Data & Society Archives - San Antonio Report

Panelists Jane Paccione, Dr. Sudha Seshadri, Kristin L. Davila discuss aging well in place in San Antonio, moderated by Liz Ruiz Tuesday at the KLRN studios.

Panelists discuss challenges, resources for aging San Antonians

by Raquel Torres September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Affordable and accessible housing, transportation and caregiving, panelists said, are San Antonio’s greatest needs.

Alyssa Reyna, 11, tries on a firefighter suit and talks with Tatiana Payan of the San Antonio Explorer program with the San Antonio Fire Department during festivities for International Day of the Girl hosted by Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas at Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Sunday.

San Antonio tops large Texas metros in resident satisfaction with city services

by Raquel Torres November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

Fermina Brizo Pavón sorts through clothes while her children, Angel and Valeria Mejia Brizo, play together at a downtown shelter on Thursday. Pavón and her husband were granted asylum in the United States after living near the border in Mexico for a year.

Migrant aid groups stretched thin as city officials seek federal help for expected wave

by Raquel Torres April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

William Davis fills up his pickup truck’s gas tank at a gas station along San Pedro Avenue. Gas prices climbed to record highs in San Antonio last week.

Business & Development

San Antonio gas prices hit record, putting squeeze on consumers

by Raquel Torres March 10, 2022March 11, 2022

Properties along Cherry Street at the corner of Carolina Street are proposed to become possible mixed use by developer Efraim Varga. Photo by Scott Ball.

UTSA study suggests unequal job recovery between neighborhoods

by Waylon Cunningham September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

According to the U.S. Census, Bexar County's population has grown 17% since 2010 and now exceeds 2 million people.

Where will Texas’ 2 new Congressional districts go? Census release prefaces redistricting melee

by Waylon Cunningham August 12, 2021August 15, 2021

San Antonio’s report card shows ‘room for celebration, and room for learning’

by Iris Dimmick January 31, 2021January 31, 2021

An online budget simulator recently launched by the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County demonstrates how working-class families can struggle to balance their budgets when it comes to purchasing necessities and modest desires.

Local poverty fell slightly in past decade, but ‘pandemic has been devastating’ early in 2020s

by Jackie Wang December 10, 2020December 9, 2020

Monique Perez, a sophomore at Somerset High School, swabs her nose to test for the coronavirus.

State-published data on school district coronavirus cases sprinkled with inaccuracies

by Jackie Wang September 24, 2020September 26, 2020

Queta Rodriguez places decorations promoting the census on her car before LULAC District 15 of San Antonio and U.S. Census Bureau's car caravan on the West Side on Aug. 1.

Bexar County still shy of 100% census response goal

by Jackie Wang September 24, 2020September 24, 2020