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Thursday, Apr 25

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UT faculty hold rally to criticize protest crackdown — without police show of force

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Faculty and staff gathered on campus to condemn the unprecedented response from law enforcement to student protests against the war in Gaza on Wednesday.

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What consumers should know about the milk testing positive for bird flu

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Federal officials and scientific experts say the virus detected in retail milk samples may be inactive and unable to cause an infection.

County commissioners invest in UTSA sports facility 'Roadrunners NEST'

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Bexar County commissioners this week voted to invest $5 million in a UTSA sports facility that local residents will also have access to.

Voters Guide: Meet the 2024 North East ISD school board candidates

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TPR interviewed all 12 NEISD school board candidates, and attended forums for the candidates hosted by the North East Council of PTAs.

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San Antonio city and housing officials break ground on affordable apartment complex on Far West Side

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Vista at Reed will offer 56 two and three-bedroom units from $398 to $1,380.

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Charreada is the beautiful San Antonio rodeo that both breaks norms and honors tradition

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U.S. rodeos and Charreadas are both done on horseback. They are measures of the horses and their riders but they bear little resemblance beyond that.

Wednesday, Apr 24

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Students in San Antonio and Austin join nationwide protests supporting Palestinians

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Dozens of protesters gathered at UTSA’s main campus for a 'Gaza Solidarity Action' organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation San Antonio and Students for Justice in Palestine UTSA. At UT Austin, some students were arrested.

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Fiesta Kings Cup aims to make polo more than just the ‘sport of kings’

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Fiesta is the 11-day party offering more than 100 events, from parades to street fairs. Among them is the Fiesta Kings Cup, an annual polo tournament held by a club with more than 130 years of history.

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Recent research on eyewitness memory may be Texas death row inmate's last hope

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Charles Don Flores is on death row for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. A professor says his and others' research on witness memory could prove Flores' innocence.

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Texas jails have an overcrowding issue. Is the state making it worse by delaying prison transfers?

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Harris, Tarrant and Bexar counties say their local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.

President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold

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The measure was included in a foreign aid package providing support to Ukraine and Israel. TikTok has vowed to challenge the law in federal court.

TCEQ hears from opponents and supporters of Corpus Christi desalination plan

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People in Corpus Christi could be the first in Texas to drink treated seawater. Water scarcity in the state is a growing crisis, and ocean desalination is being touted as a solution. But community activists are pointing out there are…

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How do you get siblings to be nice to each other? Latino families have an answer

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Over the past few decades, psychologists have begun to understand how parents across many cultures teach their children to build deep, fulfilling relationships with their siblings.

North East ISD’s high-stakes election: 5 races, 3 open seats, a divided board

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The NEISD school board election could tip the balance of control over San Antonio’s second largest district.

Not that Colorado: The muddy, winding story of how the Texas' Colorado River got its name

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Many people wonder whether the Colorado River that runs through Texas is related to the other Colorado River that created the Grand Canyon. It's not.

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Fiesta's last two major parades are this weekend

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The UTSA Marching band can be seen in the Fiesta Flambeau Parade on Saturday. It and Friday's Battle of Flowers Parade follow the same route from San Antonio College to the Alamo and past City Hall.

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130 million Americans routinely breathe unhealthy air, report finds

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Climate change is making it harder to meet clean air goals, says the 25th annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.

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Like an old SNL sketch, county clerk helps Bexar DA in 'makin' copies' to comply with Paxton rule

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The Bexar County clerk will cover the $1million in funding needed for the district attorney to comply with a mandate from the Texas attorney general's office.

Tuesday, Apr 23

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Houston’s Salvadoran janitors fight to increase pay, benefits

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In Houston, more than 5,000 janitors are immigrants from El Salvador, which is roughly 10% of the janitorial workforce. Yet they are less than 3% of working people in the city.

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Uvalde to build new behavioral health campus dedicated to adult and youth mental health

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The $34 million project will provide mental health services in Uvalde and in the 32 counties in the region. It will feature a crisis unit for adults and dedicated youth wing.

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Seattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient records to Texas under new settlement

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles.

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Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?

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Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.

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Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs concludes tour of consulates in Texas amid tensions over SB4

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Alicia Bárcena Ibarra wrapped up her visit on Sunday after meeting with diplomats from Mexico's consular offices in the Lone Star State.

Monday, Apr 22

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Despite a fortified border, migrants will keep coming, analysts agree.

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The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say.

Where, when and how to vote in the May 4 election in Bexar County

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Early voting ends on Tuesday, April 30. Election Day is Saturday, May 4.

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Clothing store Express, a mall favorite, has filed for bankruptcy

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Express, which dressed generations of mall shoppers in slacks and blouses, now owns Bonobos and UpWest. It's closing dozens of stores but also plans to get sold to a consortium to survive.

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Many Texas prisons don't have air conditioning. This lawsuit seeks to change that.

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Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.

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Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation'

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With demand for jobs like HVAC technicians, electricians and wind turbine installers, enrollment is ticking up at vocational schools as four-year college costs continue to soar.

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In Presidio, the effort to preserve an Indigenous cemetery is finally complete

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In the beginning, relatives of the people buried in El Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes hoped to protect the Lipan Apache burial ground from further decay. Three years later, they’ve created a memorial that helps visitors understand…

Exploring the future of jobs and the economy in Texas

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How will the jobs of tomorrow look different? We’re taking a look at some of Texas’ most prominent industries and providing a glimpse at where they’re headed.