An iconic gay nightclub wants more time to install a fire sprinkler system after it says the mayor hasn’t followed through on her promise to help raise the necessary money — originally estimated at $550,000.

A group created by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones to find ways to increase voter turnout has delivered a list of recommendations to improve the wider idea of what it calls “civic participation” in San Antonio.

San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus is set to retire Friday, and the city is searching for his replacement.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the Toyota manufacturing plant expansion on the South Side and the city’s search for a new San Antonio police chief.

A San Antonio City Council staffer the mayor publicly suggested may have leaked information about her security has left City Hall for the private sector.

Toyota Motor North America announced the planned expansion of its operations in San Antonio.

Despite weeks of controversy surrounding Ye’s concert in San Antonio, thousands of fans packed the Alamodome on Saturday night, traveling from near and far to be in attendance.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to make a 640,000-square-foot East Side warehouse operational as an immigration processing facility in spring 2027, the agency’s acting director said in a letter to San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones.

After a U.S. Air Force trainee from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland died at Brooke Army Medical Center, here’s what we know about the flu outbreak lawmakers are connecting to the trainee’s death.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the city’s fiscal challenges as it approaches a $158 million budget gap.

With a nearly $158 million budget shortfall to close over the next two years, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has pointed to some unexpected places to cut deep.

San Antonio still needs to finalize an arena deal with the Spurs, but a group of council members say the city needs to start planning how to spend $75 million from the team.

San Antonio City Councilwoman Misty Spears is in the hot seat after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones publicized Spears’ request for tickets to Ye’s upcoming concert.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is doubling down on her opposition to Ye’s planned July 4 concert at the Alamodome, arguing that a taxpayer-funded venue should not be used to provide a platform for an artist whose history of antisemitic rhetoric has sparked widespread controversy.

San Antonio District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears accepted free tickets to Ye’s upcoming Alamodome concert, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones confirmed to KSAT, as the city debates whether the show should happen at all.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and other elected officials gathered at the Holocaust Memorial Museum on Tuesday to condemn rap superstar Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, ahead of his concert at the Alamodome.

City and county leaders have joined San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones in denouncing previous antisemitic comments made by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, ahead of a planned concert on July 4 at the Alamodome.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones expressed her concerned opinions through social media on Saturday about the Alamodome hosting a Ye concert next month.

The budget shortfall is expected to hit in the FY 2028 budget, not the upcoming FY 2027, but the city is plotting a two-year path to closing the pending gap. On Thursday, city staff proposed a mix of new or increased fees, cuts, and maxing out the property tax rate.

A slim majority of San Antonio’s City Council voted to delay a decision on increasing water rates until October after several members aired various concerns with the city-owned San Antonio Water System.

The San Antonio City Council voted 11-0 Thursday in favor of $142.8 million worth of city and utility incentives meant to tempt Toyota into building a new $2 billion vehicle assembly line at its South Side plant.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT anchors Myra Arthur and John Paul Barajas Tuesday to discuss an upcoming vote on a San Antonio Water System water rate increase and a financial dispute with Spurs Sports & Entertainment.

San Antonio experienced severe storms and flooding on June 12, 2025, killing 13 people. Here is a timeline of everything we know about one of the deadliest floods to hit San Antonio, along with the developments that have happened since then.

Amid a Spurs playoff run that has electrified San Antonio, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has been pushing Spurs ownership to cough up money she says it owes the city and has asked one of its deep-pocketed owners to chip in for a new arena.

The San Antonio City Council is now considering a slightly lower series of rate hikes for San Antonio Water System customers.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones appeared on NBA Tip-Off ahead of Game 1 of the Spurs-Knicks NBA Finals on Wednesday, joining hosts including Charles Barkley for the pregame show broadcast from San Antonio.

The mayor, who has been skeptical about Project Marvel and the deal to help fund a new Spurs arena, says she can “absolutely” still be unbiased after receiving third row tickets for Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. And the attorney who gave them to the mayor says he wasn’t trying to influence her anyway.

A staff member who worked for San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has departed the mayor’s office.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT anchors Myra Arthur and John Paul Barajas during the 6 O’Clock News to discuss the Spurs, Project Marvel and ongoing efforts to collaborate with Bexar County ahead of a looming budget shortfall.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Amy Webb, Pete Sessions and Annette Gordon-Reed among newly announced TribFest voices helping us navigate a world in flux.

