Megan Rodriguez

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/artic…

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/s…

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/s…

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/r…

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

@MeganLRodriguez says Mayor Jones apologizes to councilwoman, refuses to step down from Governance Committee expressnews.com/politics/artic… via @expressnews

NEW w/ @MeganLRodriguez: Can Gina Ortiz Jones succeed as mayor without getting along and collaborating with a majority of City Council members? Here’s why San Antonio’s system of government would make that difficult — if not impossible. expressnews.com/politics/artic…

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones could become the first San Antonio mayor in modern history to be censured by her colleagues. Here’s the history of censure votes at City Hall, which are becoming more common: expressnews.com/news/article/m…

NEW: The city will launch an outside investigation into Mayor Jones, who is accused of berating Councilwoman Kaur, @MeganLRodriguez reports. The City Council could decide to censure the mayor once the investigation is complete. expressnews.com/politics/artic…

City Council members are mulling whether to censure Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones after she allegedly yelled and cursed at Councilwoman Sukh Kaur when the two stepped away from yesterday’s council meeting. w/@MeganLRodriguez expressnews.com/politics/artic…

Mayor Jones allegedly got into a heated argument with Councilwoman Kaur in a private area of the Municipal Plaza Building while Thursday’s City Council meeting was underway. bit.ly/3O3ey3B

San Antonians will cast ballots for municipal elections in November of odd-numbered years — instead of May — beginning in 2029. A fractured City Council narrowly approved the calendar change, a move championed by @Mayor_GOJ. | via @MeganLRodriguez expressnews.com/politics/artic…

On Wednesday, the city’s $4 billion budget went into effect. We analyzed some of the most notable changes in funding… What’d we find? Spending on public safety is up while many departments’ funding is down. Read more: w/ @MeganLRodriguez @smithmollyk

After a devastating flash flood killed more than 140 people, Colorado communities invested in extensive flood warning and prediction systems. Could Texas do the same on the Guadalupe? @SamOwensphoto and I went to CO to find out: expressnews.com/hill-country/a… via @expressnews

Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez’s blood alcohol concentration was at least double the legal limit when she was arrested on suspicion of DWI. Her exact BAC has not yet been made public because the DA’s Office is seeking to withhold it from release. expressnews.com/news/article/i…

The mayor and City Council will soon decide whether to censure @COSA_CD8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez in response to her July 24 arrest on a drunken driving charge. The mayor called the vote “in light of new information” — likely the BAC test result. expressnews.com/news/article/i…

In her first two months on the job, @Mayor_GOJ appears to have done little to cultivate allies on the City Council. If anything, her directives and conduct have antagonized colleagues, including those who’d supported her when she was running for mayor. expressnews.com/politics/artic…

The city is splitting the public works department in two after years of complaints from business owners and residents about major projects dragging on and the department failing to communicate, @MeganLRodriguez reports expressnews.com/news/article/p…

Twins Hanna, Rebecca Lawrence among Camp Mystic attendees who died in flood, via @MeganLRodriguez houstonchronicle.com/news/article/d… via @houstonchron

SAWS will spend nearly a million to study how to move its downtown chilled water plant to make way for a hotel that's part of Project Marvel: expressnews.com/news/article/p… via @expressnews