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‘We punted’: San Antonio approves first tax increase without mayor’s support
Facing a major budget deficit and a struggling economy, the San Antonio City Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase Thursday — the city’s first in more than three decades. The 7-4 vote largely split members along socioeconomic lines, with wealthier Northside districts oppo...
business
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q donates warehouse space for 2026 Elf Louise Christmas Project
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q announced Thursday it is providing space to the Elf Louise Christmas Project in its downtown warehouse to serve as the workshop hub for the holiday season, giving the longtime San Antonio holiday organization a central home as volunteers prepare gifts for fami...
business
Record diesel prices and rising interest rates squeeze San Antonio families
Two major economic developments hit within 24 hours of each other Wednesday, and experts say San Antonio families could feel the effects at the gas pump, the grocery store and in their monthly bills. Diesel fuel crossed $6 a gallon nationally for the first time on record, accordi...
safety
Driver who slammed into LA bus before news helicopter crash charged with murder, prosecutor says
An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged her with murder. It was a tragedy compounded by the subsequent fatal crash ...
business
Globe-trotting chef Diego Galicia to launch neighborhood concept with international flavors
Michelin-starred restaurant owner Diego Galicia is launching a new concept on Grayson Street, featuring a European-inspired menu.
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UTSA heads to No. 1 Texas as a 30-point underdog — and Coach Traylor questions games like this
UTSA gave Texas a scare in Austin four years ago. Now, as revenue sharing and NIL reshape college football, the Roadrunners return as roughly 30-point underdogs against a program with vastly deeper pockets....
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Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren't the target, new Trump rule says
Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by President Donald Trump's administration that marks a sea change in how th...
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Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump's White House. It was Kennedy's first...