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Survey: COVID-19 economic crisis driving women out of workforce

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 27, 2020

The economic crisis created by restrictions related to COVID-19 has fallen unequally on women with children, as working mothers find themselves more deeply affected by the combination of economic crisis and restrictions that have constricted already insufficient childcare options.

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Commerce Department awards $1.3 million to UT-San Antonio international trade program

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 2, 2020

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Agency has awarded $13 million in grants – including $1.3 million to the Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the University of San Antonio – to 11 Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers that work with manufacturers to adjust to global competition from imports.

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Westside Development Corp. names Gonzales as next CEO and president

By Benjamin Kibbey | Sep 25, 2020

San Antonio’s Westside Development Corp. has a new president and CEO.

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San Antonio City Council to vote on proposed $2.9 billion budget

By Benjamin Kibbey | Aug 14, 2020

San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh recently did a virtual presentation of the city’s proposed 2021 budget to a group of San Antonio Chamber of Commerce members, including discussion on the response to and recovery from COVID-19.

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UTSA to investigate potential benefits of Tricentennial Innovation Park

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jul 18, 2020

UTSA officials plan to use $350,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to study the potential benefits of creating the Tricentennial Innovation Park.

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Survey shows most San Antonio businesses could ease COVID-19 woes with as little as $10,000

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jul 11, 2020

A recent survey of small, San Antonio businesses – including some run by individuals who are self-employed or have fewer than four employees – showed the overwhelming majority suffered economic losses due to COVID-19.

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San Antonio seniors are hit hard by supermarket hoarding during coronavirus spread

By Benjamin Kibbey | Apr 15, 2020

SAN ANTONIO – As hoarding supplies in response to the COVID-19 crisis becomes a national concern, major chains that donate surplus to elderly residents on restricted incomes have come up short due to their dwindling stock.

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San Antonio police charge man with prostituting his wife, additional abuse

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 27, 2020

Jose Sanchez Davila, 39, was recently arrested and charged by the San Antonio Police Department for allegedly trafficking his wife over several years.