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Texas flags fly near an electrical substation in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze.

Nuclear power is key to the future of green energy in South Texas

by Mike Chapline August 10, 2021October 12, 2022

A new training facility for the San Antonio Spurs and a Human Performance Center on the city’s far Northwest Side will occupy this swath of land near the Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 interchange.

Business & Development

New Spurs training center, human performance campus should keep team in San Antonio ‘for decades’

by Shari Biediger August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Dozens of Texas hospitals are out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases again overwhelm the state’s capacity

by Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

City, higher ed leaders to discuss new job training, federal relief funds at SA Regional Education Forum Wednesday

by Brooke Crum August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Isabella Polasek meets her new teacher, Ellen Hart, with her parents, Randall Polasek and Sabrina Macal-Polasek during a back to school event at Advanced Learning Academy on Thursday.

San Antonio school districts OK millions in pay raises, bonuses for 2021-22 school year

by Brooke Crum August 10, 2021August 9, 2021

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Judge Nelson Wolff have challenged an order by Governor Greg Abbott restricting local municipalities emergency declarations.

Judge allows city, county, and school districts to mandate masks

by Jackie Wang August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Visitors tour Alamo Plaza in July. The Alamo Long Barrack, seen to the left of the Alamo Church, reopened to the public after two years of renovations.

Alamo plan takes shape under new vision, and it’s $60 million cheaper

by Iris Dimmick August 10, 2021August 11, 2021

Governor Greg Abbott lambasts the Biden Administration for creating this child migrant housing facility in the Freeman Coliseum, where Abbott claims there have been reports of sexual assault. The Governor implored Biden to close this facility and move the children to another location.

Abbott again attacks marginalized children for political gain

by Rick Casey August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Mayor Ron Nirenberg, center, speaks to members of the media on the reopening of the Regional Infusion Center due to high hospitalizations for COVID-19.

COVID antibody infusion center revived as delta wave rises, hospitals fill

by Lindsey Carnett August 9, 2021August 10, 2021

The Texas House Chamber has long prided itself on a collegial bipartisan tradition, and Democrats' quorum break may lead to a deeper rift in members' relationships.

Lawmaker relationships fray as Texas Democrats’ quorum bust to block voting bill drags on

by Patrick Svitek and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune August 9, 2021August 9, 2021