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Mail clerk Steve Heinrich organizes mail-in ballots at Bexar County Elections Department before the election in November 2020. Secretary of State John Scott’s office on New Year’s Eve released findings from the first stage of the “forensic audit” of the 2020 election, and no widespread voter fraud was reported.

Texas’ wasteful election audit leads to some easy predictions

by Rick Casey January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

City Council member John Courage (D9) walks toward the stage during a City Hall welcome night at the Red Berry Estate on Wednesday.

Ties to CPS Energy won’t cost John Courage his rate-hike vote — or his council seat

by Rick Casey December 28, 2021December 27, 2021

Former President Donald Trump ponders running again in 2024.

What will happen if Donald Trump runs — and loses Texas — in 2024?

by Rick Casey December 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Inside the trial that ended Boostie’s career — and a heroic (if creative) story that followed

by Rick Casey December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Evangelical megachurch Cornerstone Church is seen on Wednesday in San Antonio. The church aims to raise $40 million over the next two years to expand its footprint and to “make it possible for us to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a practical way.” The initiative is called “Vision 2020.”

Why the ‘Let’s go, Brandon’ crowd was right at home at Cornerstone Church

by Rick Casey November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff makes a joke about being able to vote more than once. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone

San Antonio’s second mayor: How Nelson Wolff transformed the county judge role

by Rick Casey November 16, 2021November 16, 2021

The right’s newest bogeyman: School librarians

by Rick Casey November 9, 2021November 11, 2021

The Las Palmas Branch Library is located in the city’s near west side.

COPS leader Andy Sarabia deserved to have his name on a library. Here’s why it doesn’t fit with his legacy.

by Rick Casey November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

Following the passing of the 1836 Project in the Texas Legislature Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (pictured here) and Gov. Abbott appointed mainly conservative individuals to head the project which is meant promote "patriotic education."

Did the Legislature require teaching ‘both sides’ of the Holocaust? Sort of, but they were just kidding.

by Rick Casey October 26, 2021October 26, 2021

U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent leaves the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse holding the hand of his wife in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Monday, May 11, 2009. Kent was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to obstructing a judicial panel's investigation of charges he sexually assaulted two female employees.

A federal judge’s crime and how a former San Antonian touted for the Supreme Court minimized it

by Rick Casey October 19, 2021October 22, 2021