Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A bill that would let Texas law enforcement agencies keep unsubstantiated complaints against officers private is gaining momentum in the Texas Legislature.
Gov. Greg Abbott is making sure Democrats pay for fleeing the state to break quorum. Texas House Democrats are posting letters they received in the past 24 hours from the chamber’s Republican leadership stating that they owe thousands of dollars in fines for decamping to Illinois, Massachusetts and New York delay the passage of the […]
Now that the redrawing of Texas’ political maps to favor the GOP is all but a done deal, multiple San Antonio Republicans are eyeing runs for Congress, the Texas Tribune reports. Under the state’s new map, the newly created 35th Congressional District would include parts of the Alamo City along with outlying rural counties that […]
Legendary gospel and R&B vocalist Mavis Staples and jazz bassist extraordinaire Stanley Clarke are among the performers taking part in the 2025-26 season at San Antonio’s Carver Community Cultural Center. The center’s upcoming performance season, which gets underway Oct. 11, will include a total of 11 music, dance and theater artists ranging from dance troupes and […]
My whole life, people have made fun of me for my deep and abiding love of horror movies. When I was a kid trying to explain the plot of Evil Dead II to my family, they would not only question what kind of people come up with such disturbing ideas but what kind of kid […]
As longtime instructors in the metals department at UTSA Southwest, formerly the Southwest School of Art, Laura Quiñones and Alejandra Salinas Pérez have fostered the talents of many aspiring jewelry artists. While both maintain strong ties to the school’s community education program, they have teamed up to bridge a creative gap with Flame & Form […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Yes, we’re fully aware Danny Goeb — oops, we mean Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — was the subject of the Assclown Alert column just a few issues ago. Forgive us for bringing back Dandy Dan so quickly for a return engagement, but it appears the […]
San Antonio City Council voted 7-4 Thursday in favor of moving forward with a term sheet negotiated between City Manager Erik Walsh and Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) that lays out financing for a new downtown Spurs arena. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, District 6 Councilman Ric Galvan, District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo and Interim District […]
Name: Ohio Crawford Job: Backyard on Broadway co-owner, Dibs Mixers founder Big Impact: Air Force veteran Ohio Crawford has quietly put his stamp on San Antonio, sprucing up Backyard on Broadway into the family-friendly space it is today and hawking Dibs Mixers, his own brand of cocktail syrups now used by multiple area bars.