ENside Politics

Political consultant Andrew Solano talks with the ENside Politics team about Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' chief of staff calling it quits a week after her deputy abruptly stepped down, and why Jones' struggle to keep staff matters.

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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ chief of staff quits one week after deputy leaves

Amid outcry, San Antonio council advances mayor's veterans housing proposal

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones loses yet another staffer

Analysis: Spurs arena vote gave Gina Ortiz Jones a hard political lesson

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Education reporters Noah Alcala Bach and Sophia Veneziano talk with host Greg Jefferson about the drastic steps Bexar County's largest school district are taking to make ends meet — such as closing schools and slashing positions — and what's making it harder to keep the lights on.

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Judson school district cuts 536 jobs, moves toward balanced budget
Inside the charter network that may take over San Antonio campuses

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Port San Antonio CEO Jim Perschbach discusses his role as head of the mayor's Economic Security Advisory Group with the ENside Politics team --  and air taxis, his lonely quest for the 16th Air Force, the possibility of government funding for a new South Side grocery store and how San Antonio does "economic development."

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Port San Antonio teams with Austin firm to develop air taxi hub

Mayor forms group to help lure high-tech industries to San Antonio

Air Force scuttles plans to raise the status of its San Antonio cyber hub

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City Hall reporters Megan Rodriguez and Molly Smith talk with host Greg Jefferson about Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' pledge to help one of San Antonio's biggest and oldest gay nightclubs raise money for legally required fire sprinklers, and how it has gone weirdly wrong.

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Bonham Exchange says mayor hasn't delivered on $550K fundraising pledge

City Council delays creation of Mayor Jones' San Antonio voter commission

Plan to increase San Antonio police force meets uncertainty at City Hall

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Councilman Marc Whyte talks with the ENside Politics team about what's behind a resolution that he and council members Marina Alderete Gavito and Misty Spears are pushing at  City Council to commit to hiring 65 police officers next year.

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City Council set to square off over police department staffing

What mayor, council want in San Antonio’s next police chief

City Council majority favors property tax increase to boost next bond

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Express-News reporters Liz Teitz and Kelsey Brown talk with host Megan Rodriguez about potential utility rate hikes that officials at CPS Energy and SAWS are mulling  — and how the utilities want to use the extra funds if they secure them.

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Council members call for outside review of SAWS before rate hike vote

City Council, SAWS leaders spar over proposed water rate hikes

SAWS says it needs 8% rate hike this year to avoid system failures

CPS Energy says it will 'get through summer' before deciding whether to ask for rate increase

CPS Energy’s board delays vote on record $2.87B budget, wants more time to review it

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Political consultant Laura Barberena talks with the ENside Politics team about what was behind the former San Antonio mayor's landslide victory for the Democratic nomination for Bexar County judge, and a potential fight at City Council over plans to add 65 officers next year.

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How did your neighborhood vote in the Nirenberg-Sakai primary?

City Council set to square off over police department staffing

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Recapping the events that led Tony Gonzales to drop his reelection bid with Texas politics reporter Bayliss Wagner, half of the Express-News reporting duo who broke the story of the San Antonio representative’s affair with a former staffer. Wagner and host Megan Rodriguez also talk about the now-unchallenged GOP candidate in District 23, Brandon Herrera a.k.a., The AK Guy.

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Tony Gonzales is out. Here’s what to know about Brandon Herrera and his bid for Congress.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales ends reelection campaign amid sexual misconduct investigation

Regina Santos-Aviles’ suicide and affair with U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales: What we know

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Nirenberg's big win, Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez's big loss and the Democratic runoff for district attorney — host Greg Jefferson and reporters Saul Pink and Molly Smith talk about all of it in a special edition of ENside Politics.

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Nirenberg wins Bexar County judge nomination in a landslide

Indicted County Court Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez loses reelection bid

Bexar DA election: Luz Elena Chapa and Jane Davis advance to primary runoff

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Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez presided over Friday's censure of Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones — and he debriefs with the ENside Politics team on this week episode.

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San Antonio City Council censures Mayor Jones for ‘unacceptable conduct’

Bonham Exchange to stay open, cut occupancy during fire sprinkler installation
Jones refuses to step down from committee ahead of upcoming censure

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