Calling all otakus – San Japan is back for Labor Day Weekend and there’s plenty of ways to get your foodie fix, with or without a badge — sometimes, half the fun of conventions is people-watching all the various cosplays. The event itself is taking place at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center from Friday, Sept. […]
Texas’ chief financial officer requested that lawmakers double the amount of money available for the state’s private school voucher program, resulting in a total of more than $2 billion. In the appropriations request for 2028–29 biennium, Texas Comptroller Don Huffines asked the Legislature to raise the program’s base funding by $1 billion so more families […]
Authorities filed criminal charges against a Texas man whom they allege sent a pair of violent threats to state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate. Billy James McFatridge of Fort Worth is charged with making a terroristic threat against a public servant, CBS Austin reports, citing arrest records. If found guilty […]
Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras, but the Texas Department of Public Safety has no apparent plans to stop using its existing roadside surveillance cameras. As police agencies scramble to adjust to the loss of millions in state grants for Flock cameras, DPS maintains its own far-reaching network […]
South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday voted in support of a Republican-backed bill that defunds colleges and universities that boycott Israeli companies. The U.S. House passed the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act (HR 4795) by a 237-169 vote. The proposal would cut off certain federal student aid and funds from universities that engage […]
President Donald Trump went to bat for fellow Republican Ken Paxton on Wednesday, but not before taking a few vicious swings at the U.S. Senate candidate’s clothes, appearance and TV presence. Trump’s backhanded compliment, if you can even call it that, came during a meeting with GOP congressional candidates in Washington, D.C. Although Paxton wasn’t […]
The display of automotive pulchritude outside downtown San Antonio’s newly opened Monarch Hotel can be impressive. On a recent visit, I hazarded a guess that at least some of the occupants of the Porsches, Maseratis and even a Rolls-Royce were headed to Oak & Amber, the hotel’s flagship street-level venue featuring an open hearth and […]
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is calling on the San Antonio Spurs’ ownership to cover infrastructure upgrades around downtown’s Hemisfair that would lay the groundwork for the team’s new publicly funded arena. Without the NBA franchise’s help, the city would have carve that money out of an upcoming bond issue, which Jones told the Current would […]
San Antonio Spurs fans will have to pay some of the highest ticket prices in the league to root for their team during opening week. Tickets to see the Silver and Black at home during the NBA’s first week back in action average $581, making them the third-most expensive in the league, according to data […]
Private jets, primo sports tickets and free concerts for the whole family. Membership apparently has its privileges, especially when you’re a U.S. senator with millionaire and billionaire pals. Federal financial disclosures show that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last year accepted gifts with a combined value of more than $100,000 from deep-pocketed donors. Those ranged […]