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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

    2026-07-30 Guest Column

    By Dylan Corbett, Special to El Paso Matters. Our city stands at a turning point. Schools are closing. Young people are leaving. The global economy

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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Who doesn’t?

2017-01-21 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

I guess this guy heard there was a march for women and he thought it was an offer.

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Major Controversy at San Jacinto Plaza

2017-01-21 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Slider 2 comments

Can you spot what’s wrong with this picture? Look again. I’ll wait. Lean in. Here, I’ll zoom in: That’s right.

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The $25 Million Question

2017-01-21 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena One comment

Remember that the people who are advocating building the arena within 1,000 feet of the Convention Center have claimed that

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Who is Lydia Loveless?

2017-01-21 elrichiboy shows, What to Do One comment

Here’s a trailer: You can decide who Lydia Loveless is for yourself. She’s playing at the Perch at Tricky Falls

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City of Dust: Fort Bayard, New Mexico

2017-01-20 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

[El Chuqueño welcomes contributor John Mulhouse, who writes about ghost towns. This piece originally appeared in the City of Dust

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Our Justice System at Work

2017-01-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Politics 4 comments

Many people have complained that our District Attorney Jaime Esparza has not done enough to weed out public corruption. Well,

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Lunch at the Buen Tiempo

2017-01-19 elrichiboy Cost of Living, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

A bottle of Indio — 25 pesos A shot of tequila artesanal — 20 pesos A bowl of albondigas soup

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Well, it’s property tax season again.

2017-01-19 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Taxes Leave a comment

Greetings, fellow citizens. If you own property in El Paso, you better get in line at the plasma donation center

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3 Big Lies About the Arena

2017-01-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

That plan for the arena was based on three big lies (and a lot of little ones). To wit: 1)

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Lydia Loveless at Tricky Falls Next Tuesday

2017-01-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do 2 comments

At El Chuqueño we try to get you the straight dope about the hippest happenings in the Mexoplex, and this

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Cultivate from the El Paso Community Foundation

2017-01-18 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

From the EPCF: Please save the date for our next Cultivate Forum on local food systems and sustainability. Thursday, January

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Adios, Call Centers

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a story from the New Yorker (via Molly Malloy’s Frontera List) that should throw a shadow on the graves

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Now We Want to be San Diego

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Not too long ago, the local machine said we should be like Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure. Now

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Eat Chile, Live Longer

2017-01-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

That title means just what it says. From LiveScience.com: Firing up the flavors in your food may help you live

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Economic Impact

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy. A downtown arena, or the value of the

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City of El Paso: Values

2017-01-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

According to the Employee Handbook for the City of El Paso, the city’s values are: Integrity Respect Excellence Accountability People

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Crowder on the Arena

2017-01-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled

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Private Letter Rulings from the Comptroller

2017-01-15 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

If you want to know if your project qualifies for some arcane tax credit, you ask the Texas Comptroller for

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The Joker in the Deck

2017-01-14 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena One comment

Who wins if we build an arena? Obviously whichever firm is selected to build it. (Maybe we can just give

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#Highland Park Episode 2

2017-01-13 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s the second episode from #Highland Park, that web series about gentrification in El Lay. #HighlandPark – Episode 2: Basketball

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”
  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue
  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?
  • “The Last Crooked Mile”
  • “Operation Condor: The CIA’s Dictator Network”

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