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The El Paso City Council will consider a proposal to outline appropriate uses of reserve funds, also known as an unrestricted fund balance. The Texas legislature sent a version of Senate Bill 8 to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk over the weekend.

In this week’s news roundup, KTEP News’ Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss the latest in a new law that would require Texas sheriffs and their offices to sign new agreements with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Host Richard Dayoub welcomes the new CEO of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Ricardo Mora, and Board Chair, Elizabeth O’Hara to talk about what the Chamber does, the legislative agenda and their outreach to binational members that have business in Ciudad Juarez.

A federal judge in New York heard arguments about the future of Job Corps centers including one in El Paso. The El Paso Independent School District implemented a temporary hiring freeze for positions at is central office over concerns about budgeting this year.

City manager Dionne Mack and her administration began this year’s budget workshops with the City Council today. Members of the El Paso Fire Department’s Water Rescue team traveled to Central, Texas to assist state agencies with rescue operations.

The El Paso Police Department says two victims of a shooting near the police headquarters have died. And, so has a suspected shooter, according to a news release from police.

About one-hundred mourners gathered at Eastwood Park over the weekend for a candlelight vigil for Xavier Hernandez, a man who died after an arrest by El Paso police on Interstate 10 in July.

The El Paso County Commissioners Court will approved a settlement agreement over a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by assistant district attorney John Briggs today.

Properties along Yandell Drive at Downtown would be demolished to make way for the Texas Department of Transportation’s proposed widening of Interstate 10. That’s according to the agency’s preferred plan for a $1.3 billion dollar highway project.

Evaluations for the city manager and city attorney are in and the City Council gave both of the top employees at City Hall favorable assessments. The Legal Defense Fund and other nonprofit civil rights organizations filed a legal brief this week in opposition to the state's new congressional maps.