Mayor Julian Castro Texas Ethics Commission Alleged Ethics Violations
Mayor Julian Castro, Council members Cris Medina and Diego Bernal had over 200 alleged violations
No Contributions from Corporations or Labor Organizations
Texas law prohibits corporations and labor organizations from making political contributions [...]
Mayor Julian Castro Failed San Antonio Giving Contract to South Korea
Nexolon financial troubles continue
By Nolan Hicks, Staff Writer
Nexolon Co. Ltd., the parent company of a key supplier for CPS Energy’s massive solar energy project, lost nearly $131 million in 2012, ending the year with a heavy debt [...]
Planned Parenthood Abortion Leaves Part Of Baby Inside Woman
Planned Parenthood Botched Abortion, Left Part of Baby Inside Woman
by Steven Ertelt | Colorado Springs, CO | LifeNews.com
A Planned Parenthood abortion patient has filed suit against the abortion business for botching an abortion so badly that [...]
Democratic Party and Mayor Castro Fundraiser Mikal Watts Raided By Secret Service
S.A. Democratic stalwart eyed
By Guillermo Contreras, STAFF WRITER / Express News
Seven months after hosting a private $35,800-a-plate fundraiser for President Barack Obama at his home in The Dominion, nationally recognized plaintiff’s [...]
Zachry Employees Swindled $10 Million
Three ex-Zachry employees indicted in fraud
By Guillermo Contreras / EXPRESS NEWS
Three former employees of Zachry Industrial have been indicted on charges that they helped in a scheme that defrauded the company out of $10 million.
Gordon Thomas [...]
Councilman Reed Williams Strikes Again Motioning To Raise SAWS Rates
City approves SAWS rate bump
Express-News staff
After a sometimes heated three-hour discussion Thursday, City Council approved, by an 8-3 vote, a request by the San Antonio Water System for an 8.4-percent rate hike and adjustments to the city’s [...]
City Council Candidate Rolando Briones Jr Louisiana Purchase
Council hopeful Briones fined in Louisiana
By Josh Baugh
In the late 2000s, District 8 City Council candidate Rolando Briones and his engineering firm were hard at work helping rebuild Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina devastated portions [...]
Congressman Joaquin Castro Votes Against A Balanced Budget
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Democrat Congressman Joaquin Castro Votes Against A Balanced Budget Submitted By President Barack Obama
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 444) to Require That, If the President’s Fiscal Year [...]
City Staff Double Dipping Reed Williams, Diego Bernal and Leticia Ozuna
Mayor Julian Castro Ethics Standards Prove Weak when it comes to Council Staff
1. Jill Deyoung Chief of Staff to San Antonio City Councilman District 8 Reed Williams also being paid by San Antonio City Council Candidate for District 8 Rolando [...]
Chinese One Child Policy Team Crushes Baby With Car For Parents Not Paying Fine
Baby crushed by car containing China one-child policy team
By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News
BEIJING – A 13-month-old child was fatally crushed by a car containing Chinese officials after they went to collect a fine from the parents [...]
President Obama Drone Killed 16 Year Old From Denver
American drone deaths highlight controversy
By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
Of the scores of people dubbed terrorists and taken out by American military drone strikes, three men — all killed in the fall of 2011 — [...]
The Egg Candidate For District 8 Rolando Briones Refused To Eat
Hardberger makes pick for District 8 race
By Josh Baugh / Express News
Former Mayor Phil Hardberger has a long-standing policy not to involve himself in other people’s political campaigns. But rules, like eggs, are made to be broken.
Hardberger [...]
Unknown Death At County Jail Under Sheriff Susan Pamerleau Watch
Bexar County Jail inmate dies
By Eva Ruth Moravec
A Bexar County Jail inmate died Saturday night after he was found unconscious in the sixth floor of the Adult Detention Center.
Antonio Obregon, 32, was pronounced dead at San Antonio Military [...]