As the San Antonio Spurs forced a Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, photos obtained by KSAT Investigates show Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones just rows away from the action.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked federal immigration officers “take steps to not inadvertently deter or dissuade lawful U.S. voters from voting due to fear,” in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s runoff primary.

More than seven months after KSAT Investigates revealed the unprecedented, after-hours security detail provided to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones at her residence, the mayor has authored a memo accusing a city council staffer of refusing to comply with the investigation into how the information got out.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT anchors Myra Arthur and Courtney Friedman during KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News to discuss seeking repayment from a failed Major Leage Soccer bid, the city’s fiscal outlook and more.

San Antonio Water System (SAWS) board members approved a potential gradual rate increase of approximately $19 for residents over the next four years.

A New Braunfels man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly threatening to bomb City Hall, targeting San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, according to an arrest affidavit.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has acknowledged swearing and raising her voice in a Feb. 5 confrontation with Councilwoman Sukh Kaur (D1) in a city council break room, but the specifics of what happened haven’t been made public.

The City of San Antonio has updated its policy to allow current handgun license holders to carry handguns into open public meetings at City Hall and Municipal Plaza.

The San Antonio City Council voted 11-0 Thursday afternoon to keep many landlords from refusing to rent to veterans based only on their use of federal housing vouchers.

During KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined Myra Arthur and Ernie Zuniga to talk about multiple topics, including the Preston Hollow Drive explosions that injured five people.

The Alamo City officially landed a high-profile match ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup in North America.

The former chief of staff for Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones confirmed to KSAT on Wednesday night her resignation.

A San Antonio city council committee unanimously advanced a pair of proposals forward on Tuesday aimed at helping veterans with federal housing vouchers find suitable places to live.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is seeing another shift in her leadership team.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT anchors Myra Arthur and Ernie Zuniga on Tuesday’s 6 O’Clock News, hours after her State of the City address, to talk about San Antonio’s budget outlook and how that could shape the city’s next bond proposal.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones delivered the 2026 State of the City address on Tuesday. It was her first address since she was sworn in for her first term last June.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and other city council members have introduced a report on education and child care, as well as another one on affordable housing.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is calling on the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reconsider plans to turn an East Side warehouse into a detention facility for immigrants.

Add another $5 into your Fiesta budget. The San Antonio City Council voted 7-4 on Thursday to approve a contract amendment allowing the gate fee for Fiesta de los Reyes at Market Square.

A San Antonio advocate is raising questions about current access to care for veterans, one day after KSAT reported President Donald Trump’s proposed 2027 federal budget includes $30 million to buy land for a new veteran medical center in the city.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss topics ranging from a new veterans medical center to her recent trade trips to Taiwan and Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 includes $30 million for land acquisition for the site of a new veteran medical center in San Antonio. If approved, a new center would replace the current Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital.

A San Antonio man who was charged last year with threatening Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has had his charged dismissed, Bexar County court records show.

Next year’s proposed federal budget includes $30 million for land acquisition for the site of a new veterans medical center in San Antonio.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday evening to discuss topics ranging from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility to the cancelation of the annual César E. Chávez March for Justice.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones announced the creation of the Mayor’s Economic Security Advisory Group (ESAG) to strengthen the city’s innovation ecosystem.

The San Antonio City Council wants to look at changing its development code to get a handle on a boom of data centers.

The San Antonio City Council could soon change city code related to detention facilities and even try to put a temporary halt to new private detention facilities.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discussed her recent censure during KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday night.

South Texas Blood & Tissue sent 20 units of blood to Austin on Sunday morning after three people were killed and 14 were hospitalized in a mass shooting.

The San Antonio City Council censured Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones during a special meeting on Friday in what appears to be a first since the city charter was adopted 75 years ago.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones announced plans on Friday to introduce a new commission to increase voter participation citywide.

The San Antonio City Council is expected to meet and consider issuing a censure vote against Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones following a confrontation with District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur earlier this month.

VIA officials say scrapping fares could place federal funding for its advanced rapid transit (ART) lines at risk, while employees say they worry about operator safety.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discussed her apology to District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur during KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday night.

