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A federal judge struck down new FEMA funding rules that linked public safety grants to election policy requirements for local governments. The ruling benefited six counties and cities, including El Paso, stating DHS and FEMA lacked authority to mandate changes for full federal funding.
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The Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now. This temporary lift of lower court requirements comes as the justices consider the legality of the policy. The article notes this amid a sweeping immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton will bring his campaign tour to El Paso on September 30 at the Summit Ballroom & Conference Center, with congressional candidate Brandon Herrera expected to appear at the 5:30 p.m. event.
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Former NASA astronaut Danny Olivas, an El Paso native, will visit on September 28 as part of Astronauts for America's "Vote for Freedom" college tour to encourage young voter participation. The El Paso County Elections Department received 12,000 delayed voter registration records from Texas DPS that had been pending since 2025 due to a technical error.
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El Paso County Commissioners Court issued a formal letter demanding Sheriff Oscar Ugarte address a projected $6 million budget deficit driven by jail overtime spending. Jail overtime expenses more than doubled since Ugarte took office in January 2025, and the Sheriff's Office has not complied with budget control requests made since April.
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