Express Briefing

A state lawmaker is hoping to give Texans a day off after Super Bowl Sunday. Here's what you need to know about the bill. Despite closing down the showroom in March and April, sales at the luxury car dealership, which have been red-hot in recent months, will top last year’s totals. For the first time in 100 years, Zapata County cast most of its votes for a Republican president

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A state appeals court on Thursday temporarily put a stop to an El Paso County judge’s extension of his shutdown order through Dec. 1. The San Antonio Water Systems offices and payment centers will be closed today for a data system update. Cameron Emerson Casey Rankin, held without bail, is charged with having a semi-automatic rifle despite his previous commitment to a mental institution

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The City Council will hold a special meeting online at 1 p.m. today to discuss the Alamo project. Some medical experts warn the worst is yet to come in the pandemic. This is why Texas was the first state to a million cases. You're invited to join us online today for a conversation with U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a three-term congressman from Helotes, part of our Talking San Antonio series.

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Today is Veterans Day, and a number of services, like banks and the post office, are closed. Here's a guide to what's open and what's not. Bexar County commissioners have approved a set of legislative goals for 2021, adding Medicaid expansion as a priority

Our Talking San Antonio series has two events this week. Join us online today for a conversation with Brigadier General Caroline M. Miller; our conversation tomorrow is with U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a three-term congressman from Helotes.

Today, Bexar County commissioners will review priorities for the 2021 legislative session, Our Talking San Antonio series has two events this week, Brigadier General Caroline M. Miller and U.S. Rep. Will Hurd.

The first new luxury hotel in the city in more than five years — is scheduled to open downtown on Jan. 27.

There are also some people who can’t stay away from an airport, even if they aren’t boarding a plane. Randy Diamond is one of those people. He explains the phenomenon in this week's Wary Traveler

Joe Biden’s hopes for enacting the ambitious climate change policy on which he campaigned remains unclear, Ken Paxton's legal opinion, written days before a foreclosure auction, is one of the alleged favors that the Texas attorney general did for Nate Paul, a friend, and campaign donor.

Grunt Style responded with several counterclaims, accusing Alarik of drinking on the job, financial mismanagement, and “inappropriate sexual relationships with employees.”

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Election Day has passed, but the stress around U.S. politics is still real. Mental health experts recommend maintaining focus, If you want to read more about what happened yesterday, we kept a live blog of Election Day happenings. Bexar County residents shattered voter turnout records, while San Antonio Water Authority reported Tuesday that more than 32,000 households are so behind on paying their bills that their water would have been shut off if there wasn’t a moratorium on disconnections.

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A federal judge ruled Monday that Republicans lack standing to challenge 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County. Today, the city will add additional barricades and fencing around Alamo Plaza “as a security precaution for the week,” a city spokeswoman said. The coronavirus is breaking records every day ripping through families and upending El Paso life in lasting ways. Also, Officials rolled out the city’s policy priorities for when the Texas Legislature convenes in January.

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Texas has passed California as the state with the most coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Surveys show a majority of U.S. Latinos back Joe Biden, though not as strongly as they did Clinton. The difference could prove significant. Federal agents arrested a member of an anti-government extremist group in San Antonio Friday and in a secretly recorded video released this week by a conservative activist group shows Raquel Rodriguez apparently discussing unlawful campaign tactics.

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In Texas, polling sites have a 100-foot safety zone. What can and cannot happen within these boundaries at voting stations is spelled out in election laws. We have a quick explainer. SpaceX’s Starship is poised to launch Texas’ space industry into new era. Dozens of S.A. restaurants are opening in 2020. Are these owners insane? Not exactly. And a clash over $1 million for family violence services pits the Bexar County prosecutor against advocates.

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