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KTEP’s Aaron Montes and Angela Kocherga discuss the week’s news.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has laid off hundreds of employees as part of President Trump’s plan to reduce the federal workforce. National Weather Service advisories for wind and dust will end tonight.

The Trump administration cut off funding to legal services for minors who enter the U-S unaccompanied, including El Paso nonprofit Estrella del Paso.

The on again off again Canada and Mexico tariffs are off again. The Trump administration announced a one month pause on tariffs for most goods from those neighboring countries.

An ongoing process to renovate the Bridge of the Americas in South Central El Paso is on a temporary pause, according to the General Services Administration. Without discussion, the City Council okayed the El Paso Police Department’s application for more border security grants from the State of Texas.

The city of El Paso says a second Sun Metro employee injured in a blast and subsequent fire in February has died. The U.S. General Services Administration removed a list designating four federal properties in El Paso as disposal.

KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes talk about a pause to additional tariffs on some Mexican and Canadian goods. Also, the State of the City and Mayor Renard’s Johnson’s comments about a proposed Deck Plaza over Interstate 10 at Downtown.

El Paso physician John Patterson has agreed to pay the U.S. government $468,626 dollars to resolve allegations he violated the Federal False Claims Act. Today, a panel of House lawmakers will discuss House Bill 3 — legislation that would create a school voucher-like program for the state.

A panel of Texas House lawmakers is looking into what can be done to prevent sexually explicit, deep fakes of minors. A proposal to overhaul Sun Metro’s transit system will impact most routes under an initiative called Sun Metro Rising, according to city officials.

In this week’s KTEP News roundup, Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss the death of a third person in an El Paso County jail.