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The San Antonio City Council approved a new contract for San Antonio Police officers Thursday in a 8-3 vote, immediately putting the new contract into effect.

Council members’ approval is all that’s needed to implement the contract, which would last through September 2026. It includes changes to officer discipline procedures and would raise officer pay by nearly 16%.

As part of early budget discussions for FY 2023, city staff presented city council on Wednesday with an array of recommended property tax relief measures that would increase several tax exemptions for homeowners and lower the tax rate for all property in the city - whether homes, apartments, or commercial.

Preparing to introduce a new proposed rate plan in 2023, the New Braunfels Utilities Board of Trustees has appointed an 18-member Rate Advisory Committee and commissioned a consultant to conduct

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The population in and around San Antonio is booming — so much so that an advisory committee has created a draft of a new City Council district map based on the 2020 U.S. Census numbers.

A West Side councilwoman wants senior homeowners to be able to get a break on their property tax bills if they help organize library books, assist with classes at community centers, or do other volunteer work for the City of San Antonio.

As the summer recreation season approaches, a shortage of workers has prompted the city of New Braunfels to delay opening Landa Park Aquatic Complex and prioritize operations and programs.

Opinion: With San Antonio's police union approving a new contract, the pay gap between the city's police and firefighters is growing wider.

Findings over the next year will help the utility decide what, if any, rate changes to present to New Braunfels City Council next year.

The proposed police union contract with the City of San Antonio received approval from about 86% of police union members who voted.

San Antonio City Council members and the mayor found little fault with redrawn council district boundaries in a draft redistricting plan.

An advisory committee made up of council appointees has created the first draft of a new council district map, based on the 2020 U.S. Census numbers. Under the proposal, nine out of 10 districts would have their boundaries shifted.

A change to the real estate tax rate that was initially proposed by Fredericksburg City Manager Tim Baroody will be up for discussion at a City Council special work session,

The San Antonio City Council is hoping the revamped car brand from the Back to the Future movie franchise will bring economic success back to San Antonio in the future.

The city of Corpus Christi plans to issue up to $21 million in certificates of obligation bonds this summer for capital improvement projects.

“You will note...that there will be tax relief this year. And so part of that discussion is how we handle the options that will be presented by staff,” Mayor Ron Nirenberg told council members at the beginning of a Wednesday budget meeting.

New Braunfels City Council approves purchase, relocation and reimbursement of downtown Union Pacific rail yard

The energy generated by the solar panels would be used to power the buildings and help the city achieve carbon neutrality

Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) is essentially large buses, typically running in designated lanes. With a new bus arriving every 10 to 15 minutes, and riders paying before they get on, VIA officials say it offers the benefits of a rail line at a lower cost.

With COVID-19 cases back down to a low point, Metro Health laid its plans on Monday for growing health initiatives through September 2026 in six different areas.

A Dallas-based company is slated to build a large cryptocurrency mining development in Corpus Christi.

The proposed rezoning was postponed to the upcoming April 25 meeting.

Take a look at the top five trending stories across Community Impact Newspaper’s coverage areas in Texas as of March 28.

An ordinance that allows Fredericksburg officials to declare a property blighted was updated this week to eliminate one final warning to landowners.

Navistar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its nearly 1 million-square-foot facility off of Highway 281 on Wednesday. The plant will ultimately employ about 650 people, 500 of whom are already on payroll.

Lucy's Snackbar is slated to be the first business in Corpus Christi with a semi-permanent parklet in front of its café.

The $326.9 million from the American Rescue Plan Act has hit the city’s financial books, but it hasn’t yet made its way the dozens of community organizations eagerly waiting for a piece of the singular financial windfall.

City council met Tuesday to give their recommendations for how ARPA funds will be dispersed in seven areas impacted by the pandemic.

George Flagg's family is asking the city to consider the late, former Des Moines City Council member's entire record before stripping his name from a city street.Driving the news: Flagg's three sons sent an email to six of the city's seven council members Wednesday, shortly after Axios first published an article about community efforts to rename George Flagg Parkway.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Councilperson Indira Sheumaker was excluded from the mes

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The fiscal year 2023 budget presented by Fredericksburg City Manager Tim Baroody during a City Council meeting earlier this week calls for a 3 cent real estate tax rate increase,

The purchase of the struggling downtown hotel could be the largest yet for an Arizona-based nonprofit with an unusual structure.

Weaponizing information abroad is a specialty of Putin’s, but two weeks into Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, he’s losing on that front — badly.

The park, including the plaza and parking lot, closes to the public from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless you are fishing at the pier.

Opinion: There is good reason to believe this new contract marks a cessation of hostilities between the union and city hall.

Hyatt wants to sell off its 1,003 room hotel through a $450M deal that would free the city from covering any of the hotel's future debt payments.

The committee will present a project list to City Council following the public input meeting.

Hyatt wants to sell off its 1,003 room hotel through a $450M deal that could free the city from covering any of the hotel's future debt payments.

Opinion: San Antonio's challenge is to stop the affordable housing crisis from growing even worse as the city emerges from the pandemic.

Seven of the city of Corpus Christi's eight road construction projects will be completed by fall 2022. Work on one will be complete in 2023.

While pushing for a rate increase, CPS Energy had promised an outside review of its operations. Now, council members say the utility is following through.

These are the candidates running for New Braunfels City Council in districts 1 and 2.

The San Antonio City Council amended the city’s noise ordinances on Thursday to limit the hours during which construction crews can do any exterior building construction work, including demolition and excavation. The council also approved more stringent penalties for violations.

The city expects to place more than 28,000 people into either certification and degree programs through Ready to Work and subsequently get at least 15,700 of them into “high-quality,” in-demand jobs.

San Antonio home owners could see two changes to their 2022 property tax bills, which might limit how much you have to pay.

The final draft of the Arts Master Plan has been posted online ahead of City Council review at a public work session on Tuesday at 3 p.m.The plan can be found by visiting www.sanmarcostx.gov/artsmaste[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Nueces County commissioners met Monday in a special meeting to approve an agreement with the City of Corpus Christi on new health district plans.

Schertz City Council unanimously approved two proposals to amend the city’s...

The name is similar with one significant addition.

To the cheers of local business owners, San Antonio City Council voted to change Enrique M. Barrera Parkway's name back to Old Highway 90.

Bond funding for a proposed Sunken Garden Theater renovation survived a City Council vote, and will go up for public vote May 7.

City council approved the final, $1.2 billion list of bond projects Thursday, including: money for affordable housing, expanding the city’s greenway trail system, repairing failed streets, and building fire and police stations. It now goes to voters for approval during the May 7 election.

The city will hold public hearings, publish draft maps online and accept written comment.

In a presentation to council members, city staff laid out the basic structure of the program, which is expected to place put more than 28,000 people into either certification and degree programs and result in at least 15,728 people into “high-quality” jobs in in-demand fields.

Built on the dream of inclusion, Morgan’s Wonderland is including more and more into its vision these days, and San Antonio leaders were happy Thursday to help them pay for it.

With a 9-1 City Council vote, San Antonio adopted a new spending plan for the more than $210 million in remaining ARPA funds.

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The proposed framework would invest in pandemic response, mental health programs, small businesses, economic development and infrastructure.

The proposed plans unveiled Wednesday afternoon include infrastructure, community programs, emergency housing and more.

After the county hit a record 1,581 daily COVID-19 cases last week, but about 600 were reported Tuesday.

The filing period for City Council and local school board seats will end Feb. 18.

The San Antonio Police Department recorded 160 homicides in 2021, 23% more than the 130 recorded in 2020 and 52% more than in 2019.

After Windcrest voters went thumbs down last year on an aquatic center, city council...

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A new port commissioner backed by the City Council took his oath of office Thursday.

The San Antonio City Council approved the first CPS Energy rate increase in eight years, and it’s just the beginning of the many more rate increases.

The new members are part of a lengthy board restructuring process aimed at increasing community participation and clarity in the housing trust.

Out of the nearly $45 million in changes a series of citizen committees recommended to the upcoming bond program, cutting the portion set aside for public arts by $3.8 million grabbed the most attention on Wednesday.

