People at the facilities, including children, face inhumane treatment along with inadequate food and medical care, a growing number of critics charge. The post The Price of Cruelty: Inside the for-profit ICE detention centers near San Antonio appeared first on San Antonio Current.
President Donald Trump will soon endorse U.S. Sen. John Cornyn over his rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the Republican Party’s hotly contested May 26 runoff, the Atlantic reports, citing presidential advisors. Though Trump teased an endorsement in early February, he ultimately declined to wade into Texas’ Republican Senate primary. Cornyn, who’s been critical […]
Critics say repeated threats by Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials to take over schools campuses are part of a plan to discredit public education. The post Texas leaders vying to privatize public education — and San Antonio’s NEISD in the crosshairs appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Even so, the San Antonio congressman denied he had anything to do with the staffer’s suicide and said reports on the affair were timed to sink his campaign. The post Tony Gonzales, now under House investigation, admits to affair with staffer appeared first on San Antonio Current.
A San Antonio activist known for spinning dubious left-wing conspiracy theories on TikTok not only made it to the runoff in Tuesday’s Democratic primary but earned more votes than a well-funded opponent backed by party PAC money. Colorful candidate Maureen Galindo took home 30% of the vote in the Democratic primary for Texas’s recently redrawn […]
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is also bringing his fingerboard wizardly to town. The post Live Music in San Antonio This Week: North Mississippi All Stars, 2hollis, Moonchild, Julie Doiron appeared first on San Antonio Current.
With a self-funded ad surge, Middleton overcame Roy’s initial frontrunner status, taking a commanding lead but falling short of the majority needed to win outright. The post Mayes Middleton, Chip Roy advance to runoff for GOP attorney general nomination appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The Democratic primary for Bexar County District Attorney is heading for a runoff between Luz Elena Chapa and Jane Davis after none of the eight candidates secured more than half of the votes on Tuesday. Chapa, a former 4th Court of Appeals judge, secured 24% of the vote despite having virtually no prosecutorial experience. Her […]
AUSTIN — State Rep. James Talarico has won Texas’ bitterly fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate after his opponent, U.S. Rep. Jamine Crockett, called him Wednesday morning to concede. Both candidates are rising political stars who offer a glimmer of hope to Texas Democrats, who haven’t won a statewide seat in Texas since 1994. Their contest […]
The long-running San Antonio group will play a release show for the LP this Friday at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. The post Buttercup’s new album Send More Yellow is a zen rallying cry against life’s miseries appeared first on San Antonio Current.