During a March 9  town hall on Senate Bill 6 (SB6) “the bathroom bill” was disrupted by audience members protesting a lack of transgender representation on the panel. If signed into Texas law, the Republican-backed measure will force people to use public restrooms matching their biological gender, rather than the gender they identify with, which would primarily affect the LGBTQ community.

On Dec. 5, Public Administration students from the University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, College of Public Policy presented their findings from a civic participation research project, "To Pay or Not to Pay? Gathering Public Input on City Council Salaries."