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Covering San Antonio City Council, Bexar County County Council, Texas Legislature, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Bexar County County residents.
Bexar County County sits inside one of the most layered governmental structures in the region. Residents answer to at least five levels of elected authority simultaneously: the federal government, statewide offices, Bexar County County Council, San Antonio City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Bexar County’s federal delegation includes US Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX District 20), US Rep. Chip Roy (TX District 21), US Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX District 28), and US Rep. Greg Casar (TX District 35) and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
Bexar County County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the San Antonio Police Department budget run through San Antonio City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the Texas Legislature. The Bexar County County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under TX Election Commission oversight.
HERE San Antonio covers Bexar County County Council meetings, San Antonio City Council sessions, Texas Legislature session, federal delegation votes and town halls, school board meetings, and candidate filing windows. We also pull FOIA-sourced travel records and contracts at both the city and county level. If it shapes how Bexar County County is governed, it’s HERE.
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