ENside Politics

The ENside Politics team discusses Democratic Party's many, many gains this election -- from the U.S. Senate all the way down to the Bexar County Courthouse. Suggested reading: Gina Hinojosa beats Greg Abbott to become Texas' first Democratic governor since 1995 Democrat Luz Elena Chapa leads race for Bexar County district attorney Ron Nirenberg wins Bexar County judge race Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pre-K 4 SA CEO Sarah Baray talks with the ENside Politics about what two decades worth of tax revenue would mean for the 14-year-old program, one of the first its kind in the country. She also shares her thoughts about VIA Metropolitan Transit eyeing the 1/8 cent sales tax going to Pre-K 4 SA. Suggested reading: A tax fight over Pre-K 4 SA was years away. Then City Council stepped in. What would 20 more years of Pre-K 4 SA sales tax pay for? Council members pitch November vote to extend Pre-K 4 SA for 20 years Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Side Councilwoman Misty Spears talks with the ENside Politics team about why she voted a SAWS rate increase last week, why she's against the city's lawsuit to stop a planned ICE detention center on the East Side and why she's dead-set opposed to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' bond proposal. Suggested reading: Council OKs plan to raise SAWS customers' rates up to 29% by 2030 Council pushes back on North Side subdivision's bid to avoid SAWS feesMayor Jones wants to steer bulk of upcoming bond money to five City Council districts Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political consultant Andrew Solano talks with the ENside Politics team about the coming fight at City Council over whether to once again raise San Antonio's tax rate to underwrite a big bond package. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says no — but it's complicated. Suggested reading: City staff proposes $442 million bond to avoid property tax hike, but some council members eye $1 billion San Antonio leaders weigh stormwater fee hike to pay for flood projects Who wants San Antonio bond money? City, nonprofits, developers seek $5.8B Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reporters Madison Iszler and Megan Rodriguez talk with host Greg Jefferson about why the Conservation Society cancelled next year's NIOSA, one of Fiesta's main events — and why some of the event's many diehard volunteers and fans aren't buying the society's explanations. Suggested reading: Anger flares at Conservation Society meeting over NIOSA decisionNIOSA canceled for 2027 as organizers 'pause' to regroup San Antonio Explained: How NIOSA became a beloved Fiesta tradition Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices