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Spending deal includes language to protect a butterfly sanctuary and other landmarks from border barrier

Written by Texas Tribune on Feb 14, 2019

By Arya Sundaram, The Texas Tribune U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said Thursday that he's added language to a compromise bill aimed at avoiding another government shutdown that would prohibit border fencing at five major landmarks in the Rio Grande Valley.

Republican, Democrat advance to runoff for Texas House seat in San Antonio

Written by Texas Tribune on Feb 14, 2019

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune A Republican and a Democrat are moving on to a runoff in the race to replace ex-state Rep. Justin Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, in a traditionally Democratic district. With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Republican Fred Rangel got 38 percent of the vote, and Democrat Ray Lopez had 19 percent, according to unofficial returns. The third-place finisher, Coda Rayo-Garza, narrowly missed the runoff, coming in 22 votes behind Lopez, a former member of the San Antonio City Council.

Webcast: What can be done about gun violence?

Written by Glenda Wolin on Jan 25, 2019

Update: Replay the video and scroll down to read the article from the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area forum on Gun Violence on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. The moderator was former Congressman Charles Gonzalez and the panelist were

Webcast: Recovered Voices, music silenced by the Nazis

Written by CharlotteAnne Lucas on Jan 25, 2019

Replay the video from NOWCast webcast for an extraordinary event in the Learn & Remember series: Recovered Voices, on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. in the San Antonio Central Library Auditorium.

Putting the public back into governance, with respect

Written by JoleneAlmendarez on Jan 15, 2019

Updated: Watch the video interview District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval talking about the city's resolution to officially incorporate public participation into city governance. The resolution passed on Jan. 17, 2019 commits the city to follow guiding principles and ensure that public participation is meaningful, transparent, respectful, inclusive, accessible, informative, responsive, timely, convenient and continuous.