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Minimum wages at the city of El Paso will increase to $15.75 an hour this month with no healthcare cost increases. With approval from the City Council, over $77,000 will be returned to the District 1 office this week.

Florida Democratic Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is launching an effort to directly reach Spanish-speaking voters through the popular encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp. It is part of her broader effort to reach Spanish-speaking Latino voters in an increasingly tight Senate race.

Despite a strong start to today’s match against nationally ranked Oklahoma University, UTEP’s Volleyball team lost in its NCAA tournament debut. The Sooners won 3 matches in an exciting end to today’s game.

The FBI is looking to hire more agents and is hosting a diversity recruitment event in El Paso this week. Jeffrey Downey is the Special Agent in charge in El Paso. The FBI wants to hire more women and minorities. According to the FBI About 23 percent of agents are women and about 20 percent are racial or ethnic minorities.

The El Paso City Council and County Commissioners Court adopted resolutions calling on Texas lawmakers to ensure Fort Bliss and the airport remain represented by the District 16 office amid redistricting discussions. The two areas are represented by El Pasoan Veronica Escobar.

Bridge wait times are longer than usual just in time for the weekend, according to the Customs and Border Protection website. Passenger vehicles are waiting two hours to cross the Bridge of The Americas in South Central El Paso and an hour and a half to cross the Downtown bridge.

U.S. prosecutors have filed a new request to transfer alleged drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada known as El Mayo to New York. It’s a request Zambada’s attorneys are now on board with, according to court documents from the U.S. Western District Court of Texas.

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.

East Siders and drivers in Horizon are frustrated with current road conditions on the busy Pellicano Drive off of Loop 375.

Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga are the No. 1 seeds in the four regions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Now it's time to start picking your winners if you're a college basketball fan.