The Dilley Immigration Processing Center near San Antonio costs taxpayers roughly $15 million a month to operate, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pays $13.1 million monthly to run the facility — plus another $2.5 million for medical care — for the only U.S. detention center for migrant children […]
Fifteen more Jollibee fast-food restaurants are expected to pop up in the San Antonio as the Philippine fast-service restaurant targets Texas as one of its key growth markets. Following the success of a San Antonio location opened in late 2020 and three Dallas-Fort Worth stores, the brand is now hunting for “white space” to begin […]
WACO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is under fire for a plea deal his prosecutors offered last month to a Waco man charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy. The deal in the case, which Paxton’s office took over about three years ago after the locally elected district attorney recused himself, would have let […]
San Antonio Water System’s board of trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to move forward with the utility’s first proposed rate hike since 2020 — a move that could drive up average household water users’ monthly bills by nearly $20 over time. Even so, the measure still needs approval from at least five members of San Antonio […]
A cohort of Latino civil-rights and labor groups is warning foreign visitors thinking about visiting Texas for the upcoming World Cup to scrap those plans due to the White House’s immigration crackdown and the state’s willing participation. “You cannot market Texas as a welcoming global destination for the World Cup while expanding policies that increase […]
When nearly 4.5 million Texans showed up for the state’s March primaries earlier this year, it broke midterm turnout records. But recent history suggests most of them won’t be back for the May 26 runoff. In the state’s previous midterm cycle, runoff turnout dropped to just 8.2% of registered voters statewide, data shows. Some districts recorded […]
Nearly 17% of Bexar County residents 18 and older have been diagnosed with diabetes. The post San Antonio Metro Health relaunches program to make insulin more affordable appeared first on San Antonio Current.
With early voting already underway, President Donald Trump threw his last-minute endorsement in Texas’ U.S. Senate race to state Attorney General Ken Paxton — a damaging blow to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who’s groveled for months to win the president’s backing. “Ken is a true MAGA warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will […]
Pequeno’s feature film, Back on Road, will premiere this Saturday at City Base Cinemas. The post San Antonio director David Pequeno inspired by formerly incarcerated man’s comeback story appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Texas fuel prices have risen significantly since the U.S.-Israel war on Iran began on Feb. 28, which led to Iran closing a key international shipping lane for oil and gas, the Strait of Hormuz. The average price for a gallon of gas in Texas, which was $2.55 in early February, surged by nearly two dollars […]