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San Antonio experts play down impact of higher mortgage interest rates
Experts from San Antonio-based Frost Bank and the San Antonio Board of Realtors weigh in on the topic.
Bobby Pulido thanks rival Rep. Monica De La Cruz for campaign “advice”
Bobby Pulido, the award-winning Tejano musician and Democratic congressional candidate, thanked the incumbent he’s challenging for the 15th Congressional District for giving him the best piece of election “advice”: campaigning at quinceañeras. “We would have never thought about t...
Terrell County approves Fisher airport lease for border construction
Terrell County commissioners approved a lease allowing border construction contractor Fisher Industries to use 20 acres at the county airport for staging and possibly temporary worker housing....
Trump said he would campaign in midterm battlegrounds. He's starting in deep red states instead
President Donald Trump vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground races in the final sprint to November's midterm elections . Instead, he will begin October by stumping in Alabama and Oklahoma, two of the most Republican states in the nation. His events are sure...
Texas advocates warn proposed cuts to health, assistance programs could hurt vulnerable communities
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission proposed cuts to more than 20 client services programs. Dozens of Texas advocates testified at a legislative budget board hearing Thursday to ask state lawmakers to protect those programs....
EU vows to defend its stand against X after the US backs a court challenge from Elon Musk
The European Union's executive arm said Friday it's prepared to defend a 120 million euro ($137 million) fine against the social media platform X after the U.S. government threw its support behind a legal effort by Elon Musk this week to have the case dismissed. The European Comm...
The Latest: Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map
The Supreme Court turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump on Friday, potentially putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is underway in the midterm elections. Earlier in the day, the high court lift...
Texas pauses new data center permits as state reviews water and power usage
Data centers that power everyday digital life are facing new scrutiny in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state environmental regulators to pause permits for data centers until an audit is complete. The order affects the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as quest...
Texas counties scramble to process delayed voter registration applications from DPS
Voters have just more than a week to register to vote if they want to cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 election. Even if people think they’re registered, state officials are asking them to double-check. This message comes after local county election boards received hundreds to tens of...
San Antonio group hopes recruiting military veteran poll workers will restore trust in local elections
Telling voters that veterans serve as poll workers has been proven to increase voter trust in the election process. San Antonio organizations are looking to recruit veterans. San Antonio group hopes recruiting military veteran poll workers will restore trust in local elections wa...
Final results of Russia's tightly managed vote give a record high parliament seats to Kremlin party
Full results released Friday from Russia's first wartime parliamentary election showed that the tightly orchestrated vote had further cemented the Kremlin's overwhelming political control of the country. United Russia, the main Kremlin party, will get more than three-fourths of t...
Exclusive: Board of Peace quietly met with UNRWA, ex-agency chief says
As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza , it has said there’s no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced Palestinians. But the agency’s last chief says that behind the scenes, board members and others have been...
Bexar County receives 45,000 unprocessed voter registrations overnight due to DPS error
The Bexar County Elections Department said it was sent tens of thousands of voter registrations by the Texas Department of Safety overnight. Bexar County receives 45,000 unprocessed voter registrations overnight due to DPS error was first posted on September 24, 2026 at 3:30 pm. ...
Texas Tech leaders face questions over their role in Ken Paxton U.S. Senate race fundraiser
Chancellor Brandon Creighton and Cody Campbell, who chairs Tech's Board of Regents, are identified by their official university titles on the invitation to the Sept. 29 fundraiser. Lubbock County Democrats are questioning whether their public positions — or university resources —...
César E. Chávez Boulevard name change to Durango underway
Members of the San Antonio City Council made the decision in August to change the name of the street once named for Chávez after allegations of sexual abuse against him came to light....
California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approxi...
An isolated Netanyahu was defiant at UN as he seeks reelection at home
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two countries launched a war against Iran . But this week, as world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly...
40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late
The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms , laying out potential threats to election systems and listing services it would offer to election officials to protect the vote. Election officials ...
Senate rejects resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms
Despite rising political anxiety over the Iran war , senators on Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump 's military action, which has been largely blamed for the spike in gas prices and become a flashpoint in the midterm election...
Texas agriculture commissioner 2026: Who is running and what you need to know
Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about the candidates running for statewide seats, The Texas Tribune is sharing information about the Republican, Democratic and third-party candidates. For more information on midterms and the voting process, check out our election resour...
State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears
County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level, a headache that is hitting just as they are preparing for voting to begin in the midterm elections. The problem, whic...
Scottsdale's water recycling program hits election-year backlash
A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources directly to residents' taps, after political candidates made unproven claims that the water is contaminated “poop water.” The affluent city of Scottsdale mainly uses purified water from the city...
Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party leads in provisional election results
Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election , according to provisional results announced by the Interior Ministry early Thursday. Meanwhile, the governing National Assembly of Independents, known by its French...
Venezuela's acting leader, at UN for first address, promises elections at the 'right moment'
Venezuela’s acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections Wednesday and said the nation’s people will determine the “right moment.” “I wish to state this very clearly before this General Assembly: Elections w...
