Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago. The post Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy appeared first on San Antonio Current.
More than 30,000 visitors flocked to the San Antonio Zoo over the weekend for the grand opening of Congo Falls, officials with the wildlife park told the Current. The new exhibit marks the first time gorillas have called the San Antonio Zoo home in more than 30 years, and Congo Falls has already grabbed national […]
If the Defense Health Agency relocates here, it could bring as many as 3,300 jobs. The post San Antonio vying to attract agency in charge of military healthcare appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Both of Texas’ U.S. senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, voted against a Senate bill extending subsidies for healthcare covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), putting the healthcare of millions in jeopardy starting Jan. 1. Subsidies under the ACA — also known as “Obamacare” — are set to expire at the end of this year without […]
San Antonio residents spend 9% of their median monthly income on health care costs — the 13th highest percentage in the nation. The post Study: San Antonio residents among those who spend the most on healthcare appeared first on San Antonio Current.
In the beginning there was Tex-Mex. And it was good. At least that’s the narrative forged in the cauldrons of San Antonio’s Chili Queens in the late 19th century and expanded over the years in hundreds of street corner restaurants and bakeries blending the rustic cuisine of Northern Mexico with the cultural influences of a […]
A pair of dog attacks over the weekend appear poised to put San Antonio’s stray and dangerous dog problem back in the public spotlight. The first incident occurred when a pair of stray dogs bit a 59-year-old woman as she tried to exercise at Southside Lions Park on Saturday morning, according to KSAT. The woman […]
Perhaps it was a concept too cool for San Antonio. Photo and art book store Embarrassing Shoes announced its impending closure with a Monday morning Instagram post. “We are closing in late January 2026 due to bad business idea,” the quirky business revealed in equally quirky fashion. The unique shop is the brainchild of visual […]
Cornyn, Texas’ senior senator, received $10,000 more from the PAC than is allowed by law, the Federal Election Commission alleges. The post Feds call out Sen. Lindsey Graham’s PAC for illegal contributions to Sen. John Cornyn appeared first on San Antonio Current.
With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country’s largest domestic law enforcement agency. The post Trump’s immigration crackdown is about creating fear for more than migrants appeared first on San Antonio Current.