Leila Darwiche

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Data Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

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S.A. private school tuition is on the rise. What would a $10K voucher cover?

4 days ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno |Leila Darwiche

Texas families will soon receive thousands of dollars in state funds to help cover the cost of private education, but they'll still need to pay out of pocket for San Antonio's more exclusive schools. Under the state's new $1 billion school voucher plan, which was signed into law in May, Texans can apply for a taxpayer-funded school voucher of around $10,000 to send their children to private school.
Here's how Gina Ortiz Jones, Rolando Pablos can become San Antonio's next mayor

4 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith |Leila Darwiche

Gina Ortiz Jones won more than one in every four votes cast in the May 3 city election by pulling support on San Antonio's East, West and South sides - which counts as a feat in a race with 26 other mayoral candidates clamoring for attention. She carried the majority of voting precincts, including a few on the more conservative North Side. The former Air Force undersecretary and two-time Democratic candidate for Congress is facing Rolando Pablos in the June 7 runoff election for mayor.
See how your neighborhood voted in the San Antonio May election

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Leila Darwiche

For the first time since 2009, San Antonio residents cast ballots in a mayor's race with no incumbents. After Saturday's results, the crowded field of 27 candidates dwindled to two, Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos, who will advance to the June 7 runoff. Four council seats were also open due to term limits and mayoral ambitions of incumbents in Districts 4, 6, 8 and 9. All but District 4 will advance to the June runoff.
Live updates on May 3 local elections

1 month ago | expressnews.com | JJ Velasquez |Leila Darwiche |Molly Smith |Megan Rodriguez

San Antonio will elect a new mayor for the first time in eight years tonight. All 10 city council seats are also on the ballot as voters head to the polls, which will close at 7 p.m. Follow along as we provide up-to-the-minute news on the May 3 local election. Elsewhere, Boerne voters are deciding whether to reelect an incumbent mayor, college and school districts have floated bond measure and trustees are vying for board seats.
Can a Republican win the mayor's race in blue San Antonio?

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith |Leila Darwiche

Hours before the start of early voting on Tuesday, the Bexar County Democratic Party unleashed a 30-second video attacking mayoral candidate Rolando Pablos ' connection to Gov. Greg Abbott. "Greg Abbott and his friends are putting $2 million into his campaign," the video says. "Makes you wonder who would Pablos be working for if elected, Greg Abbott or Abbott's rich friends?"Pablos blasted the ad as an attempt to insert partisan politics into a race for a nonpartisan office.
What San Antonio-area schools performed the best on the A-F ratings?

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Leila Darwiche

Long-awaited Texas Education Agency accountability ratings released Thursday show widespread drops in performance across Texas schools in 2023. In 2023, the A-F rating system underwent significant changes as a part of its mandated five-year refresh. That led to a drawn-out court battle that stalled the release of the ratings for almost two years.
San Antonio schools fall behind in state's 2023 accountability ratings

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Melissa Manno |Scott Huddleston |Leila Darwiche

At the end of a two-year court fight, the Texas Education Agency has released A-F public school ratings for the 2022-2023 school year - and the results are about as dismal as local school districts expected. Predictions that school systems would receive worse ratings under the state's revamped accountability system proved true, especially in the San Antonio area, where 29% of campuses received a failing grade.
Surgeons continue to mistakenly leave objects in thousands of patients

1 month ago | sfchronicle.com | Emilie Munson |Leila Darwiche

For a week after her surgery, 26-year-old Emily Abney-Acosta’s abdomen swelled. It was so tender that a tight shirt was too much pressure. She couldn’t stand up straight from the pain or lift her young children. In September 2018, she rushed to an emergency department in Frisco, Texas. She was evaluated and assured her incision would eventually heal, she said. Then, Abney-Acosta woke up to find the inch-long wound had burst open and was oozing fluid. She changed the dressing every day for months.
See which Houston hospitals mistakenly left objects inside patients

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Leila Darwiche |Emilie Munson

MethodologyHearst Newspapers surveyed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on whether their health departments required the collection of data on the retention of surgical items after surgery in hospitals and other health care facilities. In 20 states and the District of Columbia, states mandate reporting of retained surgical item cases. Of those with mandated reporting, 16 states and the District of Columbia. had publicly available data for at least one year.
Surgeons mistakenly left objects inside patients in thousands of cases since 2015

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Emilie Munson |Leila Darwiche

For a week after her surgery, 26-year-old Emily Abney-Acosta's abdomen swelled. It was so tender that a tight shirt was too much pressure. She couldn't stand up straight from the pain or lift her young children. In September 2018, she rushed to an emergency department in Frisco, Texas. She was evaluated and assured her incision would eventually heal, she said. Then, Abney-Acosta woke up to find the inch-long wound had burst open and was oozing fluid. She changed the dressing every day for months.