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Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns. trib.al/G2R56TS
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Kamala Harris for president trib.al/n9SaR52
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Spurs' Gregg Popovich blasts Trump for setting bad example for America's youth trib.al/FRVJRzG
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Oprah endorses Beto O'Rourke for Texas governor trib.al/GC9KcZC
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Obeying Trump order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen trib.al/ud1sCJb
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The students who were killed were in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades, according to Uvalde CISD police chief Pete Arredondo. The shooting took place just two days before summer break. Live updates: expressnews.com/news/article…
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In the letter to President Joe Biden, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Gov. Greg Abbott has used the issues of immigration and human smuggling as “one big campaign stunt.”
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Editorial: O’Rourke for governor trib.al/Zgq2IMW
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Pop touts Senate candidate O’Rourke as ‘special guy’ trib.al/HIgWzWu
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Lawyer: Uvalde teacher did not leave door open that gunman used to enter school trib.al/8TadOl0
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Editorial: Texas schools would improve under O’Rourke trib.al/7Ub71yQ
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Students at the University of Texas at San Antonio marched through campus Wednesday in support of Palestine and to call for an end to U.S. aid for Israel and a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Go to l8r.it/G2RY our bio for more.
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Latinas for Kamala were out in force for the first day of early voting trib.al/D7YugyY
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San Antonio has better tacos than Austin, says ‘Mandalorian’ actor Pedro Pascal trib.al/Zy27QWl
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Doug Emhoff to campaign in San Antonio on Monday with Texas Democrats trib.al/E9pxl4B
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It was about to rain, so Lakey Hinson figured it was time to wrap up his lively floral chalk design on the sidewalk beside a busy Bandera Road.
But then the Leon Valley police rolled up. What followed — captured on body-camera video last month — ultimately led to apologies from city leaders and punishment for one officer.
Read the full story: trib.al/TX8W5Bj
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Pedro "Pete" Arredondo and a former school police officer were indicted by a Uvalde County grand jury on charges of child endangerment for their roles in the bungled police response to the 2022 mass shooting, sources said. bit.ly/3RO977H
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In his push for private school vouchers, Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly emphasized he has no intention of harming Texas public schools.
But this week, Abbott acknowledged that his priority policy would in fact result in public schools losing money. bit.ly/3CQNZcD
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As Southern Baptist leaders reject reforms, sexual abuse continues to spread. Read part 1 of "Abuse of Faith," our exclusive investigative series launching Sunday, Feb. 10: Expressnews.com/AbuseOfFaith
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BTS member J-Hope announces San Antonio stop on first solo tour trib.al/9DC3rrE
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O’Rourke: Despite rhetoric, Abbott has left rural Texans behind trib.al/q7G6w9R
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O'Rourke campaign plans tour to grow volunteer ranks with goal of knocking on 5 million doors trib.al/mGDQkJP
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Jenny Lawson, ‘The Bloggess,’ is opening a bookstore and bar in San Antonio area trib.al/MByZ1TL
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Spurs, Aldridge donating $1M to improve city parks trib.al/i3EXtet
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An East Texas knife shop called The Blade Bar is grabbing the internet's attention for refusing to put a Nazi emblem on a knife. bit.ly/4giaFQF
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President Donald Trump’s assault on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has claimed a new victim — the Tuskegee Airmen.
The effects were felt almost immediately at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the hub of Air Force basic training. bit.ly/4glTsWQ
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Texas Dems think they can flip a San Antonio state House seat by campaigning against school vouchers trib.al/Lb19vRB
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ICE agents continue arrests at San Antonio Immigration Court expressnews.com/news/article…
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Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera posted video with Nazi imagery, jokes trib.al/hmWc2Ub
Community note
Brandon Herrera's YouTube channel contains historical firearm content from various periods and regions. "Nazi imagery" in one video dedicated to the MP-40, a firearm developed in WW2 Germany, is to be expected as much as "American imagery" in one about an American firearm.
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“If we seek a turning point in support of democracy, then those who have damaged it must be sanctioned and repudiated,” our Editorial Board writes.
#impeach #impeachtrump #impeachment #capitol #senate #president #congress
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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich expressed concern yesterday about the corrosive effect Donald Trump's demeaning rhetoric and lies about the 2020 election might have on the nation's children and future generations. l8r.it/T4yw
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Going into the final week of early voting, Democrat Beto O’Rourke is once again trying to make the case that Gov. Greg Abbott went too far when he signed an abortion ban in Texas that has almost no exceptions.
