In a social media post last week, the Texas Democrat Party teased the addition of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as another keynote speaker at its June convention. “We have *yuge* news to share in the next few days,” the state party’s official Threads account posted, borrowing a Bernie-ism for the caption of an image featuring […]
The Hill Country is still recovering nearly a year after the Guadalupe River flooded last summer, taking dozens of lives, but people aren’t giving up hope. Hope for the Guadalupe, a documentary highlighting the restoration efforts following the July 4 flooding, is premiering in San Antonio this Friday, according to the team behind the film. […]
Roughly 76,000 fewer students enrolled in Texas public schools this academic year — the first non-pandemic decline in nearly four decades — with Hispanic students accounting for the overwhelming majority of the loss, according to a report released Monday. The policy research group Texas 2036 analyzed the state’s enrollment data and projected that about 100,000 […]
After Sunday night’s heartbreaking playoff loss, Spurs fans could use some good news. And here it is: Victor Wembanyama won’t face suspension — or even a fine — in the wake of his ejection during the team’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania. “There will be no further discipline for Spurs […]
Levitation’s Austin Psych Fest returned to outdoor venue Far Out Austin last weekend for three days of psychedelic euphoria. The stacked lineup, as always, was a feast of trippy, memorable performances by artists on the precipice of the unknown — and they were received with adoration by a close-knit community of fellow voyagers. Day One Friday […]
Looks like Texas Rep. James Talarico’s U.S. Senate campaign campaign committee finally figured out who owns the Internet service provider Starlink Inc. Hint: the person’s last name rhymes with Tusk, and he also owns X and has shown a proclivity for dismantling the federal government. The Talarico for Texas campaign committee spent $330 a month […]
Chalk up another research win for UT-San Antonio. The university landed a five-year, $44 million contract from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Health to study health disparities facing the rural South. The project will make use of a custom-built, 50-foot mobile examination room equipped with advanced clinical […]
Veronica Viera loved watching Texas unfold from the driver’s seat of her bright pink 18-wheeler — the winding roads, the small towns, the sense of freedom — so losing her license in a government crackdown on legal immigrants was devastating. No more trips to and from Houston, listening to pop and Christian music. No more […]
Nearly six months after being indicted on federal fraud charges, Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar is now facing an attempt to remove him from office. Former Laredo City Council member Alfonso “Poncho” Casso filed the petition to remove Cuellar in Webb County district court last week, citing the federal indictment and other misconduct allegations. Casso’s […]
How often does one celebrate a birthday party for a Western Lowland Gorilla, let alone her quinceañera? And what in the hell do you wear? The San Antonio Zoo’s lovely Merry Leigh, a recent transplant from Atlanta, turned 15 this Saturday, and zoo officials invited the city to celebrate her right of passage with a […]