ENside Politics

Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Webster talks about San Antonio’s mayor’s race, the chamber’s annual SA to DC lobbying trip and Project Marvel.

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Long sought flight between San Antonio and D.C. takes off

What will Trump freeze mean for VIA's $268M bus route grant?

Nelson Wolff backs Beto Altamirano in crowded San Antonio mayor's race

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Podcast host Greg Jefferson and education reporter Melissa Manno delve into the school district's decades of dysfunction and what the Texas Education Agency is doing about it.

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New leader has a plan to transform South San ISD: less money for central office, more for teachers

South San ISD given chance for turnaround as Texas replaces school board

'A new era': TEA replaces South San ISD superintendent, trustees after decades of dysfunction

'A history of dysfunction': South San's troubled culture could trigger board removal

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and City Hall reporter Molly Smith talk with UTSA pollster Bryan Gervais about the upcoming city elections, a recent polling controversy and the virtues of local politics -- at least as opposed to poisonous national and state politics.

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UTSA poll: Voters say crime is most pressing problem facing Bexar County

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

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

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and reporter Richard Webner talk with Harley Hubbard, the city's project manager for the bike network plan, about the effort to add 1,890 miles of bicycle routes to San Antonio streets. The cost: between $3 billion and $8 billion.

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City Council says yes to bike plan that could cost billions

City's vision for sprawling bike network could cost billions

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On this week's ENside Politics, retired Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff sizes up major candidates for San Antonio mayor, the Gordian knot that is Project Marvel and the fear of losing the Spurs to another city.

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Why donors from outside San Antonio are funding mayor’s race

County tax election for Spurs arena won't happen without more information

'Lying bunch of sons of bitches’: Judge Wolff says city should stop pursuing another pro sports team

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and political consultant Laura Barberena discuss what 2025 has in store for San Antonio politics.

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Who is running for San Antonio City Council’s open seats in 2025?

County tax election for Spurs arena won't happen without more information

City Council’s lone Republican wants Migrant Resource Center shut

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Greg Jefferson and reporters Megan Rodriguez and Brooke Park discuss what they consider to be the biggest controversies this year at City Hall and the Bexar County Courthouse.

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Councilman Marc Whyte takes plea deal in drunken driving case

Board reprimands Council Member Marc Whyte for ‘knowingly’ violating ethics rules

‘An embarrassment’: San Antonio loses out on $20M in tax credits for affordable housing

East Side councilman could go before ethics board after misleading truck dealer

Commissioner Grant Moody's abstentions raise concerns over leadership

Can City Council members park ‘wherever the hell they want'?

How can San Antonio justify sacrificing housing for new baseball stadium? By splitting hairs

‘Social media terrorists:’ ACS director retires one week after blasting animal welfare activists

Oklahoman to run city's troubled Animal Care Services

Fire Chief Charles Hood, before being forced out, had history of allegedly insensitive comments

Arrest records: Former San Antonio firefighters' union president tried to blackmail SAFD employees

San Antonio's first female fire chief steps up after a tough few years. Here's her first priority.

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson and transportation reporter Richard Webner sort out what's real and what's not in current talk about developing commuter rail between San Antonio and Austin. They also discuss the city's decision to hire a controversial tech company to run parking operations at San Antonio International Airport.

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Is rail dream real? Local leaders revive talk of S.A.-to-Austin train service.

Can a dead San Antonio-to-Austin rail plan be resurrected? Talk is heating up.

Firm hired to run S.A. airport's parking faces complaints, lawsuits

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City Hall reporters Molly Smith and Megan Rodriguez talk to Laura Molinar of Sueños Sin Fronteras and Ariana Rodriguez of Jane's Due Process about San Antonio’s Reproductive Justice Fund and what they hope to see from the mayoral contenders.

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Fund that could help pay for abortion travel passed over in new city budget

City's Reproductive Justice Fund won't pay for abortion travel after all

City Council members want $100,000 for abortion travel

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ENside Politics host Greg Jefferson, City Hall reporter Molly Smith and political consultant Laura Barberena discuss the late Mayor Howard Peak's legacy, the potential downtown Spurs arena, and how Councilman John Courage's decision to withdraw will recast the 2025 race for mayor.

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Howard Peak was San Antonio mayor, launched greenway trail network

Sources: Councilman John Courage exits crowded race for San Antonio mayor

Details of Spurs-anchored downtown sports, entertainment hub emerge

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