The University of Texas at San Antonio, close to closing its historic merger with UT Health San Antonio, has landed $186 million in new state funding for maintenance of its campuses, according to school officials. The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the money, which will be spent over the next three years […]
The Trump White House is expected to post a “notice of intent” in the Federal Register this week to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, potentially opening 58.5 million acres of wild areas, including 4,000 in Texas, to industrial logging and development. All 4,000 of Texas’ protected areas are in the Sam Houston National […]
The title of the play Don’t Talk to the Actors by Tom Duzick evokes the adage “don’t feed the animals,” and for good reason. The plot centers around greenhorn playwright Jerry Przpezniak and his fiancée as they try to navigate New York City’s hectic theater scene and its perilous humans.
Finish Fetish — a West Coast art movement that originated in the late ’60s in and around Los Angeles — evolved in an era when synthetic materials were manipulated to capture the essence of natural phenomena, such as the glimmer of sunlight on the Pacific Ocean at twilight. Instead of picking up a paint brush, […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. More than 300 Texas school districts and charter schools have signaled plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that attracted national attention last year for its heavy references to the […]
When it comes to the top sites for virtual sex, eSex and cyber sex, the internet is basically a candy store of fantasies – except instead of gummy bears, you’re browsing interactive video chats, flirty messaging apps, and live cams that make “Netflix and chill” feel like a children’s birthday party. Whether you’re in a […]
AUSTIN — During a rambling press conference in the Texas Capitol, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed low-income Texans’ purchase of processed foods on a litany of health problems and launched into a string of unfounded claims about autism. Gov. Greg Abbott sat beside Kennedy at the event, which was […]
The new children’s book The Invisible Parade brings together two luminaries of science fiction and fantasy: San Antonio-based illustrator John Picacio, who’s won both the World Fantasy and Hugo Awards, and bestselling author Leigh Bardugo, the LA-based author of the Grishaverse novels. Released by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, The Invisible Parade follows a […]
A new iteration of Black Flag is stopping by San Antonio’s Paper Tiger this Friday — and this time, three of the four band members were born after the year 2000. Guitarist Greg Ginn, the only founding member who remains in the seminal LA-born quartet, has assembled the band of babies to back him as […]
After three years of North Side traffic headaches, the Texas Department of Transportation is finally set to open the long-awaited Loop 1604 flyover eastbound to I-10. The ramp will officially open at 5 p.m. this Thursday, according to TxDOT officials. “Are you ready for an easier commute?” the state agency tweeted Wednesday morning.