President Donald Trump is teasing a potential endorsement in a Texas political race he’s mostly stayed out of, according to a Monday report by The Hill. The president has so far refused to endorse in the heated Republican primary between incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Wesley Hunt. Cornyn […]
The federal agency will turn the building into a 1,500-bed “processing center” as the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportation raids. The post ICE closes purchase of East San Antonio warehouse it will use as detention site appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Under House Bill 7, a private citizen who successfully sues an abortion pill provider can receive up to $100,000 from the defendant. The post Galveston man sues California doctor under new Texas law allowing lawsuits over abortion pills appeared first on San Antonio Current.
U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is calling for the immediate closing of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, roughly an hour southwest of his hometown, in response to the measles outbreak there. “Because of the close-quarter conditions at Dilley, lack of prompt medical response and capacity, and lack of expertise with diseases […]
Concerned about Texas’ social studies overhaul, Democrats on the State Board of Education used a recent meeting to push for the inclusion of more Black and Indigenous perspectives and for young children to learn about the horrific nature of slavery. The post Texas’ social studies shakeup creates divide over whose histories to teach, and how […]
District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez is calling on the public to help stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) reported plan to open a massive detention center on San Antonio’s East Side. In a Sunday Instagram video, McKee-Rodriguez urged residents to call and email Oakmont Industrial Group, the owners of a warehouse ICE is reportedly […]
Part of the problem likely comes down to the state’s high number of people without health insurance, the study’s authors said. The post Texas has nation’s fourth-highest rate of sexually transmitted infections appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Lawmakers and industry leaders gathered in Austin to discuss the future of the market. ‘We almost have to take it on,’ a Republican state House member said. The post Texas lawmakers: Cannabis is here to stay. And we will regulate the market in 2027. appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Texas Republicans intensified their attacks against Islam this week, playing on unfounded concerns that the state’s 300,000 Muslims are financing terrorist organizations and wish to implement Sharia Law here. On Friday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick formally named “preventing Sharia law in Texas” among the state Senate’s top priorities in the 2027 legislative session. “Only state […]
The identities of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents who shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis were revealed in a ProPublica report — and both men are from Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Government records identify the pair who fired on Pretti as Border Patrol Agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection […]