Molly Smith

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith

Tom Cruise made a stop at AMC's Rivercenter location Thursday as part of his Texas tour promoting his latest movie "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning."The spy saga's eighth film opened in theaters nationwide Friday, but a handful of Texas theaters held early showings. Cruise had announced on social media that he planned to stop in San Antonio, but didn't say which theater he would visit. He surprised movie-goers at AMC's Rivercenter.

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith

City and Bexar County leaders are working to put bond and tax packages on the November ballot to cover part of the cost of a new Spurs arena at Hemisfair and related infrastructure improvements. But San Antonio's next mayor, who will be elected June 7, could throw those plans off track. The candidates in the runoff election, former Air Force Undersecretary Gina Ortiz Jones and former Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos, both say they won't commit to the November timeline.

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith

A chunk of state hotel taxes could help pay for a new Spurs arena that's expected to cost as much as $1.5 billion - a financing mechanism that city officials initially pledged solely to use on expanding the Convention Center and renovating the Alamodome. The mayor and City Council voted 9-0 Thursday to create a new taxing zone that will replace one they approved in December 2023. Council Members Phyllis Viagran and Manny Pelaez were absent for the vote.

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.

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Molly Smith

The next mayor and City Council will have to cut millions of dollars in city spending to avoid winding up in the red. City officials anticipate finishing the current fiscal year, the last day of which is Sept. 30, about $2.5 million under budget. That's largely due to revenue shortfalls "across the board," said City Manager Erik Walsh.