San Antonio councilwoman accuses city staff of trying to pit colleagues against each other

District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito on Wednesday accused city staff of intentionally selecting cuts to resident services in the proposed budget as a way to pit council members against each other. During a tense Wednesday discussion of the city’s looming $158 million budget deficit, Aldere

Elon Musk expected to give Paxton much-needed cash injection

Elon Musk is mulling a cash infusion to bolster Republicans ahead of the November midterms, according to a report by tech publication Wired. And the far-right billionaire seems to have his sights set primarily on tight races in his home state of Texas. Officials expect Musk to spend $100 million to

There’s so much poop in Texas waterways that swimming could make you sick, new study finds

More than half of Texas rivers, lakes and swimming holes — including some in San Antonio — had dangerous levels of fecal bacteria at least once during the past two years, according to a new report. The analysis from Environment Texas Research & Policy Center found that 59% of the 367 monitoring loca

How Corpus Christi’s water emergency exposed flaws in Texas’ water planning

For more than a quarter of a century, Texas has diligently updated its state water plan every five years, a process designed to forecast water supply and demand 50 years into the future — and give communities enough warning about potential water shortages to do something about it. That warning matte