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Tomorrow is election day. Voters will decide on candidates for president, senators, U.S. and state representatives in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Over 24,700 people voted in person during early voting, according to available county data.

The El Paso County Commissioners Court is scheduled to continue discussion of collective bargaining with the sheriff’s officer’s association on Monday.

The state of Texas is trying to convince a federal appeals court to allow the state’s controversial immigration-enforcement law to go into effect.

A federal appeals court heard arguments today about whether Texas’ border enforcement law should take effect while a lawsuit challenging SB4 proceeds.

El Paso County District Attorney Bill Hicks said he does not expect to see many cases related to SB4 Texas’ new immigration enforcement law.

El Paso County has until the end of the year to budget over $84 million dollars or 52 percent of the total amount of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. The federal government gave the county $163 million to use on infrastructural investments.

Today is the final day of early voting for the Democratic and Republican primaries. Ballots include candidates for president, senators, U.S. and state representatives. As of Friday afternoon, nearly 24,000 people have voted in person since early voting began.

The Canutillo Independent School District school board postponed a decision to close two elementary schools. Schools in the Upper Valley and Northwest have been impacted by low enrollment.

President Joe Biden says Congress must pass the bipartisan border deal that House Republicans derailed earlier this month. His comments followed a meeting with Border Patrol Agents in Brownsville, Texas.

Today is election day. Voters will decide on candidates for president, senators, U.S. and state representatives in the Democratic and Republican primaries. The El Paso County elections department recorded 17,975 total in-person ballots cast around 4 p.m. today.