Conservation Society members call NIOSA suspension ‘sad’, ‘disheartening’, ‘frustrating’
The Conservation Society of San Antonio held its first board meeting since cancelling A Night In Old San Antonio festival on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at the Botanical Gardens. During Wednesday evening’s packed public meeting, around 100 people showed up, many of them hoping to get ins...
Signs going up downtown & beyond, renaming Cesar Chavez Boulevard as Durango
A decision made by San Antonio city councilmembers in August to change the name of a major road that runs through downtown is coming to fruition now. SA City Council votes unanimously to change César E. Chávez Boulevard back to Durango Boulevard On Monday, crews began taking down...
Lubbock takes first step toward data center moratorium, questions remain with approaching legislative session
Lubbock's city council passed a resolution on Tuesday initiating the procedure to adopt a 90-day pause on the development of any large-scale data centers. The council will need to hold two public hearings before the moratorium can officially begin....
Takeaways: What a new AP-KFF survey reveals about rural American voters
A new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF finds that about half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, pointing to economic frustration among a key group that has backed Trump and other...
How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll
About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections. The Associa...
Morocco votes for a new parliament after Gen Z protests and migration surge to Ceuta
Moroccans voted for a new parliament Wednesday in an election shaped by mounting frustration among young people, high unemployment despite a thriving economy and demands for better schools, hospitals and housing. Voter turnout in the election for the 395-seat House of Representat...
KSAT Q&A: Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discusses city budget vote, Medicaid backlog letter and more
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday to discuss multiple topics, including why she voted against the city budget approved last week and a letter she sent to the governor this week about the state’s Medicaid application backlog. The budget takes effect Oct. 1 and ...
Meet the 2026 candidates for the Texas Railroad Commission
A race that would normally fly under the radar is suddenly in the spotlight after controversial Republican nominee Bo French's viral post. Meet the 2026 candidates for the Texas Railroad Commission was first posted on September 22, 2026 at 6:35 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio Report...
TribCast: Bo French, the Railroad Commission and other downballot races
In this week’s episode, we go deep into Bo French’s tweet that shook up the race for Railroad Commission. Why have Republicans stuck with him? Does his Democratic opponent now have a chance? What about the other statewide elections? Our guests are Texas Tribune reporters Alejandr...
U.S. Senate, Texas Railroad Commission races remain tight less than month before early voting, TSU poll finds
A second poll, from Texas 2036, shows a large fraction of voters remain undecided, while many intend to split their tickets.
How Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' became the longest-running No. 1 hit of all time
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” a simmering, midtempo, country-and-then-some heartbreak song released last October, is indisputably 2026’s biggest hit. “Choosin' Texas” is also the longest-running No. 1 hit in the U.S., having spent 23 weeks at the top spot on the all-genre Bill...
DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers in New York City
DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday. The agreement, which officials descibed as the largest worker settlement in city history, also requires the company to submit to a new mo...
Kamala Harris says midterms could be 'stopgap' on Trump and urges Dem unity for El-Sayed in Michigan
Campaigning in Michigan for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed , former Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the midterm elections offer a potential “stopgap” halfway through Donald Trump's turbulent second presidency. And she urged Democrats not to be undone by a...
James Talarico is moderating on gender, climate issues in his competitive Senate election
State Rep. James Talarico sat at the end of a long table in May 2021 and pleaded with his colleagues on the Texas House Public Education Committee. He wanted them to vote down a Republican bill prohibiting transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams aligned with t...
'We don't really know the answers': San Antonio realtors say it's too early to tell how data centers affect home values
As data centers expand across the San Antonio area, the San Antonio Board of Realtors says it is still too early to know whether the facilities are affecting home prices or utility bills in the region. “Yes, we’ve had data centers for a while. But as far as the hyper scale versio...
Appeals court favors Trump-backed Missouri congressional map, but Supreme Court will have final say
A long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in the November elec...
UK to offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling to counter Houthi attacks
ABOARD THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER’Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repel attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham told reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly i...
The Latest: MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against Trump to restore White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment. Meanwhile, Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when...
Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on....
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did no...
The main Kremlin party wins tighter control of parliament in Russia's carefully orchestrated vote
The main Kremlin party has further strengthened its already overwhelming control of parliament, according to results Monday from Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, a tightly orchestrated vote that excluded virtually any genuine opposition. With over 95% of the vote co...
German leader faces tough time ahead after election defeats, but no sign of leadership challenge
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stood by his vow to stay in office Monday after his party suffered two more regional election defeats and was voted out of a state legislature in a humiliating first. But he faces a struggle to keep his reform agenda intact. Minutes after polls cl...
Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader
Communism, President Donald Trump says, is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation , accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his ye...
PoliChic Texas Bravery Brunch honors women who advance civic engagement and political progress
The event recognized the women for their work in voter education and advocacy.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on ERCOT to reverse 30% pay raise for board members
Patrick has also rebuked ERCOT’s board for approving and then backtracking on a contract allowing ERCOT’s CEO to earn $6.4 million in 2027. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on ERCOT to reverse 30% pay raise for board members was first posted on September 20, 2026 at 4:00 pm. ©2021...
Trump and Mamdani plan to meet in New York during the president's upcoming UN visit
President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communicati...