Gina Ortiz Jones elected mayor of San Antonio; Sukh Kaur wins re-election to District 1; Ric Galvan wins close race for District 6; Ivalis Meza Gonzalez elected to District 8 seat; Misty Spears elected to District 9.
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Project Marvel wasn’t on the San Antonio municipal election ballot, but it might as well have been. The multi-billion-dollar downtown revitalization plan lost a committed booster when Rolando Pablos fell short to Gina Ortiz Jones in the race for mayor.
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The vote tally was 77,484 for Jones and 65,202 for Rolando Pablos.
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Ric Galvan wins race for San Antonio City Council District 6 but Kelly Ann Gonzalez has not concededGalvan had 5,767 votes, and Kelly Ann Gonzalez had 5,742 votes. It was unclear whether or not Gonzalez would ask for a recount.
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Misty Spears had 56.74% of the vote to Angi Taylor Aramburu's 43.26% of the vote.
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Ivalis Meza Gonzalez had 57.35% of the vote, while Paula McGee had 42.65%.
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Sukh Kaur secured reelection with 10,789 votes to 5,813 for Patty Gibbons.
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The City Council in an 8-2 vote has approved a measure that would allow for a zoning change, clearing the way for Amazon to operate the 83-pound drones from its East Side warehouse.
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The 89th legislative session wrapped up Monday, concluding any business lawmakers have been working on for the past five months. And while the tension between the House and Senate has subsided, the grief lawmakers feel for the bills that didn't quite make it is ever-present.
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The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE's access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.
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In recent months the United States has witnessed a resurgence of protesters taking to the streets calling for change on social, political and environmental issues. These marchers are walking in the footsteps of other protesters who fought for civil rights, labor and peace. What makes a protest successful? How can a mass demonstration lead to substantial and long-lasting change. We discuss "A Protest History of the United States" by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.