San Antonio Standard

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility: State residents will 'see their property tax bills skyrocket (yet again)'

By Karen Kidd | Sep 20, 2022

This year, Texans have endured record inflation, shrinking nominal wages, rising grocery prices and pain at the pump. Now, according to analysis from a statewide fiscal watchdog, they will add increased property taxes to their list of woes.

San Antonio rents rising, but wages aren't keeping up, online apartment company says

By Karen Kidd | Jan 27, 2020

Renting in San Antonio has gotten progressively more expensive since 2008, but wages in the city haven't kept up, an online rental company said in a report issued last fall.

Psychiatrist: More data required to identify treatments for child sex trafficking survivors in Texas

By Karen Kidd | Nov 29, 2019

Experts who work with sex trafficking survivors in Texas say there is a large gap in providing treatment for those children because not enough data is available from what little research has been done, according to a recent news report.

San Antonio preempted by Constitution and state law from requiring employers provide sick leave, attorney says

By Karen Kidd | Nov 26, 2019

San Antonio's ordinance requiring that employers provide earned time off to their employees, a measure currently on hold, amounts to the city meddling where it is preempted from doing so, an attorney representing business interest said.