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Rooted in resilience: Palestinians build lives, community in El Paso

4 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

The Masoud family took root in El Paso in 1983 when Suleiman “Sal” Masoud arrived from the Dallas area, by way of Kuwait, and many miles, many years removed from his home village of Burqa in northwest Palestine. Masoud, now 63, was among the Palestinian and Arab immigrants – mostly men, many of them engineering students – who trickled into El Paso from the 1960s to 1980s to study at the University of Texas at El Paso.
When the wind blows: How El Paso’s intense dust storms threaten our health, future

5 days ago | elpasomatters.org | Diego Mendoza-Moyers

The historically intense dust storms El Paso has experienced this spring could become the norm if record-setting heat and years-long drought persist in the borderland, according to scientists researching the cause and effects of the blowing dust and sand.
Ysleta ISD offers $5,000 resignation incentive for up to 400 teachers, administrators

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

The Ysleta Independent School District is offering teachers, counselors and administrators a $5,000 incentive to voluntarily resign to help reduce personnel costs as it prepares its budget for the coming school year. In an email sent out to administrators obtained by El Paso Matters this week, YISD states it is offering to buy out the first 400 qualified employees to submit their resignation notice early.
El Paso Hispanic Chamber loses federal grants amid investigation

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Elida S. Perez

A year before the Trump administration eliminated funding for a nationwide network of minority business centers, the Biden administration had ended such funding for the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as part of an investigation into another grant to the organization. The El Paso Minority Business Development Agency Business Center, operated by the Hispanic Chamber through federal grants, ended its program in July 2024. The center opened in 2008.
SISD board to weigh approving 44 teachers for layoffs

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

The Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees is expected to decide whether to finalize the layoffs of 44 teachers during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the district’s central office. This comes months after the SISD school board approved plans to lay off up to 300 employees in an effort to reduce its budget by $38 million.
Appraisal error allowed El Paso attorney to avoid $40,000 in property taxes on Upper Valley home

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Robert Moore

In 2019, El Paso attorney Sergio Saldivar built a 2,900-square-foot home in El Paso’s Upper Valley. Over the years, he’s added a pool, a jacuzzi and a canopy. Because of an oversight by El Paso’s Central Appraisal District, he’s never paid any property taxes on the improvements he’s made to his half-acre lot – including while seeking election as county attorney.
Early voting: Guerra, Woodcraft, Smith, Rodriguez lead in SISD school board elections

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Claudia Silva

A Socorro Independent School District incumbent trustee and three political newcomers have taken the lead in their respective races in the May 3 school board elections, early voting results show. Three of the four seats up for election appear likely to get new trustees who hope to bring improvements to a district facing a financial crisis and state oversight. Paul Guerra, the only incumbent to seek reelection, leads his race with 45% of the early vote in District 3.
EPISD school board president appears headed for election defeat as board majority set to shift

1 week ago | elpasomatters.org | Diego Mendoza-Moyers

The balance of power on El Paso Independent School District’s governing board of trustees appears likely to shift as four aligned candidates lead their opponents in early voting Saturday. Four incumbent trustees were on the ballot this year, and two of them – Leah Hanany, with 56% of the early vote, and Jack Loveridge with 73% of the early vote – appear highly likely to hold their seats.
Less than 3% of registered voters cast early votes in Socorro, El Paso ISD school board races

2 weeks ago | elpasomatters.org | Robert Moore

Election Day is coming! Your vote helps decide who leads our schools and how education dollars are spent. Use our voter guide to learn about candidates for EPISD, SISD, and EPCC school boards before heading to the polls. ūüĎČ Read the voter guide The winners of Saturday‚Äôs school board elections ‚Äď who will shape how to fix education systems facing economic and learning challenges ‚Äď will be selected by a relative handful of voters.
Dozens of sealed federal court records in El Paso’s 2019 mass shooting could soon become public

2 weeks ago | elpasomatters.org | Robert Moore

Election Day is coming! Your vote helps decide who leads our schools and how education dollars are spent. Use our voter guide to learn about candidates for EPISD, SISD, and EPCC school boards before heading to the polls. 👉 Read the voter guide U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama took initial steps Thursday toward making public a number of documents that were sealed in the federal court case against the gunman who attacked an El Paso Walmart in 2019.