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Texas Guard: Abbott to order 1,000 troops to Texas cities during election trib.al/xMWztHA
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The San Antonio native took his Hohner three-row button accordion to the stages of the world. bit.ly/417Wucv
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San Antonio pro wrestler Thunder Rosa may make history in her hometown during AEW Dynamite on March 16 trib.al/0Oil4Ki
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The Spurs want to build a $1.2 billion basketball palace in downtown San Antonio, and they’re working behind the scenes with city leaders to figure out how to pay for it, according to sources familiar with their discussions. l8r.it/1hSs
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Republican Mayra Flores rejected from all-Democratic Hispanic caucus trib.al/hPTyjmH
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry in Uvalde to visit shooting victim's family trib.al/K89dPey
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O'Rourke called a $1 million donation from pipeline executive Kelcy Warren to Gov. Abbott 'pretty close to a bribe' on the campaign trail. trib.al/41Ivipk
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Editorial: O’Rourke gives voice to the call for gun safety trib.al/jg9yhVX
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A San Antonio bar owner is calling for a “no Edgar” policy, urging the Fiesta San Antonio Commission to “fence the whole thing off, charge a cover” and “make it unaffordable for them to even attend.” l8r.it/o8eZ
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Sheriff Javier Salazar has recommended charges of unlawful restraint over two politically charged flights of immigrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard. trib.al/Qoo6JUS
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O’Rourke is aiming to hire enough new volunteers — beyond his current unpaid force of 83,000 — to knock on a total of 5 million doors this election cycle, according to his campaign.
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Abbott’s veto of summer food aid program is straight up cruel expressnews.com/opinion/edit…
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Rep. Joaquin Castro to play key role in Trump’s second impeachment trib.al/qhD5YCO
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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is getting a prime-time role in the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this evening, though he didn’t say what time he'll take the stage. l8r.it/bjhw
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Ayala: What happened in D.C. today was domestic terrorism trib.al/RXtyB7u
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Ted Cruz names Jocelyn Nungaray in RNC speech as he rails against Biden border policy trib.al/bPO38ie
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Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle spotted at San Antonio International Airport trib.al/aPnpN0P
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A new report reveals Victor Wembanyama said he would spend his first NBA paycheck on the Millennium Falcon.
Specifically, the Lego "Star Wars" Ultimate Millennium Falcon, an $849.95 work of Danish brick engineering. l8r.it/kx8W
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City officials have been piecing together an elaborate plan to turn the southeast corner of downtown into a sports and entertainment mecca.
The code name for the plan reflects its aspirations: Project Marvel.
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The Spurs spent Wednesday afternoon inside a sweaty, noisy bandbox of a gymnasium at Tom Moore High School in Ingram, in the heart of an area that had much of its own heart ripped out by catastrophic flooding in July that killed at least 135 people.
“We just wanted to give them something to smile about.” bit.ly/4mRjx3S
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Commentary: Vouchers are the worst education policy money can buy trib.al/kDPeip5
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San Antonio officials are ready to put in place another piece of the financing puzzle for a new Spurs arena.
City Council is set to vote on a pair of ordinances that would make available hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds for the arena. bit.ly/44UCCfF
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Four international students at UTSA have had their visas revoked, joining the growing number of higher education students across the state and country whose legal status has been changed by the federal government. bit.ly/3EdmieW
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San Antonio taxpayers won’t be on the hook for a new arena for the Spurs, Chairman Peter J. Holt pledged Wednesday.
In rare public comments, Holt said Spurs Sports & Entertainment is “not looking to add a new tax to San Antonio citizens.” bit.ly/3EWsLeE
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Peter J. Holt, chairman of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, is in campaign mode.
San Antonio currently ranks “dead last” among NBA teams in “overall fan experience,” Holt said.
The reason? The area around Frost Bank Center lacks entertainment options. It's why the team wants a new arena downtown. bit.ly/4kX7IYU
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Abbott sends Texas National Guard troops to San Antonio ahead of protests expressnews.com/news/article…
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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones was handed her first big loss when she couldn’t garner the votes Thursday to halt negotiations over a $1.3 billion downtown Spurs arena.
Only three of council’s 10 members sided with Jones on her resolution to delay negotiations with the NBA franchise. bit.ly/4fXJcVZ
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Straight-arm salute gets San Antonio real estate agent fired trib.al/NEA3WF1
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Faulty radio communications, the absence of a clear on-scene leader and unlearned lessons from past school shootings led to a disastrous police response in #Uvalde, according to a report released today by a Texas House committee.
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UT to lease or sell Institute of Texan Cultures property to city, likely for new Spurs arena trib.al/Q3bVaAY
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After 45 years, George “the Iceman” Gervin still gets love for his iconic 1978 Nike poster.
“Everywhere I go, it seems like when someone sees me they tell me, ‘I had that poster in my room.’” l8r.it/q0WD
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BREAKING: The San Antonio Spurs have won the Wembanyama sweepstakes. They'll have the No. 1 pick in the draft! trib.al/Sn7RMW8
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More than 1 million have signed up for Kamala Harris's Houston rally. What to know trib.al/0PErNvD
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to rally at Texas State University on Tuesday trib.al/ot2RqZg
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Rep. Joaquin Castro seeks leadership of powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee trib.al/zoU33rx
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When it comes to public education, leave religion at church trib.al/EYMSZrq
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“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety,” the report said.
