Hispanic students are underrepresented in the rollout of Texas’ school voucher program, while students previously enrolled in private school or homeschooled are overrepresented, state data released Monday shows. Meanwhile, in San Antonio, 64% of total applicants approved for the program hail from either Northside ISD or Northeast ISD, according to the new numbers from […]
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Guillermo Ramos remembers seeing few elected leaders who looked like him while he was growing up in the 1980s in Farmers Branch, a fast-growing affluent suburb northwest of Dallas. Over the years, Latino representation continued to lag, […]
If you’re looking for a live show you can sink your teeth into, be aware that chef, author and TV personality Alton Brown is coming to San Antonio this fall. The Food Network fixture will bring his An Evening of Alton Brown to the Majestic Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 12, for an evening of cooking […]
Three years ago, Texas lawmakers approved $1 billion in funding to usher in a new era of state park development. Since then, the state’s unveiled plans to double the size of Enchanted Rock State Park near San Antonio, and last month, it opened its first new North Texas state park in 25 years. Good news […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Sen. John Cornyn by three percentage points in a new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate Republican runoff, suggesting the May 26 contest will be narrowly decided absent a shakeup in the final weeks. The statewide survey, conducted by the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs, found Paxton garnering […]
Civil liberties groups filed a class-action lawsuit Monday to to prevent provisions of a controversial Texas law that empowers state and local law enforcement to arrest people they suspect of being in the country illegally — a duty traditionally reserved for federal officials. In their suit, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, ACLU and the […]
Foodies, prepare your appetites — San Antonio Flavor is nearly here. The annual event organized by the San Antonio Current celebrates the best of what the city’s food and drink scene has to offer. Tickets are still available in the advanced VIP and advanced general admission tiers, each offering guests full scope of all the […]
The last words Joshua Orta heard his childhood best friend utter were “I’m sorry.” Then Ruben Ray Martinez, a slender 23-year-old, slumped back in the driver’s seat. An officer had fired repeatedly through the open window, at least one bullet piercing Ruben’s heart. Josh, 25, saw officers in South Padre Island drag Ruben out of […]
A longtime court interpreter, who serves as Texas’ only official Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu interpreter, has been released from ICE custody after being detained for six weeks, her attorney confirmed. Batra, a single mother of four adult children who are U.S. citizens, was arrested March 17 by federal immigration officers at Valley International Airport in […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to the widely used abortion medication mifepristone, slamming the door on a court ruling from last Friday that threatened to close off the main way people in Texas and other states with abortion bans access the procedure. The order by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows those seeking […]