In August 2023, the median sale price of a home in Bexar County rose by $670 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 25.5%.
In a unanimous decision on Aug. 28, Goliad County passed an ordinance outlawing abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, and abortion trafficking within its unincorporated areas, becoming the second Texas county to do so after Mitchell County. The move aligns with the broader trend of "Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn" in Texas and reinforces the protection of unborn children from the moment of conception, with private citizens able to enforce the law.
On Sept. 1, Texas enacted House Bill 17, a legal change allowing for the removal of district attorneys for misconduct if they don’t pursue certain crimes, News 4 SA reported. The law now qualifies a prosecutor's decision not to pursue a specific type of crime as "official misconduct" which is a significant shift in Texas' criminal justice framework, focusing on accountability for elected officials.