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The state’s highest criminal appellate court on Wednesday reaffirmed its ruling finding Attorney General Ken Paxton lacks unilateral authority to prosecute election crimes.
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Employees at San Antonio Starbucks store seek to unionize, becoming first in Texas to do so trib.al/HFTlpun
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On the first day of the DNC, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg used a speech before Texas Democrats to tout Harris’ credentials, jab at U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and blast former President Donald Trump as a “clown” that America can’t allow a second term in office. bit.ly/3YPjSec
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H-E-B pledges half a million dollars and truckloads of food and supplies to Hurricane Helene victims trib.al/XzKZpfe
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Hundreds of people marched through downtown San Antonio on Saturday in a protest against President Donald Trump and the federal spending cuts, layoffs, sweeping tariffs and other actions that have marked the early months of his second term. bit.ly/3E9bZsa
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'A lot at stake': UTSA loses over $8M in federal research grants amid DEI crackdown trib.al/pI3HK5M
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Gina Ortiz Jones wins hyperpartisan mayoral race with 54% of vote expressnews.com/politics/art…
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San Antonio is often overlooked in the narrative of regional success.
David Robinson Jr. proposes envisioning a new mega region: the South Texas Triangle.
It reframes S.A. from a city on America’s southern fringe to one anchoring two continents. trib.al/zWSfXv2
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He's headed to the Windy City where he will be “using Texas as a case study to explore the present and future of U.S. democracy.” trib.al/aMP87kS
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The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in its ongoing dispute with Texas over razor wire strung along the Rio Grande.
The ruling comes as Texas soldiers have been blocking Border Patrol from a 2.5-mile stretch near Eagle Pass. trib.al/DbKT9Yy
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The 20-year-old Frenchman became just the third player from the Silver & Black to collect the award, joining greats David Robinson (1990) and Tim Duncan (1998). trib.al/d0kSStL
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A San Antonio woman was captured on camera joyriding around the Alamo Quarry Market parking lot with a drink in hand, laughing as she hit other vehicles.
She led police on a chase through Comal and Bexar counties, DPS said. bit.ly/4ewHoko
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It is the end of an era in San Antonio.
Gregg Popovich, who for nearly three decades as the Spurs’ coach had shaped the franchise in his steadfast and at times irascible image, is planning to retire from coaching. bit.ly/42Z1Lmy
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“Every single night he’s doing something new we haven’t seen before.”
Victor Wembanyama of the “small market” Spurs amassed 1.3 billion views across NBA social and digital media platforms during the regular season. trib.al/EAuYRz4
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Gregg Popovich blasted Sen. Tommy Tuberville, calling him a “silly, small man” for blocking military promotions.
“He gives coaches a bad name. They're going to think we're all ignorant because what he's doing is ignorant. It's harmful. It makes no sense.” trib.al/80q5qjn
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Teach your kids that Angela Paxton and Lauren Boebert aren’t role models. trib.al/ysr9w6C
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Our Editorial Board is interviewing @JoaquinCastrotx about the recent @USPS issues. Join us on Aug. 21 at 12pm on Facebook or the linked page.
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Editorial: The only choice on Texas school vouchers is to reject them trib.al/RN5GX3I
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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and State Rep. James Talarico joined forces in San Antonio on Friday night to blister Republicans in Congress for potential Medicaid and health care cuts.
“We are not rivals,” Talarico said after the event. “We are on the same team. We’re all trying to change this state for the better.” bit.ly/4lgfEVe
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Valentina Gomez's mock execution of immigrant an ugly reflection of values trib.al/a4bXgd0
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for investigation into Houston power outages after Hurricane Beryl trib.al/IzhJtvj
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The Spurs are in negotiations with the city of San Antonio on an “economic development project” at the Institute of Texan Cultures site at Hemisfair downtown.
The team has “taken measures” to keep info about the project secret. trib.al/kKxqy85
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Parker leaves San Antonio with emotion, but no regrets trib.al/e4m4Er2
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We are removing the paywall on expressnews.com from noon Friday through Monday evening in anticipation of the incoming weather.
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New poll reveals college-bound students are ruling out Texas due to state politics trib.al/W2cag2I
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The Spurs’ search for a downtown location for a new arena took a step forward Thursday.
The University of Texas Board of Regents conditionally approved a plan to lease or sell the Institute of Texan Cultures property to the city of San Antonio. trib.al/kVPCCTi
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Peter J. Holt, chairman and managing partner of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, outlined the team's proposal in a letter to City Manager Erik Walsh. bit.ly/41esnzR
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🧵U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said he confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a dinner Monday night over new accounts of migrants being mistreated by officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative.
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Garcia: Vouchers are rooted in hatred for public schools. Euphemisms can’t hide that. trib.al/Mm8TM7c
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