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Politics

The Obama campaign in El Paso and the downticket factor
by Sito Negron

The Obama campaign officially steps it up in El Paso with the opening of its Alameda Avenue office tomorrow. Will party unity prevail? And will it matter in the state scheme of things?

Posted on August 8, 2008 • read more »

News

Fifth Circuit: No charges, no jurisdiction -- corruption court cannot order lawyer off cases
by Sito Negron

The opinion held that while the Fifth Circuit understood Montalvo's "laudable concern about potential conflicts of interest in an ongoing criminal investigation," there was no legal authority to keep Mary Stillinger from representing three men identified as potential targets.

Posted on August 7, 2008 • read more »

Judge orders government to respond to open court motion in corruption case
by Sito Negron

Federal judge Frank Montalvo orders the government to respond by Sept. 5 to Newspaper Tree's motion calling on the judge to open his court hearings and docket in El Paso’s years-long public corruption investigation.

Posted on August 7, 2008 • read more »

Apartment Association claims city, PSB ignored records request
by Sito Negron

The El Paso Apartment Association, which filed a lawsuit against the city in April, leads one of the efforts to fight the stormwater fee. And they've made a sharp request -- now two months pending -- for a few key piles of information.

Posted on August 7, 2008 • read more »

NPT files motion to open corruption court
by David Crowder

The motion to intervene, filed this morning, seeks a hearing on Newspaper Tree’s petition to open future hearings and unseal court documents related to the guilty pleas of nine individuals who have pled so far.

Posted on August 6, 2008 • read more »

Brownfields, Farah, and other City Council action
by David Crowder

The City Council took a little step forward on the project to turn the Farah building into a retail center, and addressed parking in alleys and "brownfields."

Posted on August 6, 2008 • read more »

Tell them how you want to move; state mobility committee meets in El Paso
by Sito Negron

The El Paso meeting, this afternoon, in the first of five planned for around the state. David Marcus said being on the committee "puts me in a great position to keep pushing for El Paso."

Posted on August 3, 2008 • read more »