Texas Prosecutor Mark E Hasse Shot Dead A Block From Courthouse
Prosecutor Shot to Death in a Town Near Dallas
By LAUREN D’AVOLIO and MANNY FERNANDEZ
KAUFMAN, Tex. — A county prosecutor in this small town southeast of Dallas was fatally shot on Thursday morning near the courthouse by one or perhaps [...]
Colorado High School Teacher Grades Papers, Gets High and Tweets About It
High school teacher, 23, ‘tweeted nude photos of herself, called her students JAIL BAIT and talked about getting high’
By Snejana Farberov
A 23-year-old math teacher has been suspended from her job after it was revealed she had [...]
NFL Legend Dan Marino Had Love Child With Pregame Analyst for CBS
EXCLUSIVE: NFL legend Dan Marino had a love child with CBS employee in 2005
By IAN MOHR
Dan Marino is famous for his touchdowns — but the Hall of Famer’s scoring off the field is downright shocking.
The married gridiron great — a pregame [...]
San Antonio City Council Sides With Towing Companies Not The People
City OKs doubling towing fees
By Vianna Davila / Express News
City Council passed a new towing ordinance Thursday morning that more than doubles how much companies can charge to haul away illegally parked vehicles but also imposes greater restrictions [...]
Battleground Texas : Texas Democrats Knocking On Ignored Doors To Win Texas
Personal appeals to nonvoters could turn Texas purple
By Brian Chasnoff, Express-News columnist
About a year ago, U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro was knocking on doors in a Northwest Side neighborhood to win votes for his congressional campaign when [...]
City Council Candidate for District 8 Rolando Briones Caught Lying
City Council candidate ends up with egg on his face
By Brian Chasnoff / Express News
In the current issue of San Antonio Man Magazine, a fawning profile of District 8 City Council candidate Rolando Briones informs readers he was fired from [...]
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau Brings Back Legendary Image
Western headgear returns to Bexar County Sheriff’s office
By N. Paul Berry / La Prensa
Bexar County Sheriff, Susan Pamerleau has reinstated an optional western hat policy for deputies, effective immediately. The move brings back he legendary [...]
Message From The Kid President To You
A Pep Talk from Kid President to You
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Texas State Trooper Gets Handful During Cavity Search
Female Texas trooper faces firing from cavity search caught on video
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Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton Down And Out
Secretary of state faints, sustains concussion
By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
[She will not be testifying in front of Congress about Benghazi]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip [...]
Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims Identified
Officials release names of victims in Connecticut elementary school shooting
Authorities have released the names of the 26 victims killed when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school.
All six adults killed at Sandy Hook [...]
See You At The Top Zig Ziglar Dead At 86
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar dies at 86
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar has died after a battle with pneumonia, according to his Facebook page.
“Though his time on earth has ended, he is speaking with Jesus now in his heavenly home,” [...]
Texas Ranked 4th In High School Graduation Rate
TX High School Graduation Rates Among Highest in U.S.
by Maurice Chammah
New preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows that Texas — along with five other states — ranks fourth in the nation for its four-year [...]
From Dream ACT To Achieve ACT
Republicans Counter Immigration DREAM with Achieve Act
Two Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their version of the DREAM Act, called the Achieve Act, which would provide legal status for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, [...]
San Antonio Attorney John T Steen Jr The New Texas Secretary of State
San Antonian named Texas Secretary of State
By John W. Gonzalez
San Antonio attorney John T. Steen Jr. has been tapped as the 108th Texas Secretary of State.
The appointment by Gov. Rick Perry, effective Tuesday, came less than a week after [...]
Special Election The Late Texas Senator Mario Gallegos Jr Seat
Latinas Aspire to Capture Seat of Late Texas Lawmaker
EFE
Two Hispanic women are vying for the Texas Senate seat left vacant by the death of Mario Gallegos Jr. a few weeks before the Nov. 6 election.
Gallegos, a Democrat, was the first [...]
Sex With Animals and Gay Sex The Same?
Germany to ban sex with animals: report
THE German government is about to reintroduce a ban on bestiality, after pressure from animal welfare groups.
Newspaper die Tageszeitung reports that the governing coalition are soon to amend the country’s [...]
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