Ric Brack

Business Editor, San Antonio Express-News.
Previously: The Associated Press, Nielsen Business Media, The Des Moines Register, Lawrence Journal-World, etc

[Marc Duvoisin @MarcDuvoisin]

Not always but sometimes, great reporting can move the needle. Here are the latest results of @sara_dinatale's expose of Texas' residential solar energy sector. @ricbrack
https://t.co/TiKLMZLFfe

[Marc Duvoisin @MarcDuvoisin]

.@sara_dinatale's gutsy reporting exposed sleazy sales, financing practices in Texas' rooftop solar sector. Today, she won @PolkAwards. She had help from, among others, @JessPhelpsphoto @SamOwensphoto @WesleyRatko @montewithane @ricbrack @act_rational
https://t.co/7j49heXfqJ

[Marc Duvoisin @MarcDuvoisin]

.@sara_dinatale researched her series on solar energy scams while covering an insanely busy news beat: Texas energy, including @ERCOT_ISO. Here's the first of her 4 stories.@ricbrack @montewithane @act_rational @WesleyRatko @Michelfortier @JessPhelpsphoto
https://t.co/8Qh7tN6Gis

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

An explosion in sales of rooftop solar systems across Texas opened the door wide to deceptive sales practices, overblown promises, expensive loans and shoddy workmanship, a San Antonio Express-News investigation found. https://t.co/bCz6H1txPl

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

USAA Federal Savings Bank has quietly moved its headquarters from San Antonio to Phoenix

https://t.co/JBi1OnSrIC

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

As Texas embraces battery energy storage, Hill Country residents push back — ‘Not in our backyard’ https://t.co/Mkk3s400Vr via @expressnews

[Jesse Eisinger @eisingerj]

NEW: We got the private training videos from Project 2025, which Trump seeks to disavow.

Advice:

-“Eradicate climate change references”

-Prepare for "persecution" & battle with the deep state

-Don't leave a paper trail

@AndyKroll & @NickSurgey:

https://t.co/YRTxbtcWpB

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

Exclusive: President Biden says Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick delayed federal Beryl aid to Texas.

https://t.co/kt3PKlITdZ

[Sara DiNatale @sara_dinatale]

TX lawmakers to bitcoin: Babe, we need to talk. My latest for @ExpressNews. ➡️
https://t.co/twl99203Yl

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

@alamodrafthouse, the Austin chain with dine-in, drink-in theaters in San Antonio and other U.S. major metros, is now owned by @SonyPictures. Terms weren't disclosed, but HQ to remain in Austin... https://t.co/rFe7ClbSA8 via @expressnews

[Sara DiNatale @sara_dinatale]

Texas lawmakers discover today what @clairehao_ and I been writing about for months for @ExpressNews and @HoustonChron https://t.co/BUgoPe5i2l

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

New @elonmusk meme mural catches eyes near @SpaceX Starbase. 'Push the craziness,' its creator says as drivers pull in for selfies ... https://t.co/vt0A2qjKgv via @expressnews

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

It's drawn a lot of Lone Star thumbs ups, but @Michael_Taylor is skeptical about the value and viability of a proposed Texas Stock Exchange. Here's why. https://t.co/Skhi2fCMjd via @expressnews

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

SpaceX in final countdown for fourth launch of Starship this morning from South Texas https://t.co/4PmW0K0873 via @expressnews

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

Customers and lenders are suing the San Antonio food truck builder and its employees say checks sometimes won’t cash. Its CEO says he’s fighting for survival. https://t.co/DvLjE29mqe

[Marc Duvoisin @MarcDuvoisin]

Sports team owners are shameless about using San Antonio as a pawn in schemes to squeeze better terms out of their home cities. @NRMoyle deftly unpacks the whole sorry history of these subterfuges.
https://t.co/2AKSox4i9c

[Ric Brack @ricbrack]

Toyota plans a half-billion dollar expansion to add more than 400 jobs in San Antonio, where it builds Tundra pickups and hybrid Sequoia SUVs. @madisoniszler and @sara_dinatale have the scoop.
https://t.co/t5PfZBAHmD

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

Though no one at the Pentagon asked, Port San Antonio wants to help the 16th Air Force find a new home on the Port’s Southwest Side campus to carry out its military cyber mission. https://t.co/T2HUpSS8kc

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

When city officials pitched an ambitious, tax-funded job training program to San Antonio voters in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, they kept it simple.
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“Jobs. Training. Higher Wages” was the campaign slogan.⁠ https://t.co/K55qoYL5Er

[taste of science San Antonio @tasteofsciSA]

Visionary commissioner Brad Morrison of the new Texas Space Commission: R&D, communications & logistics are some of the many opportunities for Texas initiatives in space. 🤠🚀 13min read #infrastructure #satx