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The partnership includes $13.8M for combating endemic racial inequities by targeting...

Garcia: Rep. Castro 'shocked at how bad' S.A. public entities are at diversity contracting FacebookTwitterEmail A few months ago, Joaquin Castro began contacting representatives from the public entities of San Antonio. The five-term Democratic congressman requested data that would show how well each of these entities are doing when it comes to awarding contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses. Castro was stunned by what he found. In a city that is 64 percent Latino and has a minority population of more than 75 percent, it was hard to find a public entity that awards even 20 percent o...

Skip to main content The winter freeze caused long water outages in San Antonio. Officials want federal money to fix that FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 CPS crews were seen driving along Vance Jackson Road during another day of snow fall in San Antonio on Thursday, Feb 18, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Frederick Williams and Brandon Banda, SAWS workers, pull an “ice slug” Thursday night from a pump station in 7800 block of Huermann Road. The water inside the pump froze after CPS Energy cut power to the station.Courtesy of SAWSShow MoreSh...

A report analyzing the February energy crisis found the City of San Antonio and its utilities need improved resiliency and communication to better handle devastating winter storms in the future.

The Committee on Emergency Preparedness presented its analysis of what went wrong during the extended freezing temperatures and how the city and its utilities could prepare better next time.