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  • The city of El Paso Interim City Manager Carr Westin named veteran assistant police chief Peter Pacillas as the permanent chief during a press conference today. The search began after the late Greg Allen died in January.
  • The city and county governments have proposed giving tax breaks and other incentives to attract Meta, the company formerly named Facebook, to bring a large data center to El Paso.
  • Human Rights Watch is calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety to change its pursuit policy. In a new report the organization documents the rise of dangerous pursuits by troopers going after people suspected of transporting migrants.
  • Human rights groups are preparing immigrant communities for the implementation of new strict immigration laws passed by Texas lawmakers.
  • The El Paso region is seeing a rise in infections related to respiratory illnesses, a trend consistent with other communities throughout the United States.
  • The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Texas over state-based immigration enforcement laws passed by the state legislature. The DOJ contends immigration falls solely within the federal government’s responsibility.
  • The winds and cold weather moved into El Paso overnight causing wintery conditions.Strong gusts caused nearly 60 power outages impacting nearly 3,000 El Paso Electric customers today, according to the utility’s website.
  • Investments in stormwater infrastructure, public safety facilities, and historical properties are some of the items on the county’s long list of proposed projects for the next 10 years.
  • The City Council voted narrowly in favor of having city staff reviewing El Paso’s law regarding animals and to bring back suggestions on how to better address unneeded surgical procedures on animals.
  • Representatives for the State of Texas are asking a federal court to join two lawsuits over the state’s SB4 law brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and El Paso County and human rights groups.
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