# EPISD CFO Resigns, District Faces Budget Crisis Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707/episd-cfo-resigns-district-faces-budget-crisis Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707/episd-cfo-resigns-district-faces-budget-crisis.md Podcast: [El Paso News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707) Published: 2026-05-08T03:41:21+00:00 Episode link: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/2d0574c4-0a0c-4241-80b2-c4c8c50e7555.mp3 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/2d0574c4-0a0c-4241-80b2-c4c8c50e7555.mp3 Processing state: processed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707/episodes/episd-cfo-resigns-district-faces-budget-crisis Duration seconds: 83 ## Resource El Paso Independent School Districts Chief Financial Officer, Martha Aguirre, resigned amidst a budget crisis. The district is facing a potential $5-20 million shortfall due to a surprise recalculation of state homestead tax breaks. Aguirres departure comes as the district seeks to improve financial management and transparency. Deputy Superintendent David Bates will handle finances temporarily, and the district is immediately searching for both an interim and permanent CFO replacement. Support the show: Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/109c21030d9d94cb ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707/episodes/episd-cfo-resigns-district-faces-budget-crisis/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/el-paso-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7476707/episd-cfo-resigns-district-faces-budget-crisis.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.