State and local lawmakers issued a joint letter pushing against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans for a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility on the East Side.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones issued a public apology Tuesday for “raising her voice” and “using profanity” after a confrontation with District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur earlier this month.

The San Antonio City Council will vote on whether to censure Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones on Friday in relation to a confrontation with Councilwoman Sukh Kaur (D1).

Ruben Ray Martinez died at a hospital after the shooting on March 15, 2025, the Texas Department of Public Safety told KRGV, but it was never publicly confirmed how he was killed or who killed him.

Community concern about a forthcoming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility on the East Side largely dominated discussion at an East Side town hall this week.

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by KSAT, Ignacio Zuniga III, 44, made a threatening comment Sunday morning against San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones on the X, formerly known as Twitter, account of a San Antonio news outlet. Zuniga has been charged with retaliation, which is considered a third-degree felony.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday night to discuss a range of topics, including a proposed fare-free pilot program for VIA Metropolitan Transit and the upcoming Bexar County elections.

As proposals to scrap bus fares on VIA Metropolitan Transit gain traction at San Antonio City Hall, the union representing bus drivers and other VIA employees say they’d rather skip that stop.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked the state’s U.S. senators and five San Antonio-area U.S. representatives in a letter Wednesday to not funnel any money or resources to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)’s recent purchase of an East Side warehouse.

During KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News Tuesday night, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she was focused on “moving forward” while half of City Council calls for her censure.

Censuring the mayor would not remove Jones from office, keep her from voting, or prevent her from completing any of her other duties as mayor. However, there could be political consequences.

Five San Antonio councilmembers have called for a special meeting to propose censuring Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, according to a document obtained by KSAT.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT for its weekly Q&A Tuesday night during the 6 O’Clock News. Jones discussed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) potential purchase of an East Side warehouse.

San Antonio city officials and utility representatives held a news conference on Saturday morning to provide an update on cold-weather response efforts.

The Bexar County Elections Department is facing a backlog that has increased to 6,000 voter registration applications, according to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT for its weekly Q&A Tuesday night during the 6 O’Clock News. Jones discussed the community’s response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in San Antonio.

Following the Friday announcement, city leaders have released statements or spoken with KSAT about McManus’ tenure with SAPD.

As the city prepares to turn a nonbinding term sheet into hard contracts, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones thinks the city could still get more out of the deal.

Bexar County is dealing with a backlog of voter registration applications ahead of the March primary, according to the Bexar County Elections Department.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday to discuss an upcoming public meeting regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Antonio.

District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzalez has been reinstated to her City Council committee assignments following her July 2025 DWI arrest, according to documents obtained by KSAT.

San Antonio City Council is planning to hold a special session on Jan. 22 about the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, according to a councilmember’s Instagram post.

DreamWeek, an annual citywide summit, returns to San Antonio on Friday. The events encourage idea-sharing on global issues to promote tolerance, equality and diversity.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones confirmed that troops injured in the raid on Venezuela are being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday and discussed her letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, where she requested he reconsider his veto halting funding for children’s summer lunch programs.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott that asked him to reconsider a decision that affects federal funding for children’s summer lunch programs.

San Antonio will move its municipal elections from May to November after a 6-5 council vote Thursday afternoon. The decision came after a last-minute blitz by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, who said she only learned of the opportunity last month.

A majority of the San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to move municipal elections from May to November.

San Antonio will install rainbow-colored sidewalk treatments on North Main Avenue in order to “recognize and support the LGBTQ+ community,” according to a city spokesperson.

A staff member for a San Antonio City Council district office has been arrested on a terroristic threat charge, according to an email obtained by KSAT from City Manager Erik Walsh to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the city council.

A Council Consideration Request (CCR) that would determine regulatory measures needed to address the rapid growth of data centers in San Antonio will proceed to a special committee.

The San Antonio Police Officers’ Association decided it will not move forward with holding a vote of “no confidence” in San Antonio police Chief William McManus.

Most of the San Antonio City Council appears reluctant to move the city’s elections from May to November in odd-numbered years before a Dec. 31 deadline.

City Council on Wednesday will debate whether to move its city council elections from May to November in odd-numbered years.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday and discussed her efforts to change the city's municipal election date.