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HTexas Vista Medical Center, one of just two major hospitals in San Antonio’s southernmost stretch, will reportedly close May 1. The 325bed facility owned by Steward Hospitals has served a population of predominantly low-income residents for nearly four decades. Steward officials said in a press release that they asked University Health System and Bexar County to take over the hospital but were unable to reach a deal.

The San Antonio metro area has one of the highest rates of nonwhite home ownership in the country, a new study from industry review guide Construction Converge has found. Around 60% of non-white San Antonio area residents are homeowners, the highest rate in Texas. The metro also has one of the country’s lowest homeownership gaps between white and non-white residents.

HSurprise, surprise: more transphobia from the Texas Legislature House Republicans are rallying around a bill from Sen. Valoree Swanson that would restrict which college sports teams transgender athletes are allowed to join, barring transgender women from joining women’s teams and barring transgender men from joining men’s teams. Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled his support for the bill, a reported priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

San Antonio International Airport received a $20 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to build a new ground load facility at Terminal A. The new facility will allow the airport to add five new gates, increasing traveler capacity and potentially allowing airlines — including airlines that don’t currently fly to San Antonio — to add new routes in and out of the city. The project is expected to be completed in 2025. . — Abe

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