San Antonio Express-News business reporter reporter Richard Webner gives updates on the controversial apartment complex that may soon be built on the city's east side.

Find more details at:

https://www.expressnews.com/real-estate/article/Hays-Street-Bridge-apartments-closer-to-reality-12967138.php

San Antonio Express-News immigration reporter Silvia Foster-Frau explains how a confluence of multiple reports and events have confused some while others, notably U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, have pushed for better treatment of immigrant children in the United States. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Castro-leads-San-Antonio-in-a-growing-number-of-12952397.php

San Antonio Express-News staff editorial writer and columnist Josh Brodesky has details on two pregnant, female prisoners who were recently released from jail after having gone roughly two weeks without meeting their public defenders. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/columnists/josh_brodesky/article/Two-weeks-in-jail-without-seeing-an-attorney-12926740.php

San Antonio Express-News staff writer Alia Malik has details on the San Antonio Independent School District's plan to cut more than 100 teachers and support staff following their largest ever enrollment decline. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/SAISD-to-lay-off-132-teachers-in-all-12914457.php

In February, a magistrate judge ruled that police could use “all reasonable force necessary” to draw the blood of Catherine Amato, who was refusing to submit to any sobriety tests or provide samples of her breath or blood after being pulled over, with the presiding judge finding that a San Antonio police officer had “probable cause” to believe that Amato was driving while intoxicated on NW Loop 410, the second time in less than two years that the prominent local businesswoman had been charged with that offense.

But on April 24th, less than two months after Amato’s blood was forcibly drawn, outgoing Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood’s office dismissed the DWI charge, and Amato is now seeking to have all records of the case destroyed, with an expunction hearing set for next month.

San Antonio Express-News metro columnist Brian Chasnoff discusses his investigation into the what happened that day in February and the story behind how the DWI charge came to be dismissed.

San Antonio Express-News senior reporter Josh Baugh explains how plans for San Antonio’s Tricentennial celebration have changed, followed by a discussion of how events this week have been perceived.

San Antonio Express-News reporters John MacCormack & Elaine Ayala discuss the importance of Fiesta to San Antonio & how best to maintain the celebration for years to come.

John's article about the first Battle of Flowers is available online at https://www.expressnews.com/fiesta/article/First-Battle-of-Flowers-ended-in-a-brawl-12865089.php.

San Antonio Express-News reporter John MacCormack recounts the 1991 drug crime that sent Presidio County Sheriff Rick Thompson to what was originally life in prison. Despite that sentence, this week Thompson was released from custody.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Corrupt-Texas-sheriff-soon-to-be-released-from-12810361.php

San Antonio Express-News Senior Reporter Sig Christenson was embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Sig’s Iraq-related Express-News projects include “Witness to War,” a special section recounting the invasion and early occupation of Iraq; “The Only Retreat,” a three-part series detailing the sole U.S. defeat during the Iraq invasion, and stories on soldier and family stress resulting from repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, as his recent story titled “Ex-POW looks for fresh start 15 years after Iraq.” Later this month, Sig starts a new podcast for the San Antonio Express News called “Military City.” Find it & other free locally-focused podcasts at https://www.expressnews.com/podcasts/.

San Antonio Express-News education reporter Silvia Foster-Frau’s grandfather is Puerto Rican, & due to hurricane damage, left the unincorporated US territory until power was restored to his home. Silvia recently visited the island & discusses some of the issues she researched during the trip.

https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/A-trip-home-to-where-Abuelo-s-heart-lies-12774715.php