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It’s election day, and there are 17 amendments to the Texas constitution covering a range of issues from reducing property taxes, to funding infrastructure to meet the state’s water needs and setting aside money for an Alzheimer prevention and research institute.

Vulnerable families that depend on SNAP food assistance will be cut off Saturday. Because of the government shutdown November first is when funding runs out.

An El Paso attorney is among nine people arrested following a year-long human trafficking investigation. The arrests come after joint operation by the Texas Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security Investigations.

Over 10 percent of the 518,387 registered voters in El Paso cast their ballot in the November 4th election, according to the county elections department. El Pasoans voted mostly in favor of all 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution.

The Texas Gas Service will hold a series of community meetings to explain the utility’s proposed 27 percent rate increase for residential users. The city of El Paso has spent nearly $1 billion dollars on capital improvement projects throughout the city over seven years.

A judge has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for assisting in the death of an inmate at the El Paso County Jail Annex nearly two years ago. Cristian Carrillo pleaded guilty to murder on November 4th, according to the El Paso County District Attorney’s Office.

City officials celebrated the start of construction of the first industrial park on airport land since the 1970s. The groundbreaking coincided with an announcement from a Wisconsin-based electrical components manufacturer building a factory in East El Paso County.

The El Paso City Council denied the Texas Gas Service’s proposed 27 percent rate increase on users in West Texas today. The Texas Department of Transportation has approved nearly $37 million dollars in funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects in El Paso.

Former state representative Joe Pickett criticized the city of El Paso’s proposed new street maintenance fee. A circus at the El Paso County Coliseum has sparked a protest this evening. Animal advocates are calling on Carden International Circus to free Betty.

The El Paso City Council removed their discussion on a newly proposed street maintenance fee from their meeting this week. Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor charge against former City Council representative Joe Molinar for failing to stop and report a collision.