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Get out of town easier with a new airline.

Slowly but surely, it looks like Council is working on righting things at the City.

What is City Rep. Larry Romero up to now? More 'introductions' that look very sketchy.

Mayor Oscar Leeser didn't get the answers he wanted, so now he wants an independent investigator to dig into goings on at City Hall.

Shawver Park lights cost taxpayers $20,000. Will you get lit up again this year?

How would you like to call up City Council and get speed bumps put on your street without having to go through the mess and hassle of following the rules? It looks like that is exactly what happened in the case of speed humps that appeared earlier this year on Stanton Street in front of Cathedral High School. The project was pushed through, according to the El Paso Times, by El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and City Rep. Larry Romero.

The news that a group of Korean American clothing manufacturers from Los Angeles are contemplating moving their businesses to El Paso should be something that is welcomed, but for a lot of social media harrumphers, it’s become the chance to hate on the city’s job prospects. City officials also seem to be turning a blind eye toward the Korean American Apparel Manufacturers Association, but the question is, why?

There was major backlash against El Paso City Council when they voted to give City Manager Tommy Gonzalez a $61,000 raise. City reps say they have been innudated with phone calls and emails from furious constituents who want to know why they rushed to take Gonzalez's salary to 300,000 from $238,000. An item on next week's Council agenda brings it up once again.

The Cincinnati Entertainment District used to be the party hot spot in El Paso, but with the closing of two more bars, is it losing its shine?

The City is looking at raising property taxes, and today, they approved a bonus for City employees.

Texas Gas Service has made about $31 million in structural upgrades in the El Paso area, and you are going to pay for them in the form of a higher monthly gas bill, beginning next month.

During the summer months, your Texas Gas Service bill is usually pretty manageable, but in a few weeks, it will get a little hotter to handle and not because the weather will be getting colder, it's because El Paso City Council and Texas Gas Service are working on a rate increase.