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The Source: San Antonio Schools & The EN Three-Part...
In the first segment: An annual report from Children At Risk, a Houston-based nonprofit and advocacy group, focused on public schools in Texas and found
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The Source: Teen Pregnancy, Joske's & Genetic Counseling
In the first segment: Texas ranks third in teen pregnancy nationwide and first in teen moms with multiple children. Even with the drop in teen pregnancy
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The Source: Business Incentives & the Book Debtors'...
In the first segment: When cities and counties try to attract big businesses, they have several tools in their toolbox. Tax abatements or breaks to
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The Source: Business Friendly San Antonio
In the first segment: San Antonio was given an A in terms of business friendliness by thumbtack.com. What does it mean to be business-friendly? And is it
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The Source: Low Information Voters And The Ravenous Brain
In the first segment: The low-information voter: The often-complained-about citizen who knows when voting day is, but not enough to make a sound decision
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The Source: City Elections And San Antonio Beer Week
In the first segment: An incumbent unseated, and runoffs in District 8 and 5. How does this election change the direction of city hall? We will take a look
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The Source: Election Round-Up And VIA Streetcars
In the first segment: With several competitive races this election cycle, the city council may see a change in composition next session. Join Gilbert
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The Source: New Gun Legislation At The State Capitol
In the first segment: A pro-gun rally was held this past Saturday outside the statehouse in Austin, complete with a faux Paul Revere, while inside a stack
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The Source: Texas Cyber Security and The Future of the...
In the first segment: South Carolina is still dealing with the ramifications of a month-long cyber incursion at their Department of Revenue last fall that
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The Source: Peter Sagal, The Constitution And Getting...
In the first segment: Peter Sagal rides a motorcycle for freedom...sort of. Sagal, host of "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me," has a new project that has him
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The Source: Tweets From The Divine & Women In Combat
In the first segment: What would it be like if God updated any of his opinions in the current vernacular? The Tweet of God brings you the latest and
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The Source: Payday Lending's Big Influence At The Capitol
In the first segment: It appears that regardless of what passes or doesn't pass in the legislature this month, the San Antonio city ordinance on payday
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The Source: San Antonio's Air Quality
In the first segment: The American Lung Association has released it's annual report on the state of the country's air, giving letter grades to states and
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The Source: District 8 Race & Talk Of The Nation
In the first segment: The hotly-contested, high-cost District 8 city council race sees the incumbent enter the fray to voice support just as questions of
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The Source: Redeveloping San Antonio
In the first segment: The redevelopment of Hemisfair has an estimated $ 1 billion pricetag, and battles over whether or not to allow a new hotel on the
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The Source: The Gold Bubble
In the first segment: The promise of gold's safety lured many in uncertain economic times and the price, which was often stable, shot up over the past
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The Source: CPS Energy And Solar San Antonio Talk...
In the first segment: The announcement that CPS Energy is considering changing the amount of money it would reimburse its solar generating customers -
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The Source: The Sequester And San Antonio
In the first segment: As cuts in federal spending begin to take effect, how are San Antonians feeling the impact? We speak with Melanie Villalobos from the
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The Source: West, Texas Explosion And Child Welfare In...
Leading the Show: A fire burning out of control turned a fertilizer plant into a bomb in the heart of the small town of West, Texas last night.
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The Source: Do Students In Texas Take Too Many...
In the first segment: San Antonio state Rep. Mike Villarreal is the author of a bill being considered to reduce the number of standardized tests. Also
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The Source: Ethics In Every Decision At City Hall
In The First Segment: Art Downey, chairman of the Ethics Review Board, and Brian Chasnoff, a columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, join us to talk
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The Source: Boy Kings Of Texas And The Bexar County...
In The First Segment: Domingo Martinez's "The Boy Kings of Texas" transports people into his Brownsville childhood, warts and all, in his memoir. It's been
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The Source: Medicaid Expansion In Texas
In the first segment: Kevin Moriarty from Methodist Healthcare Ministries and John Davidson from the Texas Public Policy Foundation talk about the pros and
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The Source: Water, Immigration, And Politics
In the first segment: Author and former professor of urban studies at Trinity University Char Miller talks about his newest book "On the Edge: Water,
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The Source: How Healthy, Or Unhealthy, Is San Antonio?
In The First Segment: The health of San Antonio is gauged each year by the San Antonio Metro Health District's annual report. Bexar County and San Antonio
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The Source: Measuring The Economic Impact Of The Eagle...