San Antonio City Council approved the first CPS Energy rate increase in eight years on Thursday, which will raise the average homeowner’s monthly bill by about $5.10.

City staff proposed limiting the number of scooters in the city and designating parking spaces in downtown Corpus Christi.

A New Braunfels property was rezoned to allow the proposed River Mill development to include a multifamily component in its plans.

In less than a week, the San Antonio City Council will vote on the first CPS Energy rate increase in eight years, but it’s not clear yet if there are enough votes to pass it.

Commissioners oversee the port's infrastructure investment, broadscale policies and budget.

CPS energy wants to raise rates. They say it’s needed to better weatherize equipment, get new equipment, to cover debt from the winter storm and for staff.

City staff is evaluating which requests require council review and which can be handled by other officials, though rezoning requests will remain on the council agenda.

The San Antonio-based chain Bill Miller Bar-B-Q will temporarily be closing their dining rooms this week due to a staffing shortage.

New housing developments and construction projects are ongoing in New Braunfels as the city continues to grow rapidly. Here are a few of Community Impact Newspaper’s top development stories of 2021.

As CPS Energy pushes for city council approval of a new rate hike, the utility’s interim CEO doesn’t expect to win over many of its customers.

The report, “Ousted: The City of San Antonio’s Displacement of Residents through Code Enforcement Actions,” found 626 orders to vacate and orders to demolish occupied San Antonio homes between 2015 and 2020. Meanwhile, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin issued only 16 orders between them.

The rate hike has been expected for several months, and while it’s lower than the double-digit percentage increase the utility originally wanted, many customers still have questions. We have answers.

In a Thursday presentation to council members, city staff showed the results of the various surveys, town hall meetings, and meetings with the Small Business Advocacy Commission from the previous months.

The utility needs council’s support to institute a two-pronged approach to raising customers’ bills: a 3.85 percent increase to the base rates and a bump in the fuel adjustment charge. Combined, CPS officials say those changes would raise the average residential customer’s bill by about 3.3 percent - or $5.10 per month.

As San Antonio’s city-owned utilities prepare for another winter, they’ve been taking steps to ensure the city isn’t left as vulnerable as it was during the February freeze.

Five years later, the fight over the name of a four-mile stretch of roadway on the West Side is back on again, as residents and business owners push to bring back the “Old Highway 90″ name - with a slightly different twist.

The “SDP,” as officials refer to it, provides a vision for the airport into 2040 that will accommodate expected growth. It calls for unifying the airport terminals, including a brand-new, third terminal; adding more gates; extending the largest runway to accommodate longer international flights; re-routing vehicle traffic; central passenger screening; and more parking.

Having failed to keep police out of a new mental health response team the City of San Antonio will try out beginning next spring, activists want the city to at least give a civilian-centric model a try, too.

Leon Valley City Manager Gilbert Perales has resigned after only being with the city for a short time, according to a resignation letter obtained by KSAT.

The city’s director of airports presented city council members with a a new Strategic Development Plan to expand the San Antonio International Airport’s capacity and turn it into a “world-class” facility.

Right now, the city of San Antonio is strategizing on how to spend more than $220 million allocated to the community via the American Rescue Plan funds.

Though they’re avoiding an all-out offensive, San Antonio business groups are resisting the idea of expanding the city’s non-discrimination ordinance commonly referred to simply as the NDO.

The South Side could get a new San Antonio Police substation as part of the 2022 bond program, which the police department has indicated would also mean expanding the department.

The city plans to hold eight town hall meetings to discuss the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

Minneapolis voters are deciding whether to replace the city’s police force with a new Department of Public Safety.

At least six San Antonio city council members say it’s time to expand the city’s non-discrimination ordinance (NDO) to include private businesses.

San Antonio City Council members agreed Wednesday to tweak the city’s upcoming $1.2 billion bond program to send more money to basic infrastructure needs, though nearly half the council members still don’t think it’s enough.

The City of San Antonio is considering using a $30 million chunk of the federal money it received from the American Rescue Plan Act to help pay off or pay down the overdue utility bills of struggling San Antonio residents.