Kory Cook
General Assignments Reporter-
A San Antonio woman brought her six-year-old niece to immigration court after the girl’s lawyer withdrew. The case comes amid a loss of federally funded legal services for immigrant children and a broader push to accelerate immigration court proceedings.
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Rigoberto Ramón Miranda-Orozco ayudó a organizar el transporte de los migrantes que fallecieron en un camión con remolque bajo un calor sofocante en San Antonio en junio de 2022. El desastre causó la muerte de 53 personas e hirió a otras 11.
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Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco helped arrange transportation for migrants who died in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio in June 2022. The disaster killed 53 people and injured 11 others.
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More than 42,000 people cast ballots in Bexar County on the first day of early voting, up 32% from the 2022 midterms. Voters shared what brought them to the polls, citing concerns about the economy, immigration, health care and the direction of the federal government.
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Veteran journalist Scott Pelley returned to his hometown of San Antonio to discuss the future of journalism and the importance of a free press. At the Press Forward summit, the former 60 Minutes correspondent described political and corporate pressures on newsrooms and warned that threats to editorial independence could undermine democracy.
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San Antonio-born artist and recent MacArthur Fellow Vincent Valdez’s new exhibition, "La Línea/The Line," explores family, memory and history through about 35 works spanning more than two decades of his career.
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The SAISD Foundation has opened a free supply store for San Antonio ISD teachers, offering classroom materials at no cost and aiming to serve 3,000 educators during its first year.
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MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Vincent Valdez will share prints of drawings from his "The New Americans" series on Saturday at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore as part of the ACLU of Texas’ artist-in-residence program.
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Monarch Festival returns to Brackenridge Park, highlighting San Antonio’s role in wildlife migrationThe free festival on Oct. 3 features interactive exhibits, conservation activities and more than 50 community partners focused on protecting monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
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Terrell County commissioners approved a lease allowing border construction contractor Fisher Industries to use 20 acres at the county airport for staging and possibly temporary worker housing.