Melissa Murphy

Dogs of all shapes and sizes, ages and breeds take up residence at San Antonio’s Animal Care Services facility off Texas 151 on the Southwest Side. For many, too many, once they arrive at ACS their days are numbered. Upon arrival, it is a race against the clock. Even if a dog or cat is healthy and has a great temperament, if ACS reaches capacity and there are no placement options, the animal will be euthanized. “We want to save as many animals as possible,” Lisa Norwood, public relations manage…

Kate Cox’s request for a medically necessary abortion and the response from Attorney General Ken Paxton has captivated the nation, including Express-News readers. This past week, we received more than a dozen letters regarding Cox’s case, Paxton’s opposition and the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a lower court’s ruling that had granted Cox an abortion. Cox, 31, and a mother of two, learned that her fetus has trisomy 18, also known as Edwards syndrome, making the pregnancy nonviable.…

San Antonio Councilman John Courage wants to hold a second weapons exchange event.

Abandoned pets are just part of why the feral cat population flourishes in San Antonio.

An OpEd from Melissa Murphy examines how political discourse can put voters into narrow categories, and how that dehumanizes the person casting the ballot.

The Stone Oak Park & Ride coupled with the planned Green Line represent transit progress.

Parts of 2024 left me disheartened and confused, perhaps disillusioned. It’s a new year, and yet I still have no answers to last year’s questions.

Puro San Antonio, a crisis nursery, would provide safe, licensed emergency care for young children for up to several days.

With Spurs coach Gregg Popovich retiring, a new chapter will being for a team. Let's have that chapter occur in San Antonio.

We should be excited about the possibilities of a new semester, not bogged down with stress.