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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and Express-News reporter Megan Rodriguez talk with airline analyst Keith Debbage about how the Dallas-based airline's fight to get gates in the city's glitzy Terminal C might play out.

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Southwest Airlines sues San Antonio over airport lease

Southwest accuses city of 'bait and switch' in lawsuit over airport lease

Southwest won’t get space in new terminal. It’s putting up a fight.



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The West Side councilwoman talks with ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and City Hall reporter Molly Smith about the planned Missions baseball stadium and the apartment complex it will wipe out.

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San Antonio's housing plan lacks clear explanation of theories guiding policy

‘Revolutionary’: San Antonio council approves community land trust policy for affordable housing

All six city charter amendments win easily

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and Express-News reporter Ed McKinley, Brooke Park and Molly Smith discuss the GOP blowout in state and local races. They also parse the fate of City Council's proposed raise and the removal on pay and tenure caps on the city manager.

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5 key takeaways from Election Day in Texas

Texas House shifts further right as Republicans dominate in tossup races

Marc LaHood defeats Laurel Jordan Swift in San Antonio state House race

All six city charter amendments win easily

County Commissioners Grant Moody and Rebeca Clay-Flores declare victory

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Why isn't Colin Allred rushing to embrace Kamala Harris? Why isn't Sen. Ted Cruz talking much about Donald Trump? San Antonio political consultants Eddie Aldrete and Laura Barberena and host Greg Jefferson answer these questions and more on this week's ENside Politics.

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Colin Allred brings Senate campaign to San Antonio

In a key Texas House race, the GOP is testing how far right voters will go

Support for stripping caps on city manager climbs in new UTSA poll

Will voters know Prop C undoes pay, tenure caps on city manager?

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Gordon Hartman, a philanthropist and tri-chair of the PAC that's running the "vote yes" campaign for six city charter amendments, talks with ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and City Hall reporter Molly Smith about why voters should eliminate pay and tenure restrictions on San Antonio's city manager.

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Here are the six city charter amendments that San Antonio voters will decide in the Nov. 5 election

Firefighters’ frustration over contract talks could spill into charter amendment election

Will San Antonio voters know Prop C undoes pay, tenure caps on city manager?

Firefighters’ union opposes attempt to undo restrictions on city manager

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The two-time Democratic nominee in Congressional District 23 runs a political action committee that's targeting three Republican justices seeking re-election to the Texas Supreme Court over ruling on the state's near-total abortion ban. She talks with host Greg Jefferson and reporter Megan Rodriguez about her organization's efforts to take out justices Jimmy Blacklock, John Devine and Jane Bland in November's election.

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The 'Find Out' PAC targets Texas Supreme Court justices over denial of emergency abortion

As Democrats fight for gains in Texas, party insiders say these are the candidates to watch

Gina Ortiz Jones leaving No. 2 Air Force job

Biden taps Gina Ortiz Jones of San Antonio for Air Force undersecretary

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Joe Jones, president of the San Antonio Professional Firefighters’ Association, told ENside Politics the union is coming out against a city charter amendment to take back salary and tenure restrictions on San Antonio’s city manager. Jones also talked with host Greg Jefferson and City Hall reporter Molly Smith about the union’s new contract and firefighters’ concerns about a Venezuelan gang that’s allegedly trying to get a foothold in San Antonio.

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Firefighters’ union opposes attempt to undo restrictions on city manager

San Antonio firefighters union warns: ‘Watch your six’ for Tren de Aragua gang

SAPD: 19 arrested in San Antonio gang bust; Tren de Aragua members caught

Firefighters overwhelmingly approve new contract

Firefighters’ frustration over contract talks could spill into charter amendment election

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Restaurateurs Jody Bailey Newman and Chad Carey talk with ENside Politics podcast host Greg Jefferson and city hall reporter Megan Rodriguez about the damage San Antonio street projects often inflict on small businesses. They've organized a new political action committee to make sure it’s a big issue in next year’s city elections.

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City, SAWS play blame game over road project delays

'The hard part of the work is done': North St. Mary's Street construction will come to a close this summer

Violence, noise complaints, construction, parking problems are roiling the St. Mary’s Strip

‘A long road ahead’: Constant construction wreaks havoc on downtown businesses

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Voters will decide Nov. 5 on a pay increase for City Council and whether to remove pay and term restrictions on the city manager. A new poll by the UTSA Center for Public Opinion Research show voters aren't fans of either proposition. San Antonio political consultants Eddie Aldrete and Laura Barberena join ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson hash out the survey's results -- and a few of its shortcomings.

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Poll: Most voters oppose removing city manager’s pay cap and boosting council pay

Here are the six city charter amendments that San Antonio voters will decide in the Nov. 5 election

‘Return back to normal’: Council, union approve first firefighters' contract in 15 years

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Trish DeBerry is the biggest proponent of a security camera network in the center city. Deberry is CEO of Centro San Antonio, a public-private organization focused on downtown revitalization.

The San Antonio Police Department plans to set up 10 AI-powered security cameras on a four-block stretch of Commerce Street downtown under a pilot program that could launch as early as January. The cameras will operate on artificial intelligence software and form an integrated network of eyes.

DeBerry talks with ENside Politics this week about why she’s been pushing for downtown cameras – and about the $950,000 she says the city wants Centro to cough up for the effort. She also muses on what new Missions ballpark will mean for downtown.

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AI-powered cameras will be watching you on Commerce Street in 2025

Downtown may soon get AI surveillance. San Antonio police are also weighing more controversial tech.

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