By Edmond Ortiz Bexar County will develop an initiative meant to offer short-term, immediate aid to eligible homeowners and renters who are at risk of eviction. This program is part of the county’s ever-growing effort to address housing affordability. What you should know County commissioners voted 4-1 on Nov. 18 to use $500,000 in revenues…
By Edmond Ortiz The San Antonio Spurs’ made a giant leap forward Nov. 4 in their mission to land a new, downtown arena as voters approved an otherwise controversial funding proposal. What you should know According to the Bexar County Elections Department, 52% of voters approved Proposition B, which authorizes the county to increase its…
By Edmond Ortiz The Nov. 4 election will offer a last opportunity for Bexar County voters to weigh in on two funding measures that could, if approved, support construction of a new San Antonio Spurs arena, and project impacting the Freeman Coliseum/Frost Bank Center complex. What you should know Election Day polls will be open…
By Edmond Ortiz Many San Antonio-area voters who go to the polls on Nov. 4 will mull a $495 million bond in one school district, and proposed property tax hikes in four other school districts. What you should know Election Day polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. when voters will consider the North…
By Edmond Ortiz Voters casting a ballot on Nov. 4 will help to determine the fate of mayoral races and 9 City Council contests in four Northeast Side cities, while three elections in one Northeast Side school district will be finally decided. What you should know The Nov. 4 elections will include mayoral and council…
By Edmond Ortiz Midway through early voting on an election concerning two venue funding proposals, one local political professor says it is too early to tell whether voting trends bode well for either measure, particularly the one that could affect support for a proposed Spurs arena. Meanwhile, one grassroots group recently filed an ethics complaint…
By Edmond Ortiz Just as early voting for a special Bexar County election is set to begin, a new poll shows lukewarm support for the use of venue tax revenues to build a new San Antonio Spurs arena and to develop a year-round stock show and rodeo district. What’s happening Early voting starts Oct. 20…
Bexar County’s new Fiscal Year 2026 budget took effect Oct. 1, with funding for 20-plus new law enforcement positions and a flood warning program. (Photo by Edmond Ortiz)
