San Antonio's open 2025 mayoral race draws field of early birds
Jan 23, 2024 · His signature on a memo calling for a meeting on the issue was widely viewed as an olive branch to progressives and put Pelaez in the company of liberal City Council members Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) and Teri Castillo (D5). After Pelaez scuttled the meeting by removing his name, however, he told the San Antonio Report he was still exploring whether his personal politics are right for a ...
How much do San Antonio & Bexar County elected officials make?
Nov 27, 2023 · Changes to the City Council’s salaries recommended by Nirenberg’s City Charter Review Commission would go before voters on the November 2024 ballot, along with other potential charter amendments.. Meanwhile, Bexar County commissioners approved their own raises this year, which were put forward by a citizens advisory committee staffed by the county’s Human Resources Department.
What is Prop A? 'Justice Charter' on San Antonio’s ballot explained
Apr 12, 2023 · The ballot language does not include all the nuances and exceptions that, if the measure passes, would be written into the city’s charter. But the ordinance approved by City Council in February to set the ballot also included the full text of the charter language.. Find the full text of Proposition A ballot language in the San Antonio Report’s 2023 city election guide.
San Antonio Government 101: Learn how City, County are run
I. Intro: Why Local Government Matters. Esta guía también está disponible en español.. When you hear the word government, your first thought is probably of the president or Congress.. While the federal government is making big-picture decisions about the nation’s economy, international relations, and other aspects of our future, another branch of …
Meet the Bexar County candidates on the 2024 primary ballot
Dec 12, 2023 · This story has been updated. Bexar County’s March 5 primary will feature a heated reelection bid for one three-term Republican state representative, contentious races for two newcomers on the Commissioners Court and an expensive contest for a U.S. House member who was censured by his own party earlier this year.
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A look at major San Antonio developments winding up in 2024
Jan 2, 2024 · Reeves Craig, vice president of multifamily development for downtown developer Weston Urban, said that a combination of factors is putting San Antonio on the map — including “the size of our market combined with its geographic location and all the positive demographic, population and economic growth that our market has seen in recent years.”
What is Fiesta: Why we celebrate with parades and queens
Mar 30, 2022 · “Coming from other parts of the country, other parts of the state even, [Fiesta] looks chaotic and crazy,” said Amy Fulkerson, a curator at the Witte Museum.. “This event is so local and has its early history in a very Texas moment that, from the outside, if you’ve never been exposed to any of that, it’s very different.
San Antonio now has more first-responder mental health resources
Aug 30, 2024 · The Wellness Unit provides comprehensive support for police officers’ mental, physical and financial wellbeing. Over the past two years, more first responders — including firefighters and paramedics — are getting mental health training to support their peers and the list of providers who specialize in first responder mental health treatment is slowly growing.
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