Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates running for office, announced a new slate of endorsements in San Antonio ahead of the May municipal election. Increasingly, Texas has been a major investment for the...
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back to archiveRevelations From The Lawsuit Filed By Migrants Against DeSantis
Yesterday, Alianza Americas filed a class action complaint with several of the migrants who were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week as part of a political stunt by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The lawsuit provides some new insight into how migrants were...
Bexar County Sheriff launches investigation into Florida for transporting migrants
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said his department is investigating Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s plan after the governor recruited a woman to fraudulently convince 50 asylum seekers to leave San Antonio and travel from Florida to Massachusetts. According to a...
‘Dear Mr. Schultz’ — Starbucks Unionization Grows Rapidly in Texas
In a letter addressed to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, workers in Bulverde near San Antonio recently announced their intention to unionize, becoming at least the seventh store in the Lone Star State to do so. The San Antonio area coffee shop joins a growing list of...
Op-Ed: How four candidates are changing the narrative on education in the San Antonio ISD Trustees Election
Students should always be at the forefront of education policy. A group of candidates running on a shared platform for the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees are putting action behind those words. Sarah Sorenson, Judit Vega, Luke Amphlett, and Yasmín Parra Codina all...
Texas Republicans take aim at local worker protections with major deregulation bill
Texas Republicans in the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce were giddy with excitement Tuesday afternoon over Senate Bill 14, a massive deregulation bill that would prohibit local governments from passing or enforcing laws that create basic protections for...
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg endorses Gina Ortiz Jones
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg announced Wednesday his endorsement of Gina Ortiz Jones, a congressional Democrat running to replace retiring Republican Rep. Will Hurd. “Gina Ortiz Jones experienced first-hand what it's like to have a community that invests in working...