San Antonio

Local activists have soured on incumbent Mayor Ron Nirenberg, and no other candidate offers a compelling alternative.

Shelters are not meeting people’s needs, and the city is clearing encampments, says City Councilmember Roberto Treviño.

The housing advocate’s run for city council could be a Texan litmus test for the broad appeal of policies popular with working class voters.

State officials funded by power companies have been warned, since at least 1989, that the power grid was at risk of failure in cold weather. They have consistently failed to act.

Now, advocacy groups are struggling to keep unhoused people safe.

After he was elected as Bexar County District Attorney in 2014, Nico LaHood said he would consider implementing cite-and-release for some possession of marijuana charges. Nearly three years later, LaHood proposed a new “catch and release” pilot program that that gives officers discretion to ticket those accused of certain low level offenses, including possession of marijuana […]

Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood is refusing to talk to the San Antonio Express-News and is blocking them from attending press conferences that he holds. The Express-News is the fourth-largest daily newspaper in the state of Texas in terms of circulation and a leading news source for South Texas. Bexar County is the seventh-most populous county […]