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By Emma Williams, The Texas Tribune Oct. 22, 2022 Texas is one of only eight states that hold partisan elections for their supreme courts. But seven out of the nine members on the Texas Supreme Court were first appointed by a state governor — meaning just two current members started on the court after being elected.

Cast a better-informed vote by watching the 2020 Judicial Candidate Forum on Oct. 15, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. right here on this page. The forum is co-hosted by the San Antonio Bar Association Medical Legal Liaison Committee and the Bexar County Women's Bar. The forum is sponsored by Texas Medical Legal Consultants and Meritz Reddy Law Firm. A short presentation will be followed by Q&A. Please submit questions to AshleyB@sabar.org by Wednesday, Oct. 14 at noon.

The Texas Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that favored the City of San Antonio in a long-running dispute with a community group that has been trying to transform a tract of land surrounding the Hays Street Bridge into a visitors park.

Editor's Note: This column has been republished with the permission of Texas Rep. Diego Bernal. He originally published his education report here.  My commitment to public education is rooted in two core beliefs: The first is that education can solve our most pressing problems — poverty, hunger, inadequate health care, the lack of affordable housing, unemployment, crime, the need for criminal justice reform, and many more.

REPLAY VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast live on Oct. 24 when former U.S.  Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson visited with civic leaders in San Antonio.The justices will discuss iCivics, a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. The presentation is scheduled to begin after 7 p.m. The event is not open to the public, but the webcast will be available live and after the fact.