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Council Adopts Fiscal Year 2023 Budget with a Tax Rate Decrease in El Paso

EL PASO, TX - The El Paso City Council adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget with a tax rate decrease of 449 cents, which is intended to represent a savings of $193 million to taxpayers, while maintaining the goal of prioritizing community...

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Las Cruces prepares for arrival of new film studio

LAS CRUCES, NM - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that a full-service film and production company has chosen Las Cruces for its headquarters, with plans to open a film production studio in the near future Over the next six...

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Air passenger traffic increases in Nuevo Laredo

NUEVO LAREDO, TAMS - Passenger traffic at the "Quetzalcoatl" International Airport of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas more than tripled with the arrival of the airline Viva Aerobús, which landed in this border last April, according to the Municipal...

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Laredo City Council grants lease to build CBP office at airport

LAREDO, TX - The Laredo, Texas City Council approved a $14,06250 per month lease agreement between the City and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop and manage 893 acres at the Laredo International Airport The Laredo International...

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The Home Depot expands in Nuevo Leon

NUEVO LEO - The Home Depot announced an investment of US$95 million for the construction of four new stores in Monterrey, Apodaca and Escobedo, the expansion of its Distribution Center in Ciénega de Flores, as well as the start of operations of a...

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Lear Campus MTO Operational Technical School to strengthen workers' skills

JUAREZ, CHIH - In order to promote the growth of technicians and operators in manufacturing processes in the Juarez-El Paso border region, the first stone was laid for the Lear Campus MTO Operational Technical School This school is supported by...

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Sun Metro receives US$8.8 million to renovate El Paso's transit infrastructure

Sun Metro received an $88 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the purpose of refurbishing part of its fleet to zero-emission units "These federal funds for Sun Metro will make a profound difference in the lives of our...

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El Paso approves new electric metering system

EL PASO, TX - The El Paso City Council approved an agreement on El Paso Electric's (EPE) Advanced Metering System (AMS) Deployment Plan, which is intended to save residents $156 million and replace outdated manual-read electricity meters with smart...

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Las Cruces receives more than $7 million for transportation renewals

LAS CRUCES, NM - RoadRUNNER Transit of the City of Las Cruces received $7,891,287 in support from the US Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the FY 2022 Low or No Emission Bus Grant Program and Truck Facilities...

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Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries Sign Pact to Expand U.S. Chip Manufacturing through 2028

SAN DIEGO, CA - Following the recent passage of the US CHIPS and Science Act, GlobalFoundries (GF), a world leader in high-performance semiconductor manufacturing, and San Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies have announced that they will double their...

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