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Bad Takes: San Antonio needs more police oversight, not more police on the streets
Spending more on police while hollowing out social programs isn’t the way to ensure safer neighborhoods.
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Ted Cruz says he told Trump 3 separate times he doesn’t want Supreme Court appointment
Instead, Texas’ junior Republican senator said he’s needed in the ‘arena of the political battle.’
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Diving into NIOSA, one of Fiesta’s best-loved food events, with organizer DeAnna Keesee
Night In Old San Antonio draws thousands of revelers annually while raising money for the SA Conservation Society.
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John Cornyn makes last-ditch try to win Daddy Don’s endorsement with anti-immigrant bill
The Senator from Texas’ ‘Sanctuary City Elimination Act’ would mandate all local, state and federal law enforcement to coordinate with ICE.
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City of San Antonio confirms mayor could use missing $5 million from Spurs to fill budget gaps
Word from the city comes after there was some confusion over the financing deal the city, county, and SS&E struck in 2015.
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San Antonio official says city learned from pain of delayed South Alamo construction project
The work, which finally wrapped up on Wednesday, ran $10 million over budget and was 18 months behind schedule.
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Islamic studies professor at San Antonio’s Trinity University denied tenure, to file lawsuit
Sajida Jalalzai alleges race discrimination and retaliation in tenure decision.
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James Talarico’s campaign pulls historic $27 million fundraising haul in first quarter
Talarico’s campaign said it’s raised more than $40 million since launching in September.
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Trump ‘very much interested’ in appointing Ted Cruz to U.S. Supreme Court
Trump is reportedly eyeing the far-right Senator from Texas as a replacement for Justice Samuel Alito, should the 76-year-old retire before the midterms.
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U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales has left Congress
The San Antonio Republican’s departure from the U.S. House comes weeks after he admitted to having an affair with a staffer who later took her own life.
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San Antonio councilwoman files to begin process for renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard
Councilwoman Teri Castillo this week requested the city revert the name of the major downtown thoroughfare to Durango Street.
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San Antonio business elite gives Mayor Jones lukewarm reception at first State of the City address
‘The state of our city is the choice between status quo, business as usual, or something better,’ Jones said during an annual speech during which some past mayors have taken a boosterish tone.
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Analysis: Erika Kirk’s leadership conference in San Antonio is a bastardization of feminism
Much like the CEO of Turning Point USA herself, the upcoming Women’s Leadership Summit in San Antonio both benefits from feminism and exploits it while shunning its core principles.
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San Antonio Rep. Tony Gonzales announces ‘retirement’ as expulsion vote appears likely
Gonzales admitted to having an affair with a former staffer who later committed suicide.
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Entry to Market Square will be free for first two days of Fiesta de los Reyes
Despite a controversial plan to charge admission for the first time to the long-running event, a legal technicality prevents organizers from collecting admission on two days.
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Spurs owe City of San Antonio $5 million over failed MLS experiment
With city coffers running dry, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wants SS&E and other corporate entities to start paying-up.
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San Antonio Rep. Tony Gonzales could be expelled from Congress as early as this week
A two-thirds majority is required to expel the congressman, who had an affair with a staffer who later committed suicide.
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Report: DHS deported a U.S. citizen arrested near San Antonio
The man, picked up in the Texas Hill Country town of Fredericksburg, said officers refused to see his documents and threatened him with fraud charges.
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JBSA-Randolph looking for lifeguards ahead of summer season
A total of 14 lifeguard positions still need to be filled at JBSA-Randolph before the summer season begins.