San Antonio CEO pay and Texas grid’s battery boom top week’s news

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment trial dominated the news for the past week, ending in a resounding victory for Paxton: an acquittal on all counts.

Here are some other stories you may have missed amid the political drama.

San Antonio’s biggest CEO salaries are found in some of the city’s largest companies, but not necessarily the most profitable ones.

Some companies that have been in the red for years are handing out lavish compensation to their top executives. Read the Express-News’ annual survey of CEO compensation to learn more.

Recent rains may have provided relief to San Antonio residents, but they haven’t been nearly enough to ease the drought that that has the region in its grip.

How much rain would need to pour down from the sky to refill aquifers and reservoirs, and how likely is it?

Acclaimed Texas singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, who died last week at 59, sued a San Antonio doctor for $2 million five years before his death.

Robison filed the lawsuit over a 2018 tonsillectomy the day after he announced his retirement from stage and studio. Learn more about how the case unfolded and how the surgery affected Robison’s career.

Texas’ well-documented struggles to meet a growing population’s need for electricity have prompted battery storage operators to step up their investments in new capacity.

Just how fast is this sector growing, and could looming regulations stifle it?

Some Alabama fans hurled racist remarks and homophobic slurs at members of the UT-Austin football team after the Longhorns beat the Crimson Tide 34-24, dealing a crushing blow to Alabama’s title hopes.

Click on the headline to read about the episode and how Texas players and their parents responded to the verbal abuse.

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