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Voters on San Antonio’s West and Northwest sides will choose a new state representative in November as Democrat Adrian Reyna faces Republican Ricardo “Rick” Martinez for Texas House District 125.

San Antonio voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to extend the sales tax supporting Pre-K 4 SA for another 20 years. Proposition A would continue the existing one-eighth-of-one-percent sales and use tax after its authorization expires in 2029, extending funding through 2049.

As a growing number of people are caught in the affordability crisis, they are turning to selling their blood plasma to make ends meet. That plasma is used to make many lifesaving medications but are the donors being fairly compensated? We take a look at how the international blood plasma economy works and why Texas is the leading source for plasma.

Bexar County voters will choose a new district attorney Nov. 3, with prosecution priorities, staffing and alternatives to incarceration shaping the race to succeed retiring Democrat Joe Gonzales. Democrat Luz Elena Chapa faces Republican Ashley Foster and independent Jason Wolff,

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Latino college students in San Antonio are more likely to be responsible for helping their family pay the bills. Sometimes the needs of their families have to take precedence over earning a degree.

Just 17% of Latino adults in San Antonio have a bachelor’s degree. Our largest population is the least likely to have a college degree. How did we get here? And why aren't we doing better?

San Antonio's Latino college students say they avoid student loans because they're afraid they won't be able to pay them back.

San Antonio’s pre-existing racial and economic disparities put Black and Latino students at greater risk when businesses closed and coronavirus infections soared.

San Antonio’s college leaders say we need to increase the college-going rate in order to shrink the Latino college gap. What's keeping more Latino students from enrolling?