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Rebecca Keffer waters her garden and the parts of her lawn that were scorched by the summer heat Sunday.

The San Antonio City Council approved new stricter drought rules — here’s what that means

by Lindsey Carnett June 20, 2024June 21, 2024

Students fill the hallways of Matthey Middle School, a Southside ISD campus. The district has been selected to receive $690,000 from Bexar County’s American Rescue Plan Act money.

Southside schools celebrate STAAR achievements, draw comparisons to Northside

by Isaac Windes June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

The American Indians in Texas Dance Theater perform on stage in 2016. Founded 30 years ago, the American Indians of Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM) is one of six nonprofits to receive funding and business support from a new partnership between the City and LISC San Antonio.

Business & Development

$1.5M will soon flow to San Antonio nonprofits that support small businesses

by Tracy Idell Hamilton June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

Third grade teacher Eran McGowan watches students demonstrate their answers to the class at the Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy in Dallas, Texas on Feb. 5, 2024.

Democrats think they can flip Texas House seats by going after GOP’s education funding, voucher policies

by Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune June 19, 2024

SAAACAM Community Engagement Coordinator Debra Sewerd and community members write what they would like to see in an archive of their community at a conversation event with the Smithsonian Center for Digitization and Curation of African American History.

Have a story to tell? New Community Curation Project archives Black family histories

by Nicholas Frank June 19, 2024

Melanie Salazar, right, shouts against abortions as Allison Dorner holds a sign supporting abortion rights at the City Council Chambers on Tuesday.

San Antonio to accept bids for reproductive health services

by Iris Dimmick June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

New ownership gathers during the press conference announcing new ownership of the San Antonio Missions by the Designated Bidders, a locally-owned group of owners for the minor league baseball team.

Business & Development

Bexar County opens door to ‘public-private partnership’ on downtown Missions baseball stadium

by Andrea Drusch and Shari Biediger June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

SAWS shuts off water to more than 600 apartment units for unpaid bills by property managers

by Lindsey Carnett June 18, 2024June 20, 2024

Two Bexar County Republicans align with conservatives ahead of party leadership fight

by Andrea Drusch June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

Anirudan Sivaprakash, a volunteer with Corazón Ministries, makes safe injection kits, which is one of the harm reduction kits that are distributed by the nonprofit every single day.

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Listen: ‘Love is the biggest piece’ of San Antonio’s Corazón Ministries

by San Antonio Report Staff June 18, 2024