Joann Muller reporting in @axios.com on Monday:
“The U.S. is competing against China to lead in advanced air mobility.”
“The projects are structured as public-private partnerships between government entities and multiple companies.”
Without significant rainfall in Corpus Christi, TX, officials warn the city’s water supply could run out by year’s end—threatening jet fuel shipments to Texas airports and crude exports from one of the nation’s largest oil ports, with potential ripple effects across energy markets.
The FBI visited a climate activist’s home. Is it part of a broader investigation to label environmental advocacy as domestic terrorism?
The 36th annual International Women's Day rally and march wound through the rainy streets of San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday with revolutionary cries decrying imperialism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy.
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TxDOT and four aviation partners look to “support regional flights connecting Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and eventually Houston.”
The projects, part of a new eVOTL program, are expected to generate new jobs and connect communities, USDOT said.
TxDOT is among several with proposals selected.
In an 8-2 vote, San Antonio City Council approved a resolution directing city staff to explore zoning changes and a possible moratorium on private detention facilities.
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The story mentions the following report when discussing readers’ identifying AI-generated content in a story:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...
Timely, especially considering the Semafor story on AI at the AP out this week.
The federal government is reviewing its legal options after a court ruled that its efforts to end NYC congestion pricing are unlawful. The policy is credited with reducing traffic and air pollution.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...
A win for Greg Abbott in November would put the Republican on track to becoming the longest serving governor of Texas. For Democrat Gina Hinojosa, an Austin-area Texas House member, a win would break a 30-plus year Republican streak in the office.
“Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) has filed a council consideration request (CCR) asking city staff to look into the feasibility of a real-time notification system for trains approaching or stopped at railroad crossings.”
A Waymo robotaxi picking up a passenger near this morning's mass shooting in Austin blocked an ambulance from reaching the scene, according to a bystander video. A Waymo official confirmed the video shows the company's vehicle blocking the ambulance.
Really incredible reporting and piece of service journalism from my colleague @candicenorwood.bsky.social.
James Talarico’s style of politics could change the direction of the Democratic Party. But first, the peacemaker will have to prove that he can throw a punch.
Michael B. Jordan has won Best Actor at The Actor Awards for ‘SINNERS’.
See the full winners list: bit.ly/ActorWins26
Sinners wins Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the Actor Awards
#ActorAwards
“Nature loss translates directly into lives shortened and lost,” a new report says. Poor Americans and communities of color face the brunt of disappearing green spaces.
The decision will keep DART in Plano for at least another six years.
NEWS:
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Robert Duvall, the steely-eyed actor whose performances in the first two Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, Lonesome Dove and The Apostle made him one of the finest actors of any generation, has died. He was 95.
San Antonio’s newly formed Multimodal Transportation Commission met for the first time this week.
During the meeting, the group elected its leadership outfit, which includes figures central to the city’s architecture and transportation spaces.
Learn more about the commission below.
The Trump administration is revoking the endangerment finding today which allowed the EPA to regulate fossil fuels under the Clean Air Act.
I wrote about who is impacted the most by these decisions 19thnews.org/2026/02/epa-...
The Washington Post is laying off at least 14 climate journalists, @sammyroth.bsky.social reports: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington... h/t @drhershkowitz.bsky.social
“The Transportation funds are mostly for electric vehicle chargers but also include other projects such as green buses. The CDC funds would have gone toward state and local health grants that the administration feels are too ‘woke.’”
Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival. n.pr/4qfsO6D
Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
An impressive design to hopefully encourage active transportation on one of Austin’s central streets via @kxan.com.
NEW STORY // Becoming a ’15-Minute City’ Could Be Within Reach for Tacoma
Story by Carolyn Bick via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/03/b...
As a Texas journalist, I cannot say enough how absolutely stupid it is to lay of PATRICK SVITEK during an election year. What idiocy. Also harrowing: An already impossible job market being flooded with the most talented reporters of my generation. God help us all.
Patrick Svitek was one of the best in the biz when he was working in Texas. Laying off someone of his caliber is like trading Shohei in his prime. Actually unbelievable.
