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Dec 31, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) -- The new year is here, and that means several laws passed during the 2023 legislative session will take effect in Texas on Wednesday. ABC-7 compiled a list of some of the new laws that take effect New Year's Day. Vehicle inspection reports no longer requiredNon-commercial vehicles won't need a full vehicle inspection before renewing their registration, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- With less than two weeks until polls open in the General Election, Mayoral Candidate Brian Kennedy sent out an election mailer saying his opponent's company, Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI), was found guilty of firing an El Paso man because he is Mexican.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Emma Hoggard |Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to ABC-7 today that law enforcement officers arrested "more than 20 suspected" Tren de Aragua gang members in a recent operation at the Gateway Hotel in downtown El Paso. DPS says the gang members were charged with an array of crimes, including human smuggling, prostitution, and possession of illegal drugs. ABC-7 had previously reported on law enforcement encounters with suspected Tren de Aragua members inside the hotel.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Attorney General's Office on Friday sent a letter to Canutillo Independent School District's director of communications demanding he comply with the state's Public Information Act. This, after failure to respond to open records requests –and even the attorney general’s own investigators, according to the letter.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Representative Brian Kennedy is looking to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from his discretionary fund back to the city's general fund. Kennedy, who is also running for mayor, is asking council to approve the transfer of a little over $52,000, according to next week's August 13 agenda. At the beginning of every fiscal year, city councilors get $10,000 in discretionary funds that come from the city's general fund, according to city officials.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Brian Kennedy, El Paso city representative for District 1, announced he is officially running for El Paso mayor in 2024. "I don't want a ringside seat at a train wreck. I want to make sure the train keeps rolling in the right direction," Kennedy wrote on his campaign website that went live Thursday morning. Kennedy joins councilmember Cassandra Hernandez, Renard Johnson, Marco Contreras, Steven Winters, Ryan Houle, and Jacob Chavira in the race.
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May 29, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A change for those who are running for city office. El Paso's City Council has approved making candidates report political contributions during public meetings, just like they do. Under the prior local ordinance, only city council members were required to report campaign contributions of $500 or more within a month of receiving them. That information, along with whoever the donor is, then gets placed on the council agenda for the public to see.
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May 29, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A change for those who are running for city office. El Paso's City Council has approved making candidates report political contributions during public meetings, just like they do. Under the prior local ordinance, only city council members were required to report campaign contributions of $500 or more within a month of receiving them. That information, along with whoever the donor is, then gets placed on the council agenda for the public to see.
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May 22, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso city taxpayers paid thousands of dollars to find out whether City Rep. Brian Kennedy officially announced his run for mayor by saying he “was seriously considering” a run for the top seat. Earlier this week, members of the El Paso City Council came out of executive session and voted 6-0 to move the private discussion to the regular session – meaning, in front of the public, and not behind closed doors.
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May 19, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Lesley Engle
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The City of El Paso is getting ready to close out its contract with the El Paso Zoological Society and questions remain about how much money was raised from the Society selling zoo memberships. According to the agreement between the City and Zoo Society, the non-profit got 75% of the membership sales, while the city got 25%. The Society has said it helped raise over $10 million in the last seven years for the El Paso Zoo.
