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February 5, 2026

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Commissioners with the Texas Railroad Commission OK’d a proposed rate increase for Texas Gas Service customers in El Paso. City officials had argued El Pasoans will bear the brunt of costs for the utility compared to other users in Texas Gas’s proposed merged markets. Hundreds of students at Bel Air and Chapin High Schools staged walkouts Wednesday in protest of ICE operations in El Paso and the rest of the country. Latino families are shouldering the weight of the children’s health coverage crisis in Texas, according to a report published today.

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This program originally aired on February 5, 2026