Lesley Engle

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) --The El Paso City Council voted 6-2 on Tuesday to direct the city manager and city attorney to develop a policy to safeguard taxpayers from covering public safety and venue costs when candidates visit the city on the campaign trail. The policy would include an upfront deposit to cover projected event

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Council Representative Lily Limón is planning to propose a new policy at next Tuesday’s City Council meeting that would prevent taxpayers from covering public safety and venue expenses associated with political campaign visits. The proposal was prompted by an ABC-7 investigation that revealed the City of El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is seeking an opinion from the Texas Attorney General’s Office on whether it must release records requested by ABC-7 related to discussions with El Paso County about managing the County Coliseum and Sports Tourism program. The records request follows a tip ABC-7 received

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Seven years after thousands crowded the El Paso County Coliseum to see then-President Donald Trump campaign for re-election, the El Paso City Council has renewed its efforts to collect on a half-million-dollar bill for services related to the rally. However, collecting payments may be more complex than they thought. Records obtained by ABC-7 reveal that the City of El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso County has released records detailing communications over a seven-month period between a county official and an executive from the University of Texas at El Paso regarding Coliseum management and sports tourism. The records were released in response to an open records request filed by ABC-7. The documents primarily contain

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Records obtained by ABC-7 reveal that the City of El Paso has hired an outside attorney to investigate two complaints filed against now former Zoo Director Joe Montisano. That private investigation has been going on since July -- well before Montisano was placed on paid administrative leave on September 22, records

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A family court judge has removed herself from a child custody case involving well-known government watchdog and University of Texas at El Paso associate professor Max Grossman, according to court records obtained by ABC-7. The records show 383rd District Court Judge Lyda Ness Garcia filed paperwork Monday morning voluntarily recusing herself

Coach responds to reprimand: “The incidents that were reported I could not even imagine.”  EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program can be withheld from the public under the state's

Coach responds to reprimand: “The incidents that were reported I could not even imagine.”  EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program can be withheld from the public under the state's

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- An ABC-7 investigation shows longtime Franklin High School head football coach Daren Walker was reassigned while being investigated for slapping a player on the back of the head at a fundraising meeting, according to newly obtained records.   The outcome of the investigation prompted Franklin High School Principal Amanda Bowser to

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Late last year, the principal of Franklin High School received anonymous claims of hazing within the varsity football team. But was it just horseplay - or sexual assault? An ABC-7 Xtra investigation uncovers documents from a months-long review by school and district officials of the allegations. Dozens of players were

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) --Court records show the City of El Paso's Chief Military Officer for the Division of Veteran and Military Affairs was charged with DWI. According to court records obtained by ABC-7, Paul Albright faces a charge of driving while intoxicated after he was pulled over on February 24.  According to the city's website,

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Council wants to develop a training that sets parameters for elected officials on how they use their staffers during election season. On Tuesday, council members took up an item in executive session that involved an investigation involving a former elected official. City spokeswoman Laura Cruz-Acosta declined to say

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 required Non-commercial vehicles won't need a full

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 liable for the firing an El Paso man because he is Mexican.The mailer was sent out

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.  “Due to the district’s pattern

Brian Kennedy, El Paso city representative for District 1, announced he is officially running for El Paso mayor in 2024.

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

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