If you think she’s still a mystery, that she hasn’t been quite open enough, or San Antonian enough, mayoral candidate Gina Ortiz Jones examines how she sees herself and reasons behind her reserved nature.

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Gina Ortiz Jones draws on military, personal history in race for San Antonio mayor

How mayoral candidates Gina Ortiz Jones, Rolando Pablos can win the runoff

Gina Ortiz Jones faces backlash for dodging media on election night

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Adriana Quiñones is leading the charge to establish the second-largest public green space in Texas, and doing it through the lens of equity.

Arboretum photos by Oscar Williams and Liz Garza Williams/Photographing the USA

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Arboretum CEO's calling came late, but she knew instantly it was about trees

Arboretum's master plan will showcase San Antonio as city of trees

Arboretum San Antonio official website

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Two education scholars examine the troubling roots of San Antonio’s annual Fiesta festivals and events, while still recalling the joys of the season. So, it’s complicated.

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Beyond its origins, Fiesta has evolved into a celebration of San Antonio

Ayala: Despite Fiesta’s origins, there’s hope in events that bring San Antonians together

¡Nosotros! | Fiesta Past & Present

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Right before another $1.3 million was raised to erase financial barriers to higher education, Alamo Colleges chancellor Mike Flores examines what's ahead for the quickly expanding system.

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Palo Alto president aims for mentorship

Community colleges will be crucial to surviving potential dismantling of federal education

New contract keeps Flores as Alamo Colleges chancellor at least three more years

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Ricardo Lazaro, a young San Antonio musician, never expected to get embroiled in a Washington controversy and “60 Minutes” in an act of resistance.

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Young San Antonio musician part of '60 Minutes' show that defied Trump

San Antonio teen trumpeter will perform at new WWI memorial in D.C.

What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration

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Elaine Ayala hosts drag sisters Lyn-Z and Armani Andrews, who were both involved in DreamWeek's first-ever gathering about San Antonio's drag community.

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Legendary San Antonio drag queen Shady Lady left lasting legacy

San Antonio drag queen hopes to make history on ABC’s ‘Idol’

Kristi Waters makes history as River Walk pageant's first drag queen contestant

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Never shy around the microphone, Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez shares his thoughts on the current state of affairs with ¡Nosotros! host Elaine Ayala.

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How Uvalde grief pushed San Antonio state Sen. Roland Gutierrez onto a new political path

Who is Roland Gutierrez, the Texas state senator looking to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz?

Garcia: Roland Gutierrez gets little help from Senate Democrats in his rebellion against Dan Patrick

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It doesn’t impact any one group. It’s a PTSD that’s being experienced across the country. It’s President Trump Stress Disorder.

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We’re suffering from a new form of PTSD, President Trump Stress Disorder

San Antonio's federally funded refugee aid groups struggling under Trump’s orders

Migrant aid groups brace for new Trump administration

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Legendary Tejano music TV host Johnny Canales died last year, leaving a great, big hole in the lives of his wife Nora Canales and their daughters. She talks here about how they're coping and keeping watch over his legacy.

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TV host Johnny Canales helped launch Selena and other Tejano luminaries

The new guy at Texas Monthly's ‘Texas Country Reporter’ | ¡Nosotros!

Johnny Canales Honored in the U.S. Congress

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A panel of newsies join Elaine Ayala’s ¡Nosotros! podcast to discuss some of the top stories of 2024 and one of the most provocative stories about San Antonio’s progress as a big city.

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San Antonio is booming. Why is it still so poor?

UTSA demographer studies West Side's 'persistent poverty'

San Antonio affordable housing project killed by four City Council members

Ayala: Now that Fiesta is over, let's talk about its shameful anti-Mexican roots

Ayala: ‘Keep the party, lose the war’ — it’s time to separate Fiesta from a painful history

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