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Just when we thought we evaded a round of draconian abortion bills proposed during the surprisingly quiet 83rd Texas Legislative regular session, Gov. Rick Perry...
By Mary Tuma
6/19/2013
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Taken together, the joint public input processes for both HemisFair park and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center remind us of that Best in Show...
By Mary Tuma and Callie Enlow
6/19/2013
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On a sweltering Monday evening in May, Charity Lee sat near a makeshift pulpit inside the Greater Faith Church on the city’s East Side. Before her sat...
By Michael Barajas
6/12/2013
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Last week, Express-News editorial board writers heaped praise on city Animal Care Services, saying new leadership has catapulted San Antonio’s handling of strays...
By Michael Barajas
6/12/2013
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Saturday, June 15, marks the runoff elections for city council seats for Districts 5 and 8...
By Callie Enlow
6/12/2013
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Thomas Taylor wasn’t well the night he climbed Bexar County jail’s front steps last summer. The 30-year-old electrician battled drug addiction for...
By Michael Barajas
6/5/2013
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Sometimes, as they say, “it’s lonely at the top;” so lonely that you just have to reach out into the technology-obsessed darkness and flash your junk à la...
By Callie Enlow
6/5/2013
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Unlike our rainy late spring, the 83rd regular legislative session shocked Texans for being, well, dry. Where were the knock-down, drag-out fights over abortion, drug...
By Michael Barajas and Callie Enlow
6/5/2013
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By Heywood Sanders
6/5/2013
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Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation’s...
By Paul Kiel, ProPublica, Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace
5/29/2013
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Maria Anna Esparza fears she’s losing her son, again. In November 2011 the Current chronicled the story of Adan Castañeda, a 27-year-old sniper who...
By Michael Barajas
5/22/2013
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Each summer our local weathermen look at the Doppler and tell us to disregard a cloud hanging over the Hill County. No, it’s not sign of some impending...
By Michael Barajas
5/22/2013
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Just one more hotel, and the city will boom. That has long been the mantra of this city’s business and political leaders. With her decision to...
By Heywood Sanders
5/22/2013