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The Storm That Hit CPS
Two rate hikes and half a billion a year to City Hall... And outages 50 percent longer than two years ago.
Sep 1
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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August 2026
The Civic Weekly Brief
A data center moratorium avoided, falling crime rates, and another company chooses San Antonio
Aug 28
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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Before a Tax Increase, Audit the Nonprofit Contracts
San Antonio is fighting over which social-service programs to protect. We don’t know which ones actually deliver.
Aug 25
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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The Civic Weekly Brief
Project Marvel rolls on, council fights over the budget, taxes look to climb
Aug 21
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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Bexar County plans no tax rate increase, warns of future budget deficits
The county’s strategy has been to slow spending growth rather than make significant cuts, pushing the shortfall back another year.
Aug 20
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Jarrett Whitener
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The Civic San Antonio
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Turning Around Our Affordability Failure
It is increasingly unlikely that city council will stop a tax increase. Here is the affordability campaign San Antonio is owed instead.
Aug 18
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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Moving forward: San Antonio City Council rejects November Spurs Arena election
Council voted 6-5 against the motion, which would have put the City's $489 million contribution for the Spurs on the November ballot.
Aug 17
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Jarrett Whitener
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The Civic San Antonio
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The Civic Weekly Brief
Council moves forward on a tax rate increase and Mayor Jones gets her debate over Project Marvel funding
Aug 14
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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San Antonio City Council advances budget proposal with first property tax increase in 33 years
The proposal closes this year's gap with a tax increase, $90 million in reductions, and a second rate hike built into 2028
Aug 13
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Jarrett Whitener
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The Civic San Antonio
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San Antonio's Prosperity Challenge
Our city has never been bigger. It has never been further from its potential.
Aug 11
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Rolando Pablos
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The Civic San Antonio
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The Civic Weekly Brief
Mayor Jones calls for a vote on Project Marvel spending, Gov. Abbott takes aim at CPS, trouble at the Bexar County Jail revisited
Aug 7
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Philip Reichert
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The Civic San Antonio
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The Politics of Unaskable Questions
The most common, and worst, defense of public spending is an appeal to our "values."
Aug 4
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Philip Reichert
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