2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (714+ words) Just a week out from the city’s budget vote, the San Antonio City Council remains divided on major top-line spending issues that could radically shape the size and direction of city government. The council has approved several budgets without the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (220+ words) Abbott is a prolific fundraiser who has long leveraged the power of incumbency to collect enormous checks from wealthy business interests like energy CEO Kelcy Warren and school voucher supporter Jeff Yass. In recent years, he’s also been so safe…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (279+ words) The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the Metro SA Chamber are exploring a partnership to work more closely together, according to a press release Tuesday morning from both organization’s board chairs. The boards of both the Metro SA…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (623+ words) City Council on Thursday designated San Antonio’s third community land trust. After unanimously voting in favor of certifying two other land trusts earlier this year, the council voted for designating the Esperanza Community Land Trust as its third. But three…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (989+ words) Recently, local headlines have focused on a multiplicity of local taxing entities struggling with significant budget deficits for their upcoming fiscal years. These are not simply a local problem. Municipalities across Texas, and indeed the Texas state government, are experiencing…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (634+ words) Boeing opened a new, 4,200-square-foot medical clinic near its Port San Antonio facility, where it will provide low- or no-cost primary care to its workers. It could soon open to other employers at Port San Antonio, who say that this…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (824+ words) Pre-K 4 SA, the city’s landmark early childhood education program, is starting to lay out what the program could do if voters reauthorize it for 20 more years. In August, San Antonio City Council voted to put Pre-K 4 SA, funded through a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (884+ words) The role of the city’s economic development department is to figure out ways to attract more investment and jobs. In a briefing to a council committee on Monday about expanding those efforts, the issue brought one councilwoman to tears. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (483+ words) After Bexar County officials blamed a $1.3 billion property value loss on a new exemption for military widows during a recent budget session meeting, appraisal district data showed the financial impact was actually $24.8 million. In Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting, the county…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (770+ words) Bexar County is about to elect a new District Attorney for the first time in eight years, but the next leader may come in with less authority than previous administrations. The county’s proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year calls for…...