Former Councilman Manny Pelaez bashes Mayor Jones, buddies up with her former staffers 

Former District 8 councilman and failed mayoral candidate Manny Pelaez reemerged this week to bash Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, calling her term so far “the dictionary definition of a dumpster fire.” After falling off the radar following his loss to Jones in last year’s mayoral race, Pelaez made an appea

Broke Bexar County scrapes together another $10 million for billionaire Graham Weston’s ballpark

Bexar County Commissioners Court last week scraped together another $10 million for a new publicly financed minor league baseball stadium that backers insist will turn downtown into a hub of activity and commerce. However, the decision to kick in the additional funding came at the same April 28 meet

Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to pass flood protections. Some could have saved lives.

KERR COUNTY — The sound of construction machinery filled the air as Kylie Nidever walked past properties ravaged months earlier by floodwaters. Nidever’s home was among those in her Bumble Bee Hills neighborhood untouched by last year’s July 4 flood, one of the deadliest disasters in Texas history.

Texas needs massive investments in clean water, but there’s still hope for our environment

“Pay attention, the barrel-bottom of the Robbery is that our lords take all creation as their own dominion. The fish in the waters, the birds in the air, that which grows on the ground, all must be theirs. But to the poor, they say: ‘God has commanded, Thou Shalt Not Steal!’ They fill the wellspring