El Paso TX Politics & Government

El Paso TX Politics & Civic News

Covering El Paso City Council, El Paso County County Council, Texas Legislature, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for El Paso County County residents.

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El Paso County County sits inside one of the most layered governmental structures in the region. Residents answer to at least five levels of elected authority simultaneously: the federal government, statewide offices, El Paso County County Council, El Paso City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.

El Paso County’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX District 16) and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

El Paso County County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the El Paso Police Department budget run through El Paso City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the Texas Legislature. The El Paso County County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under TX Election Commission oversight.

HERE El Paso covers El Paso County County Council meetings, El Paso City Council sessions, Texas Legislature session, federal delegation votes and town halls, school board meetings, and candidate filing windows. We also pull FOIA-sourced travel records and contracts at both the city and county level. If it shapes how El Paso County County is governed, it’s HERE.

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US Congress — TX

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