In The First Segment: Thomas Tunstall is the director of the UTSA Center for Community Business Research and the lead researcher and economist on a recent
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The Source: Taking Steps Toward Being A "No-Kill" City
In the first segment: Guests - Kathy Davis, director of Animal Care Services, and Gavin Nichols, San Antonio Area Foundation In 2006 San Antonio had the
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The Source: Poetry And Compassion In San Antonio
In the first segment: Guest - Richard Blanco The fifth poet to read at a Presidential Inauguration, following in the steps of Robert Frost (1961) and Maya
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The Source Today: A Little More In Taxes And A Little...
In the First Segment: Guest - San Antonio Mayor Julin Castro Today is the first day that San Antonio will be paying the extra sales tax for the Pre-K 4
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Updated: City Hall Banning Case Heads To Federal Court
* This is an update on an episode of "The Source" that aired in early January, Banned From City Hall. In order to provide some background on this latest
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Studying Bexar County School District Consolidation
One of the possible solutions for solving issues with school finance is consolidating school districts; HB 2542 would study possible Bexar County school
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The Source: Stage 3 Drought Restrictions Just Around The...
We have been in Stage 2 drought restrictions for so long it feels normal, but Stage 3 is just around the corner and you will need to adjust your water
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Rep. Lyle Larson Pushes Legislative Term Limits
We all saw Governor Rick Perry running for President while still getting a check for being Governor and the state paying for his personal security and some
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The Future Of Newspapers In San Antonio, Changes At The...
The Source: A great city must have a great newspaper, and right now our paper, the Hearst-owned San Antonio Express-News, is going through a metamorphosis
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The Source: The Father Of Electronic Music Visits San...
Ground-breaking avant-garde composer and musician Morton Subotnick has been called the father of electronic music and is a visionary who predicted the age
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The Source: Street2Feet Giving The Homeless A Running...
The problem of homelessness is massive and complex and it seems impossible to find a solution that’s going to solve the problem for one and all. San
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The Source: Carlton Soules, The Voice Of Caution On City...
There are aggressive programs underway in San Antonio to redevelop downtown, push education opportunities, improve transportation, deal with water issues,
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The Source: Not Enough Water (And Books) To Go Around
Bexar County brings the future to the present with approval for an all-digital library called BiblioTech. So are people ready for it? The Medina Lake
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Banned From City Hall: The City Responds And The ACLU...
A follow-up on last week’s program about being banned from city hall. First an extended interview with City Attorney Michael Bernard and then the ACLU
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City Attorney Michael Bernard Defends Practice Of City...
San Antonio City Attorney Michael Bernard is standing by the ban he’s placed on John Foddrill and Michael Cuellar. The two are not allowed to go to City Hall or attend city council meetings.Foddrill and Cuellar are two former San Antonio city employees who were both fired from their posts; both men claim they have found evidence of waste in the city government.They are more than city council gadflys, they are irritants and pests to city officials, and both have been warned that if they ever...
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Banned From City Hall
The public square is the cornerstone of democracy. The concept is that anyone can hop on a metaphorical soapbox and air their grievances about the
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Keep On Running: A Look Ahead At 2013
The last year saw the rise of the Latino vote in the 2012 election and San Antonio local "Marathon Maniac" Larry Macon break the World Record for marathons in a year -- he finished with 157. So what will happen in 2013?San Antonio's political future2012 is over and done -- now it’s just a prolog for 2013 -- and in San Antonio, you can wager there will be more political donnybrooks, brouhahas, shenanigans and surprises.These tangles of political wit are not just sideshows to watch in wonder,...
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Lionel Sosa On How the Mexican Revolution Changed America
The Mexican revolution drove people into the United States and those that settled in South Texas helped shape the cultural and economic landscape of the area. This is especially notable as the Hispanic population continues to increase in the United States, and the country -- as Mayor Julin Castro put it -- begins to look like San Antonio. The last part of the show highlights a performance of Tchaikovsky’s "The Nutcracker," a production that is a holiday tradition in San Antonio and the...
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Education And Innovation In San Antonio: Geekdom And...
Geekdom is celebrating its first anniversary and is looking to the future of continued growth and innovation. Local pre-K book series Arte Kids has become a national hit by using San Antonio's bi-lingual and bi-cultural roots.Assemble the geeks!San Antonio’s Geekdom is a unique place where entrepreneurs, technologists, developers, and creative professionals work together to build business in the Alamo City.The collaborative has been going strong for one year and has reached several major...
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Refugees in San Antonio
Their accounts of violence, oppression, and danger will astonish you, but not more than their determination to survive and thrive. Every year, San Antonio sees hundreds of refugees settled in the city. Strangers in a strange land - how well are these lost people getting along?A special project from the UTSA Advanced Policy Social Work masters class wanted to find out – and inform the city.Graduate students in UTSA's Department of Social Work are hosting "In a Place of Refuge: Many Stories,...
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