AACOG

AACOG says high ozone days during COVID-19 lockdowns show San Antonio's air quality is being affected by foreign pollution.

A local agency and the state of Texas say most of San Antonio's pollution drifts in from other states and even Mexico. The EPA disagrees.

SAN ANTONIO Requests from local governments for coronavirus relief funds greatly exceed the amount of money that will be made available to the region, which includes San Antonio and Bexar County, records from the Office of the Governor confirmed on Wednesday. Entities belonging to the Alamo Area Council of Governments, or AACOG, have requested more than $4.1 million in coronavirus relief funds through the states Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program. Requests exceeding available funds likely means that entities will receive only a portion of the funds requested to help offset budget issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff. An official with the Public Safety Office previously said the coronavirus relief funds would not be dispersed until after the June 15 deadline and after applications had gone through several layers of review.