Texas accounted for a quarter of all U.S. immigration arrests in July as the Trump White House stepped up its use of local and state law enforcement to carry out its mass-deportation agenda, the Marshall Project reports. Some 2,000 state and local law enforcement agencies have signed agreements with the feds to conduct immigration stops […]
U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show garnered far more YouTube views than the final night of Trump’s GOP midterm convention, according to a report by Newsweek. The Texas Democrat’s appearance — titled “Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See” — raked in 1.3 […]
Dallas-based chain Wingstop is growing its already formidable San Antonio presence, state regulatory filings show. The company, which already has 20 San Antonio-area stores, is dropping nearly $1 million to open three new stores here this year, according to filings made with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation over recent months. Here’s where they […]
The mainstage season for the Tobin Center’s in-house theater company, 100A Productions, opens Wednesday, Sept. 16, with I Saw the Lights, written by and starring Jaston Williams and directed by Chris McGarry (The Sopranos). Inspired by the infamous mass UFO sightings over Lubbock in 1951, this re-envisioned multi-character play explores how different people interpret singular […]
Even though the economy stinks right now, San Antonio remains an affordable place if you know where to look. Here’s a rundown of 10 of the best discounts foodies can find in the Alamo City — whether they’re looking for a workday lunch, a stick-to-your-ribs breakfast or a splurge meal that doesn’t drain the bank account. […]
Texas can be more transparent with how much it spends to temporarily house foster children and with what its private contractors are spending to provide foster care services for half of the state, a new state report shows. The state’s Legislative Budget Board said in its 2026 Strategic Fiscal Review that the Texas Department of […]
This story was originally published by OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. The Republican National Committee is promoting its September gathering in Dallas as both a midterm convention and a fundraiser with no official business being conducted. That lack of clarity reflects a broader pattern: Straightforward questions have produced few straight […]
On Thursday, on the anniversary of its founder’s assassination on a Utah college campus, far-right nonprofit Turning Point USA will host a vigil at the University of Texas at San Antonio for Charlie Kirk, according to details posted online. The event, dubbed “Freedom Built to Last,” comes after tensions arose on college campuses nationwide in […]
Vanessa Melendez had been going back and forth with the state over her family’s Medicaid and food assistance applications for months when the Houston mom learned she was pregnant with her third child. She submitted a new application for Medicaid for Pregnant Women, which covers care during pregnancy and for 12 months after giving birth, […]
This one is for the ’90s kids. A house listed for $775,000 in far North San Antonio may not look too wacky on the outside, but inside is — dare we say — bonkers. Constructed in 1992, the house seems to have fully embraced the era of its construction, to the extent that the interior […]