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Business Editor, Columnist

Greg Jefferson

Greg Jefferson is business editor of the San Antonio Express-News.

Previously, he covered the energy industry, City Hall and politics for the newspaper.

Greg also edited the alternative newsweekly San Antonio Current, wrote for the San Antonio Business Journal and co-founded Plaza de Armas, a now-defunct website that covered San Antonio politics and culture.

Stories By Greg Jefferson

Haven’t nominated yours? Top Workplaces deadline extended

So far, more than 200 companies have signed up for their shot at being recognized as one of the region’s best places to work. By Greg Jefferson

Love where you work? Time to nominate for Top Workplaces

Nominations are due by April 8 to start the process toward picking winners in three categories. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Starbucks union push asks: ‘Better together?’

Employees at one of the Seattle coffee chain’s San Antonio stores are working to organize, stirring memories and consideration of service workers’ realities. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: In Broadway U-turn, Abbott was behind the wheel

No arguments — even from big-money GOP contributors or San Antonio business — were enough to head off the state from throwing a wrench in city’s street plans. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: CPS Energy’s chances in the battles to come

One outcome seems certain: It’ll be a classic tussle between business-friendly council members and their more liberal counterparts. Grab your popcorn. By Greg Jefferson

Don’t call it a commuter college: New UTSA title is big for S.A.

“It’s like the Spurs winning the NBA championship,” says the university president, Taylor Eighmy. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: S.A. needed job help before pandemic — still does

Skepticism over San Antonio’s pandemic-spurred jobs training programs is understandable, but ignores city’s longstanding realities. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: When what happens in Las Vegas doesn’t stay there

This far into the pandemic it’s understandable that some of us want to just enjoy a few days away from the reality of face masks, social distancing and fear. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Texas plays second fiddle in attracting refugees

The state’s new residents aren’t boosting downtowns in San Antonio or other Texas metro areas; most of the migrants are landing in the suburbs. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: A peek at Pearl owner’s ideas on taxpayer dollars

Redevelopment of the Broadway corridor has been a boon to San Antonio, but at a big cost to taxpayers — especially those who live nearby. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Black Rifle’s growth plan: Coffee and politics

Despite questions about the method it’s using to go public in a deal valuing it at $1.7 billion, the company might have hit on the right formula for growth. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: A final accounting of one of S.A.’s lousiest deals

The payoff on city-led $10 million investment in biotech through multi-year deal with InCub Labs may be little more than ‘lessons learned.’ By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Big plan for S.A. airport is bold — and needed

San Antonio International’s remake is as much about trying to break out of the city’s historic small-time mindset as it is accommodating more travelers in the future. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Tesla moving to Texas despite guv’s politics

An innovator is an optimist with plans. That doesn’t fit with the politics of pessimism being practiced by Gov. Greg Abbott and company. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Is Musk planning a tunnel from Austin to S.A.?

The Boring Co. is seeking data from a defunct effort to build an Austin-to-San Antonio rail line. It’s already pitched a tunnel between downtown and the airport. By Greg Jefferson

Elon Musk’s San Antonio tunnel transit plan takes a step forward

The project apparently is being pushed by The Boring Co., which envisions a subterranean loop that carries passengers in driverless Tesla vehicles. By Greg Jefferson

Elon Musk’s S.A. tunnel idea gains traction

The project apparently is being pushed by The Boring Co., which envisions a subterranean loop to carry passengers in Tesla vehicles. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Can hard truths from AT&T be a positive for S.A.?

In a recent discussion, the telecommunications giant’s CEO pointed to the shortcomings that led it to abandon San Antonio and move its HQ to Dallas in 2008. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: Will our MAGA paradise attract business to Texas?

We’re finding out if a state can strip women of rights over their own bodies, marginalize minorities and dump on its large cities — and maintain an enviable economy. By Greg Jefferson

Jefferson: In S.A. construction, it’s a tale of two cities

Contractors are busy building one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Their success handling challenges depends on whether they’re big or small. By Greg Jefferson