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Hays Street Bridge apartments closer to reality after neighborhood association’s support

https://www.expressnews.com/real-estate/article/Hays-Street-Bridge-apartments-closer-to-reality-12967138.php

Union loses injunction request in lawsuit against SAISD charter deal

https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/Union-loses-injunction-request-in-lawsuit-against-12967145.php

Oregon senator finds closed doors in South Texas migrant children’s shelter

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Oregon-senator-finds-closed-doors-in-South-Texas-12967364.php

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Still a ‘boys’ club’: Texas prison system faces allegations of harassment, discrimination

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Still-a-boys-club-Texas-prison-system-12964525.php

Testimony: S.A. woman feared the nephew she’s accused of killing

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Testimony-S-A-woman-feared-the-nephew-she-killed-12961910.php

San Antonio Express-News courts reporter Elizabeth Zavala describes the first week of testimony in the trial of Andira Abdelaziz, who could face life in prison if convicted of murdering her nephew, Mohammed Abdelaziz, whom she was having an ongoing affair with when he died while attempting to flee her home after being stabbed in the back in 2016.

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San Antonio Express-News immigration reporter Silvia Foster-Frau explains how a confluence of multiple reports and events have confused some while others, notably U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, have pushed for better treatment of immigrant children in the United States. Find more details at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Castro-leads-San-Antonio-in-a-growing-number-of-12952397.php

Former Iraq War correspondent Sig Christenson describes Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Sam and the people he met there. Find more of Sig Christenson's coverage of military issues at https://www.expressnews.com/author/sig-christenson/.

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Hundreds join Castro to protest administration’s separation policy

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Hundreds-join-Castro-to-protest-12959102.php

Audit’s release sparks political battle over Alamo

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Alamo-audit-recommends-operational-changes-12957208.php

Training on opioid antidote expanding in S.A.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/Training-on-opioid-antidote-expanding-in-S-A-12958624.php

Council decides to give independent cabbies a chance

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Council-decides-to-give-independent-cabbies-a-12958646.php

Host Gilbert Garcia and a team of San Antonio Express-News political reporters theorize on the upcoming budget process that begins this week, followed by a discussion of the intricacies of local party control currently at play in Bexar County. That and more on this week's episode of Puro Politics.

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SAPD academy instructor allegedly shot by barber in NW Side parking lot identified

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/crime/article/SAPD-academy-instructor-gunned-down-by-barber-at-12954255.php

Lawyer attacks uncharged witness for role in burying San Antonio man who was beaten, cut up, burned

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Lawyer-attacks-uncharged-witness-for-role-in-12955768.php

More armed teachers, security presence big parts of Abbott’s school safety plan

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/More-armed-teachers-security-presence-big-parts-12955612.php

The Taste Team (minus Emily Spicer, who's enjoying some well-deserved vacation time) talks sandwiches, the rise of Southern restaurants and new restaurant reviews, followed by "high octane" coffee testing and some ranty comments about bratty restaurant antics.

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Santa Fe High School students face ‘heart-wrenching’ experience as they return to classes 11 days after mass shooting

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Santa-Fe-High-School-students-face-12952629.php

University Hospital trauma cases on the rise

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/University-Hospital-trauma-cases-on-the-rise-12952276.php

Texas spelling bee contestants advance in national competition

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Texas-spelling-bee-contestants-advance-in-12952328.php

52 Weeks of BBQ: Texas 46 BBQ

https://www.expressnews.com/food/bbq/article/52-Weeks-of-BBQ-Texas-46-BBQ-12755984.php