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A new analysis by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce shows San Antonio-New Braunfels is the U.S. metropolitan area most dependent on exports to Canada, an indication of the economic damage tit-for-tat tariffs could wreak locally. ⁠ ⁠ The chamber’s analysis found that 48% of the goods San Antonio-area businesses exported in 2023 were destined for Canada, the largest share among 41 major metros it analyzed. Those exports were worth $6.1 billion and accounted for 3.4% of the area’s gross domestic product.⁠ ⁠ Many are tied to San Antonio’s automotive, aerospace and petroleum refining industries. The chamber specifically cited Toyota Texas’ South Side plant, where employees build Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickups, and described San Antonio’s cluster of aerospace companies as the largest in the state.⁠ ⁠ “San Antonio is a strategic trade hub,” it said. ⁠https://bit.ly/43ymP5t

Nearly half of goods exported from the San Antonio-New Braunfels area in 2023 were destined for Canada, according to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

State Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, is suing a Katy exploration and production company and a subsidiary of Florida energy company NextEra.

Protesters gathered in downtown Dallas on Sunday to denounce the Trump administration's immigration and border policies.⁠ ⁠ Other protests have also been held in a number of U.S. cities in recent weeks. Domingo Garcia, the National President of LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) said the demonstrations would not stop.⁠ ⁠ "People are not afraid anymore. People are standing up. And we're going to stand up for America. We're going to stand up for what the statue of liberty stands for," he said.⁠ ⁠ Garcia also said most immigrants are just searching for a way to improve their lives.⁠ ⁠ "We want something that will allow immigrations who are law-abiding that pay taxes, that got good jobs, that got families, have an opportunity at the American dream," he said.⁠ ⁠ U.S. Rep. Al Green of Houston joined the crowd as they sang a traditional Mexican folk song.

The billionaire’s growing involvement in the federal government has raised questions about potential conflicts with his own companies, including SpaceX and Tesla.

Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M are suing to stop a project that could pump 89 million gallons of water per day 80 miles to other boomtowns in Central Texas.

FinanceBuzz study analyzed the average price of eggs at eight of the largest supermarket chains in the U.S.

Behind the scenes at Pazzo Pastaria, it's all hands on deck with the Archer family for pasta, bread, dressings, sauces and desserts made from scratch.⁠ ⁠ But it's not just the food that has earned the family-owned restaurant recognition on Express-News restaurant critic Mike Sutter's Top 10 Italian Restaurants lists the past two years they've been open, it's also the service.⁠ ⁠ The gathering spot on Nacogdoches Road, helmed by husband-and-wife team Chef Sean Archer and General Manager Gini Archer, with help from son Ian Archer in the kitchen, beckons return customers from San Antonio neighborhoods far beyond the Northeast Side.⁠ ⁠ “We take care of you from the time you come in to the time you leave,” said Sean Archer, who graduated from the Culinary Arts program St. Philip’s College after serving in the U.S. Army.⁠ https://bit.ly/4j9JREa

A year before it opened, it already was a failure. If you’re old enough to remember the birth of the Alamodome, you recall the instantly broken NFL promises, and the curse of contaminated dirt, and the way the whole thing looked like a mistake before it even wore its first coat of paint.⁠ ⁠ More than three decades later, though, the old barn still is standing proud, across the freeway from a skyline that kept climbing, sometimes in fits and starts.⁠ ⁠ And as another Final Four heads here this week, along with thousands of visitors now accustomed to San Antonio as a big-event destination, it might be time for something long overdue: An ode to the Alamodome, the charmingly imperfect, fortuitously ill-conceived gift that keeps giving.⁠ ⁠ Read Mike Finger's full column: https://bit.ly/4iK87wL