Gov & Politics
San Antonio Ranked Among Nation’s Highest-Poverty Cities
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The percentage of San Antonio's population in poverty was the second highest among the top 25 largest U.S. metro areas in 2017, Census data shows.
Business & Tech
At 90, Tom Frost Still Shapes San Antonio’s Growth and Transformation
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Though he retired as Frost Bank's chief executive officer 20 years ago, Frost arrives at the office every morning to attend to civic responsibilities.
Gov & Politics
Preserving Westside Homes in the ‘Decade of the Neighborhood’
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Many owners of aging, single-family homes in the urban core are squeezed between monthly utility bills and deferred maintenance costs on their homes.
Gov & Politics
Council Members Open to Minimum Wage Increase for City Workers
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City staff briefed Council members on a proposal to raise the minimum wage for City workers from $13.75 to $14.25 per hour in the fiscal year 2018 budget.
Gov & Politics
Warrick Pledges Support for $15 Minimum Wage, Project Quest Funding
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Councilman Alan Warrick (D2) met with members of the Neighborhoods First Alliance and COPS/Metro Alliance at an Eastside church hall Tuesday evening, publicly pledging his support for a $15 an hour minimum wage for all City employees by 2018 and a $2.2 million grant for Project Quest and its job training programs in the City's 2017 Fiscal Year Budget.
Gov & Politics
Commentary: COPS To Celebrate Service, Changes in San Antonio
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Nearly 1,000 leaders across Texas will come together on Saturday, April 30, to celebrate more than 40 years of service that began with the founding of Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) in San Antonio.
Education
COPS/METRO Alliance: 40 Years of Community Change
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For more than 40 years, the local leaders and activists who make up the COPS/Metro Alliance – a coalition of religious institutions, schools, and unions – have represented and served the interests of some of the most vulnerable communities in the greater San Antonio area.
Education
SAISD to Consider Raising Minimum Wage for District Employees
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COPS /Metro called for a pay increase for approximately 2,000 of the lowest paid employees working for the San Antonio Independent School District before and during the SAISD board meeting on Tuesday night.
commentary
Commentary: Who is Really Paying for SAWS Rate Structure?
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This commentary is an expanded version of the statement Dr. Meredith McGuire made to City Council, Citizens to Be Heard session on August 12, 2015.
City Council is now considering San Antonio Water System's (SAWS) proposed new rate structure.