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Commentary: Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito pushes for more accountability and transparency around spending with local businesses.
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Who really pays? The hidden cost of source of income mandates
Commentary: City Council should exempt property owners who own 10 properties or less from the veteran housing voucher ordinance to protect local housing providers.
Building a stronger future for foster youth in Texas and across America
Commentary: From right here in San Antonio, to cities across the nation, HUD is bringing policy closer to the young Americans it serves.
San Antonio should incentivize hiring real people over artificial intelligence. Here’s how.
Commentary: San Antonio should add “human points” to its procurement process for local businesses it works with.
San Antonio already has an entrepreneurial economy. The system just doesn’t know where to look.
Commentary: San Antonio doesn’t need to manufacture an entrepreneurial spirit, it has one. The question is how we will work intentionally to support businesses.
My well went dry. Water can’t be an afterthought in San Antonio’s data center boom.
Commentary: As we look at the next wave of data center projects, are we planning for water the same way we’re planning for power?
Construction jobs are San Antonio and they’re building our future
Commentary: AGC president Lauren Mandel argues data center construction jobs will power the future of San Antonio’s workforce.
Hispanic Serving Institutions changed my life. Now I’m part of the fight to protect them.
Commentary: OLLU alumna Saraí Bejarano discusses the role of HSIs and why she’s in the fight to protect funding for these institutions.
We are a nation of laws, ICE should act like it
Commentary: Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones urges Congress to “rein in ICE’s tactics” and cut funding for the federal law enforcement agency.
How Bexar County parents can help children in mental health crisis
Commentary: Clinician Cynthia Hernandez discusses the disorienting task of navigating what’s normal and when your child may need help when it comes to mental health care.
People don’t join run clubs to run
Commentary: Run club leader challenges San Antonians to join a run club this week to boost personal health and foster community.
San Antonio kids aren’t showing up to school. We must show up for them.
Commentary: Executive Director of Futuro San Antonio writes the community is ready to take on the root causes of absenteeism.
Gov. Abbott’s labeling of CAIR didn’t happen in a vacuum. Global dehumanization brought us here.
Commentary: San Antonio leaders must reject fear-based politics and affirm the shared dignity of all our residents.
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