University Health property tax rate likely to remain the same in 2024-2025
Bexar County commissioners this week heard a presentation about next year's University Health System budget that leaves its property tax rate unchanged.
View ArticleHow a San Antonio anti-abortion doctor joined Texas' maternal mortality...
Dr. Ingrid Skop, an OB-GYN, was chosen to represent rural areas over an obstetrics nurse from the Rio Grande Valley.
View ArticleVIA to launch new ride-share zone in downtown San Antonio next month
In addition to VIA Link vans, a so-called 'Little Runner' circulator will also use small electric shuttles to move students and staff between UTSA’s Downtown Campus and the school’s new San Pedro I...
View ArticleNew SAWS budget proposes increase in expenses without higher rates for San...
The utility’s budget for 2025 would be just over $1 billion – an increase of about 6% from this year.
View ArticleSan Antonio City Council finalizes charter amendments, sets election for...
The charter amendments cover issues including mayoral and council pay, mayoral and council term lengths, city manager tenure and salary caps, municipal employee political activity, city ethics...
View ArticleSan Antonio's heat wave continues into next week
While Thursday and Friday appeared to be the peak of a heat wave that has hit the city, temperatures are forecast to hit 100 through at least the middle of next week.
View ArticleBull sharks are having a baby boom along the Texas coast
Their populations have risen by as much as 8 times over the past four decades.
View ArticleFronteras: What's the status of Mexican American Studies in schools? New...
Three student researchers spoke to other local students, teachers, and administrators about the role MAS plays in the community. They talk about their findings and what people can take away from the...
View ArticleFronterawave uses lo-fi Tex-Mex to entwine past and present sonically
Artist Charlie Vela describes the sound as “fuzzy, dreamy, nostalgic version of accordions and keyboards – lyrics in Spanish with influences of 90s hip-hop.”
View ArticleAbbott order will require Texas public hospitals to collect patients’...
The executive order from the Texas governor will require these hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.
View ArticleUT Health San Antonio clinical trial offers hope that HIV drug may also fight...
The antiviral drug also used to treat hepatitis B may help slow cognitive decline.
View ArticleIt won't matter who wins Saturday's U.S.-France Olympics game: San Antonio...
Spurs number one draft pick Victor Wembanyama will play for his home country of France, and former Spurs player Steve Kerr is coaching the U.S. team.
View ArticleSouthwest San Antonio residents hope a new task force can rein in industry...
The task force will make recommendations to the city code that regulates metal recycling entities and used auto parts recyclers, which neighboring residents say have been causing problems in their...
View ArticleElon Musk is bringing lawsuits to Texas. A judge with Tesla stock keeps...
Judge Reed O’Connor is overseeing two major lawsuits filed by billionaire Elon Musk. Legal experts have raised questions about the judge’s impartiality.
View ArticleDemolition begins on the site of Texas' deadliest mass shooting as divided...
Sutherland Springs residents drove by with their windows down watching workers begin tearing down the building where a gunman opened fire on a Sunday service in 2017, killing twenty-six people.
View ArticleThe U.S. men's basketball team topples France to win its fifth straight...
France, featuring 20-year-old phenomenon Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, gave the U.S. a fight — refusing to be put out of contention until the final buzzer.
View ArticleIs COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means
The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID infections. CDC officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.
View ArticleHistoric Balmorhea State Park motor court reopens after yearslong renovation
The West Texas park, known for its scenic spring-fed pool, has reopened historic cabins that were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
View ArticleU.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic...
The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.
View ArticleSan Antonio's running clubs aim to offer a welcoming community for fitness...
San Antonio may be seeing a running renaissance —with run clubs popping up all over the city, ranging from small groups of a handful of people to massive running collectives of hundreds of joggers.
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