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Megan Rodriguez

@MeganLRodriguez

Novice roller skater. Intermediate reporter. Advanced TV watcher. • City Hall @ExpressNews • [email protected]

 San Antonio, TX
Joined July 2014
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Noah Alcala Bach@noahbachNov 4
Honking can be heard from @ExpressNews’ newsroom as Texas flips.
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katie bartlett@katie__bartlettOct 7
During the March primary, an 82-year-old voter asked Bexar County if it had received her mail ballot. Pollworkers told her yes. But months later, the Elections Department told her it never received it. She’s not alone. My latest on missing mail ballots: expressnews.com/news/article…
Did your mail ballot make it? In Bexar County, answers can be hard to find.

Did your mail ballot make it? In Bexar County, answers can be hard to find.

The Elections Department does not formally track mail ballot problems, leaving officials and the public without a way to determine how widespread the problems are.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykAug 31
The @ExpressNews local politics team — @MeganLRodriguez, @madisoniszler and me — plus @AnnasofiaScheve wrote today's front page! 💪
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San Antonio's fire chief has been censured for "a pattern of poor treatment and disregard for the city’s professional fire fighters": ✏️@MeganLRodriguez expressnews.com/politics/art…
International fire union censures San Antonio fire chief

International fire union censures San Antonio fire chief

The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association accused the chief of improperly disciplining firefighters.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykJun 29
Half of people living on the streets in Bexar County have self-reported a mental health condition. @MeganLRodriguez takes a look at an organization providing free psychiatric care and medication to homeless San Antonians. expressnews.com/news/article…
Downtown nonprofit helps homeless San Antonians battle mental illness

Downtown nonprofit helps homeless San Antonians battle mental illness

The most common diagnoses among patients include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and substance abuse. 

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Molly Smith@smithmollykJun 15
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones marks one year in office this week, which has been defined more by her losses than by major policy wins. expressnews.com/politics/art…
One year of Mayor Jones: Narrow accomplishments, a lot of pushback

One year of Mayor Jones: Narrow accomplishments, a lot of pushback

Gina Ortiz Jones has excited her supporters but struggled to rally City Council behind her vision for San Antonio.

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Madison Iszler@madisoniszlerMay 31
The race for seis is on! 👽 GSG san-antonio-express-news.mys…
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Molly Smith@smithmollykMay 30
How many city and county elected officials have been offered free tickets for @spurs playoff games? It’s hard to say because most council members and county commissioners refused to speak with @MeganLRodriguez or ignored her calls/texts seeking that info. expressnews.com/politics/art…
Which San Antonio politicians got free Spurs playoff tickets?

Which San Antonio politicians got free Spurs playoff tickets?

Some city and county politicians have been offered free tickets for Spurs playoff games. 

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Madison Iszler@madisoniszlerMay 7
City Council is considering raising San Antonio’s property tax rate for the first time in 33 years as the city faces a big drop in revenue, @MeganLRodriguez reports: expressnews.com/politics/art…
City Council mulls first property tax rate hike in 33 years

City Council mulls first property tax rate hike in 33 years

Even with a tax rate increase, the city will have a $70 million budget deficit. Without it, that shortfall could nearly double.

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After the longest playoff drought in franchise history, San Antonio Spurs fans took to downtown streets Sunday night to honk in celebration after the team's Game 1 win against the Trailblazers. What's behind the tradition and when did it start? Read all about it. bit.ly/3ORrKt4
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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones put herself in a highly unusual — and potentially awkward — position for a mayor, bringing in a business advisor to help a single nightclub in San Antonio’s competitive bar industry. bit.ly/4dRXdpp
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Tony Gonzales asked a staffer for nude photos more than 12 times in 3 days during his 2020 congressional campaign, persisting each time she demurred. "I know what I want and I won't stop until I get it," the future Congressman said at one point. expressnews.com/politics/art…
Tony Gonzales asked campaign aide for nude photos, sex in 2020, new texts show

Tony Gonzales asked campaign aide for nude photos, sex in 2020, new texts show

Text messages show the married San Antonio congressman asked a subordinate for sex and nude photos years before his 2024 affair with Regina Santos-Aviles.

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Madison Iszler@madisoniszlerMar 30
In 2022, voters approved a $150M first-of-its-kind bond for affordable housing. As City Council starts discussing a second bond that could be on the ballot next year, a look at where the money is going: expressnews.com/news/article…
Voters approved $150M for affordable housing. Where is the money going?

Voters approved $150M for affordable housing. Where is the money going?

The 2022 bond is the first of its kind in San Antonio and is going toward funding construction and rehabilitation of various types of housing.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykMar 30
.@MeganLRodriguez explores whether Southwest’s new Austin crew base, paired with the carrier’s fight with San Antonio airport officials over gate assignments, will hurt or help San Antonio. expressnews.com/news/article…
Is Southwest Airlines' investment in Austin coming at San Antonio's expense?

Is Southwest Airlines' investment in Austin coming at San Antonio's expense?

Southwest is adding jobs and a crew base in Austin while fighting San Antonio over airport gates, raising questions about the airline's future relationship with the Alamo City.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykMar 20
Bexar County — one of Texas’ most populous — will soon have no elected Black jurists presiding over its district and county courts-at-law. “The bench ought to reflect A, the society, and B, the people who come before the court,” said @NACDLPresident. expressnews.com/politics/art…
Bexar County courts to have no elected Black judges come January

Bexar County courts to have no elected Black judges come January

All three of Bexar County’s sitting elected Black judges lost their March 3 Democratic primary races while two Black attorneys vying for open court-at-law seats were unsuccessful.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykMar 19
San Antonio will not recognize this year’s planned Cesar Chavez Day and instead observe April 3 as an “undesignated” municipal holiday. expressnews.com/news/article…
San Antonio scraps Cesar Chavez Day plans. Here's what it's doing instead.

San Antonio scraps Cesar Chavez Day plans. Here's what it's doing instead.

City Hall and municipal offices will now remain open March 31, and San Antonio will instead mark April 3 as an “undesignated” city holiday.

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Molly Smith@smithmollykMar 10
Greater: SATX, the public-private nonprofit responsible for recruiting and retaining companies in San Antonio, has missed its job targets for the past 5 years. @madisoniszler looks at why this is and what the organization is doing to lure new jobs. expressnews.com/news/article…
Texas is attracting companies. Why isn't San Antonio landing more of them?

Texas is attracting companies. Why isn't San Antonio landing more of them?

The San Antonio group responsible for recruiting and retaining companies missed its job targets for the past five years. Its CEO said companies held off on investments because of economic...

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Molly Smith@smithmollykMar 4
Former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who left office in June, has unseated first-term Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, @saullpink reports. expressnews.com/news/article…
Nirenberg wins Bexar County judge nomination in a landslide

Nirenberg wins Bexar County judge nomination in a landslide

The former mayor carried 62% of the vote over incumbent Peter Sakai. He will face conservative activist Patrick Von Dohlen in the November election.

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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is the first San Antonio mayor in modern history to be censured, or publicly reprimanded, for her behavior. bit.ly/4qYHiZ2
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@MeganLRodriguez says Mayor Jones apologizes to councilwoman, refuses to step down from Governance Committee expressnews.com/politics/art… via @expressnews
Jones refuses to step down from committee ahead of upcoming censure

Jones refuses to step down from committee ahead of upcoming censure

City Council will vote on whether to censure Jones on Friday after she shouted and cursed in an altercation with a councilwoman.

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