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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(EPE) Advanced Metering System (AMS) Deployment Plan, which is intended to save residents $156 million and replace outdated manual-read electricity meters with smart...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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Cummins acquires Meritor for $3.7 billion dollars

MEXICO - Cummins announced that it has completed the acquisition of Meritor, Inc a leading global provider of powertrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric motor solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets The integration...

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UTRGV receives support of nearly $1.2 million dollars for new engineering center facility

TEXAS - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has received a $1,199,998 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Center for Engineering Equity: Engage, Educate, Enrich (CEE-E3) The new center is designed to...

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Pima County adopts tax levy for fiscal year 2023

PIMA, AZ - The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to adopt property taxes and for all other jurisdictions for fiscal year 2023 The County indicated that state law requires Arizona counties to do the same to adopt taxes for the fiscal...

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El Paso Reports Two Cases of West Nile Virus

EL PASO, TX - The City of El Paso Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed two cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) The patients are a man in his 60s and a woman in her 80s, the latter with underlying medical conditions Both patients are...

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Phoenix awarded $16.3 million to modernize transportation and purchase electric trucks

PHOENIX - The City of Phoenix Transit Department received a $163 million grant to improve transportation infrastructure and encourage the acquisition of greener buses According to City Hall, the support was awarded by the Federal Transit...

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Electronic Caregiver receives $100,000 for expansion in Las Cruces

LAS CRUCES, NM - Electronic Caregiver (ECG) received a $100,000 grant to help it expand in downtown Las Cruces, according to the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) The award came from El Paso Electric's (EPE) New Mexico...

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NM awards more than US$150,000 to grow Parting Stone in state

NEW MEXICO - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the state is providing LEDA financial assistance to an innovative Santa Fe company that has developed a unique technology to process cremated remains into smooth...

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