By Edmond Ortiz Voters in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District will for a second straight year consider a property tax increase. The SCUCISD school board voted Aug. 17 to call the special election Nov. 3. If approved by voters, the district would raise the maintenance and operations portion of its property tax rate 12…
By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio City Council voted 6-5 Aug. 17 to nix a proposal to let San Antonio voters formally consider the city’s pledge of $489 million in specific-use funds towards construction of a new San Antonio Spurs arena downtown. What you should know Worries about the city’s $158 million budget deficit, a proposed…
By Edmond Ortiz San Antonio City Council is weighing a proposed property tax increase that local leaders hope will help to pare down a budget deficit, but they still face a range of proposed spending cuts and other tough fiscal decisions before arriving at a new budget. The council is also adding a special election…
By Edmond Ortiz Two San Antonio-area school districts will ask their respective taxpayers this November for permission to raise their property tax rates in order to support pay raises, and address budget deficits. And one of those school districts will also propose its second bond issue in four years. Northside ISD schedules 2 elections Northside…
By Edmond Ortiz City Council will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Aug. 17 on whether to call a Nov. 3 election on the city’s previous pledge to allocate nearly $500 million in specific-use funds for the San Antonio Spurs’ planned downtown arena. The meeting is to be held at City Council chambers, 114…
By Edmond Ortiz The superintendent of a South Side school district is leaving her post, and one local school district is scheduling a critical election this fall. Plus, a Midtown school district is wrapping up major construction work at its lone high school in time for the start of a new academic year. Southwest ISD’s…
By Edmond Ortiz Converse voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 to determine whether the city should keep VIA Metropolitan Transit service. What is happening City Council voted Aug. 12 to formally put the VIA service withdrawal proposal on a local ballot, an action that officials said would allow the city to free up…
By Edmond Ortiz The Judson Independent School District appears not to be going forward with another effort to propose a property tax increase in a November 2026 election. What you should know Sixty percent of Judson ISD voters took part in a special November 2025 election where they rejected a district proposal to raise the…
By Edmond Ortiz The beginning of August is accompanied by plenty of public discourse involving funding for the proposed new San Antonio Spurs’ arena, the construction of a new San Antonio Missions’ ballpark, and what should happen with Wolff Stadium once the Missions leave that venue. Project Marvel debate arises Talks among local residents and…
By Edmond Ortiz Contests for an Alamo Colleges District board seat, and two New Braunfels City Council posts, including the mayor’s office, will be settled at the polls June 13. Alamo Colleges District June 13 is Election Day in the ACD District 9 runoff election between accountant Robert Garcia, and Carolyn DeLecour, a past ACD…
