Almost every single school district in the San Antonio area is facing a funding shortage after the #Texas Legislature failed last session to use its $33 billion surplus to alleviate the growing financial crisis public school districts face from inflation, declining enrollment, and property tax cuts that have restricted local revenue.

The Texas Observer

In San Antonio, House Races Could Determine Future of Public Ed and Vouchers

Abbott-induced financial crises in public school districts are at the center of key legislative elections in Bexar County and beyond.

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"The GOP began increasing in-person outreach just as Democrats were pulling back amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than appeal solely to the identities of the mostly Latinos that live in the Valley, Republicans acknowledged how they survive: off oil and gas, farming and law enforcement jobs."

The Texas Observer

In the Rio Grande Valley, a Humbled GOP Battles with Democrats for the Center

Trumpian Republicans run left on abortion, border Dems sound more like national politicians, and both ignore crucial grassroots issues.

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