San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is pressing state officials over two backlogs affecting Texans’ access to health care and the ballot, while also seeking more information from federal officials about immigration enforcement in the Alamo City.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving ahead with plans to turn an East Side warehouse into a detention facility. ICE awarded a contractor $17 million to renovate the warehouse and provide services for its operation where they will hold over a thousand people. It’s expected to begin operation in early 2027.
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Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said economic pain and concern over immigration enforcement could motivate voters in two uphill congressional districts Democrats are targeting.
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At the United Nations this week, President Trump described Mexico as an “epicenter” of cartel violence and reasserted that its government must reclaim territory controlled by criminal groups.
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Fourteen cities and counties have dropped Flock contracts, and Laredo will ask voters to weigh in during a referendum in May.
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Affordability has dominated the U.S. Senate race in Texas. Both James Talarico and Ken Paxton have promised to help voters' pocketbooks.
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The new, nonpartisan documentary “Life of the Party” explores political challenges through the eyes of three Republican women who hold sharply different views of their party.
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San Antonio is exploring ways to address crime at motels after an analysis found some crimes are disproportionately common at the properties.
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Leaders floated major cuts to Fiesta, Book Festival and other major changes. Here’s where the San Antonio and Bexar County budgets landed.
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Bexar County officials confirmed that essential health services will remain uninterrupted despite COVID relief coming to an end and a recent round of budget-driven department layoffs.
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First reported by the Texas Tribune, Texas DPS failed to send voter registration to Texas county election officials due to an unspecified error in processing online driver’s license applications. It’s not clear how many registrations are affected statewide.