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News from September 2023

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Castro, Casar Introduce Amendment to Block Federal Funding for Operation Lone Star

By San Antonio Standard Report | Sep 13, 2023

This week, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) introduced an amendment to the FY2024 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill to prohibit federal homeland security funding from being used for Operation Lone Star.

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How did home valuation prices perform in Bexar County in August 2023, compared to August 2022?

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 12, 2023

In August 2023, the median sale price of a home in Bexar County rose by $670 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 25.5%.

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San Antonio Standard area weekly mass times

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 9, 2023

The following parishes in the San Antonio Standard coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Bexar County Districts: Hispanic students lead in ethnic representation in 2021-22 school year

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 6, 2023

In Bexar County districts, there were more Hispanic students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

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Bexar County home sales in week ending Sept. 2

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 5, 2023

There were 76 reported residential sales in Bexar County in the week ending Sept. 2, according to BlockShopper.com.

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Governance Committee Hears Update On “Baby Box” Install

By San Antonio Standard Report | Sep 5, 2023

The Governance Committee considered the initiative to install newborn safety devices at fire stations across the City of San Antonio. Exactly one year ago today, Councilman John Courage filed the Council Consideration Request, “Safe Babies SA.” At that time, the Dobbs decision had recently been handed down and with it the recognition that comprehensive reproductive healthcare had been stripped by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Texas Legislature.

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Cornyn, Cruz on Nomination of John Kazen for U.S. Southern District of Texas

By San Antonio Standard Report | Sep 5, 2023

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements on the nomination of John Kazen to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Laredo:

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Congressman Greg Casar Drafting Legislation to Connect Texas to the National Grids

By San Antonio Standard Report | Sep 5, 2023

On August 31, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) announced he is actively drafting federal legislation to require Texas’s electrical grid, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), to connect to the national grids.

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Castro, Escobar, and Texas Democrats Call on the Department of Justice to Investigate Operation Lone Star National Guard Shooting

By San Antonio Standard Report | Sep 5, 2023

This week, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and nine additional Democrats from the Texas House delegation sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for a comprehensive investigation into the shooting of a Mexican national by a Texas National Guard servicemember along the border of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

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San Antonio Standard area weekly mass times

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 2, 2023

The following parishes in the San Antonio Standard coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Bexar County weekly recap of home sales during week ending Aug. 26

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 2, 2023

There were 395 reported residential sales in Bexar County in the week ending Aug. 26, according to BlockShopper.com.

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256 homes sold in Bexar County with a median home valuation of $147,165 in August 2023

By San Antonio Standard | Sep 1, 2023

These are the top 100 home valuations for Bexar County in August 2023, according to BlockShopper.com.