The El Paso Matters Podcast
The El Paso Matters Podcast
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To go deeper on the most important news stories affecting El Paso, Texas, El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers and guests dive into topics relating to the Borderland from politics and economics to education, healthcare and the environment. Join the conversation every other week.
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Explores critical issues such as education, criminal justice, healthcare, and environmental concerns within the El Paso area, with episodes featuring topics like school district funding challenges, the implications of halted executions, and public health crises like measles outbreaks.

To go deeper on the most important news stories affecting El Paso, Texas, El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers and guests dive into topics relating to the Borderland from politics and economics to education, healthcare and the environment.
On this episode of the El Paso Matters Podcast, reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers speaks with Andy Vargas, a veteran of the tech and finance industries and a managing partner of the El Paso-based investment firm No Border Ventures. Vargas has been critical of the subsidies local governments granted Meta in exchange for the tech giant developing a data center in Northeast El Paso. He offers his thoughts on the deal and his own vision for economic development in the borderland. You can read Diego’s reporting on data center developments in the El Paso region at elpasomatters.org.

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