UTEP/IPED Asarco Study (August 2007)
Valuing the Paso Del Norte: Resident and Business Perspectives on the Value of the Environment Relative to Reopening the ASARCO Copper Smelter (IPED Technical Report No. 2007-08).
The Asarco Files
Must-read articles and reports on Asarco, a 100-year-old smelter seeking to re-open in El Paso's city center.
Asarco in El Paso -- Nov. 2007
This comprehensive report, compiled by the Office of Senator Eliot Shapleigh, details the history of Asarco in El Paso.
Asarco Open Records
Annual Newsletters
Senator Shapleigh keeps you informed with his annual newsletters.
Session In Review
80th Legislative Session in Review
I am proud to share with you this account of the 80th Legislative Session representing the people of El Paso as your Texas State Senator. With the El Paso's legislative delegation, we fought to win approval of a $40 million research tower, $3 million for development and planning, and $600,000 for Texas Tech's El Paso Diabetes Research Center.
Texas on the Brink: How Texas Ranks Among the 50 States
Without the courage to invest in the minds of our children, and steadfast support for great schools, we face a daunting prospect. Those who value tax cuts over children and budget cuts over college have put Texas at risk in her ability to compete and succeed.
Texas Borderlands: Frontier of the Future (2009)
This is an electronic library of the 5th edition of the "Texas Borderlands: Frontier of the Future" report. The report chronicles the opportunities and challenges faced on the Texas-Mexico Border, and covers topics ranging from infrastructure to health and human services, to public and higher education, to homeland security.
Texas Borderlands: Frontier of the Future (2007)
This is an electronic library of the 4th edition of the "Texas Borderlands: Frontier of the Future" report. The report chronicles the opportunities and challenges faced on the Texas-Mexico Border, and covers topics ranging from infrastructure to health and human services, to public and higher education, to homeland security.
Immigration
Borderlands: Lifting the Lamp Beside Texas' Door (2007)
Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of Immigration in Texas for the 2007-2009 Biennium
Major Cities Chiefs: M.C.C. Immigration Committee Recommendations
It is important for M.C.C. as a leader and representative of the local law enforcement community develop consensus on this subject. The purpose of this statement is to address the impact and consequences of local enforcement of federal immigration laws
Hazleton, Pennsylvania Decision (Judge Munley, July 26, 2007)
On July 26, 2007, a federal judge struck down the Hazleton anti-immigrant ordinance. In his 206-page opinion, Judge James Munely said, "Whatever frustrations officials of the City of Hazleton may feel about the current state of federal immigration enforcement, the nature of the political system in the United States prohibits the City from enacting ordinances that disrupt a carefully drawn federal statutory scheme. Even if federal law did not conflict with Hazleton's measures, the City could not enact an ordinance that violates rights the Constitution guarantees to every person in the United States, whether legal resident or not." A copy of the opinion can be found below. (749k PDF).
Texas Taxes
Making Texas Competitive: Texas Tax Reform Commission
The Texas tax system needs to change. Our tax system fails the people of Texas in two ways: (1) Texas taxes are not equitable, and (2) The current tax system does not provide enough money to meet Texans' basic needs. Taxes are needed to fund essential public services.
Five Star Agenda
The Great Flood of 2006
West Nile Virus: Vector Control Storm 2006 Final Report
West Nile Virus has become a concern for El Pasoans as standing water breeds mosquitoes. Find out more about West Nile Virus and what is being done to protect El Paso.
Flood and Disaster Relief Information
This guide is a community service of KFOX-TV and the El Paso Bar Association. It includes important information on disaster assistance and recovery.
UTEP Masters in Education Counseling Program
UTEP 2015
Nearly all UT System Border universities present a challenge, but none more so than UTEP. As such, it presents the essential challenge on how to reform higher education, provide essential accountability, produce a quality undergraduate education, and finance a student population with fewer financial resources than almost any in the United States.
School Finance
Are you a Robin Hood District?
State government is all about education! In this special section, we are covering key school and school finance issues in a 10 part series on "21st Century Educational Excellence Fund."
Our kids are the future. This is the School Finance PowerPoint presentation that Senator Shapleigh travels across the state presenting.
BRAC Enews
El Paso Fact Book
Subprime and Predatory Lending
El Paso Veterans Health Care Study