital district today. A new lawsuit was filed just hours after the Texas Senate approved a new congressional map, which could give the state five additional congressional seats.

Immigrant rights groups called on the Trump administration to close a massive detention camp at Fort Bliss. Attorneys and immigrant rights advocates say at least half of the already 1,000 people detained at the camp do not have criminal charges and cannot access in-person legal representation.

We now know the cause of an explosion and subsequent fire at the Sun Metro transfer center in East El Paso that killed two employees and injured eight others.

The El Paso City Council adopted a lower tax rate for its 2026 budget today. The Texas House is now preparing to advance its own congressional redistricting map, distinct from the one it previously backed and which is still under consideration in the Senate.

Homeowners in El Paso County will be paying more in property taxes. We’re learning details about the detention camp that just opened at Fort Bliss.

The El Paso City Council will vote on the proposed tax rate next Tuesday. The proposed rate would be a reduction compared to last year, and one that will be the lowest in a decade.

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is calling for former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s arrest. And,Texas Senator John Cornyn is calling for the Department of Justice to investigate O'Rourke's Powered By People Political Action Committee for helping state Democrats flee the state to avoid a redistricting vote in the House.

Nearly three years after the warden of a West Texas Detention facility shot and killed a migrant man, and injured a woman – his former employer is being sued. A jury is set to hear arguments next week.