R.I.P. NIOSA?
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R.I.P. NIOSA?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 202634 min

Reporters Madison Iszler and Megan Rodriguez talk with host Greg Jefferson about why the Conservation Society cancelled next year's NIOSA, one of Fiesta's main events — and why some of the event's many diehard volunteers and fans aren't buying the society's explanations. Suggested reading: Anger flares at Conservation Society meeting over NIOSA decision NIOSA canceled for 2027 as organizers 'pause' to regroup San Antonio Explained: How NIOSA became a beloved Fiesta tradition Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ <p...

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Welcome to Inside Politics, our weekly podcast on two things you need to know about San Antonio politics. I'm Greg Jefferson, your host, and I'm joined today by City Hall reporter Megan Rodriguez and Fiesta and epistemology reporter, Madison Isler.

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Madison, welcome. So you're on Hot Seat today because we're talking about the big news, news that shook us to our core last week, the cancellation of Nyosa. Tell us what happened.

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RIP. Yes. So the Conservation Society announced about a week and a half ago that it was suspending NYOSA in 2027, which I think surprised many people because we're still kind of a ways

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