Business Briefs (March 9): South Side business park, Beacon Hill bookstore among new ventures; showrooms headed for La Cantera

By Edmond Ortiz A independent bookshop in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, a workspace complex on the Southeast Side, and a Toyota pickup truck axle assembly plant are among the newly opened businesses and ventures in the San Antonio area. Elsewhere, a new owner took over a STEM skills/coding provider in Cibolo, a stretch fitness center…

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Early primary voting underway in 11 San Antonio-area Texas House, Senate districts

By Edmond Ortiz Voters in 11 San Antonio-area state legislative districts began casting votes Feb. 17 ahead of the March 3 Democratic and Republican primaries.  State Senate District 19 Democratic incumbent Roland Gutierrez has no challenger in his effort to continue representing a state Senate district that covers east, south and far West San Antonio,…

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Patterson, Brown win Cibolo’s runoff elections; Schertz special election set for Dec. 20

By Edmond Ortiz Marissa-Ellen Patterson and Summer Marie Brown, both political newcomers, won runoff elections for Cibolo City Council on Dec. 13. Meanwhile, Schertz voters will have one more election before Christmas to decide who replaces a City Council member who recently died. What you should know Patterson, a U.S. Defense Department operations research analyst,…

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