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Reporter @Axios San Antonio | Former City Hall beat @ExpressNews | Past lives reinventing local news @Report4America @soljourno | [email protected]

San Antonio, TX
Joined September 2015
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A record number of Texans have signed up for health insurance on the ACA Marketplace, despite concerns that enrollment would plummet after the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies. #txhealth @megstringers has the full story for @axios San Antonio: bit.ly/3LBScp4
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Poll: Texas Republicans say tariffs will help in the long run [though they also expect higher prices] via @megstringers for @axios axios.com/local/san-antonio/… #txlege #tariffs
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some news: today was my last day at @techcrunch…which means i’m looking for a job! if you need an experienced audience editor / newsletter strategist / editorial coordinator / or someone who can do a lot of different things well, please reach out [email protected] 💌
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Some fundraising takeaways~ 💸 Self-funded Beto attracts campaign talent 🏛️ A D.C. PAC wants a Democratic woman in the mayor's office 🏕️ Cabello Havrda alums defect to Rocha Garcia camp 🚘 Pelaez oopsed on Uber receipts 💰 Nirenberg restocks sanantonioreport.org/takeawa…
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There's been much reporting about TX public schools struggling to comply with a new requirement for an armed guard on each campus to stop school shootings. Under a newly filed bill from Rep. Ryan Guillen, schools could instead use drones armed with pepper spray.
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It’s been a year since a deadly dog mauling spurred a massive budget increase for San Antonio’s Animal Care Services. But the agency still has no leader, and it’s not meeting its own goals, according to yesterday’s council briefing sanantonioreport.org/animal-…
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Meet San Antonio's new political influencers~ The bar & restaurant industry is fed up w/ construction delays. @CleanGuayabera's PAC wants to hold council's feet to the fire over it, building on 2023 success in D1 sanantonioreport.org/bar-res… w/ @tihsatx
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Great reporting with interesting effects aside from DEI offices. "Student participation in the San Antonio Black International Film Festival." A 2020 initiative with plans for courses "addressing structural inequities in San Antonio."
Among the 100+ programs that UTSA is cutting or looking to modify in light of Texas' DEI ban is its Fiesta event, a drag bingo event, a racial justice book club and more, new records obtained by @axios show: axios.com/local/san-antonio/…
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The visuals team at Axios has distinguished us from the competition time and time again, and has only grown more ambitious and capable. HIRE THESE EXPERTS.
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My heart goes out to my company and those impacted by this. Please keep Axios talent in mind if you have job openings.
NEW: Axios is laying off 50 people across the company. CEO @JimVandeHei just sent out this note — which says the layoffs are because of “changes in the media business”
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The highly acclaimed Michelin stars are expanding to the Lone Star State. The first selections will be revealed later this year at the 2024 Texas Michelin Guide ceremony, featuring restaurants from San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth and Houston. axios.com/local/san-antonio/…
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NEW: @AP launching a nonprofit to raise philanthropy dollars for local news — Looking to raise at least $100M initially — The "AP Fund for Journalism" will be a 501(c)3 charitable organization with a separate board More on @axios axios.com/2024/06/25/ap-loca…
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Texas Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX with a long statement after Speaker @DadePhelan defeated challenger David Covey “You will not return if you vote for Dade Phelan again,” Paxton says at the end
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Two years ago today, 19 fourth-graders and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. The children loved TikTok and baseball, Pokémon and Starbucks. The teachers died trying to save their students. This is who they were: expressnews.com/projects/uva… @ExpressNews
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January heating failures caused SAISD to close more than 90 campuses. A new report details the issue, citing 20 years of human errors. axios.com/local/san-antonio/…
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Hours after council members ripped the mayor & city manager for locking them out of major policy discussions, Nirenberg's charter review finalized its recommendations to lift caps on the CM's pay & tenure sanantonioreport.org/city-ch…
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