Colombian reggaeton and pop superstar Karol G is bringing her latest tour to the Alamodome on Wednesday. But if you didn’t score tickets, don’t fret: there are plenty of other live music options for San Antonio music fans — from a package funk tour to local pop to “rave metal.” Let’s take a look. Wednesday, Sept. […]
Esaul and Grecia Ramos won Monday night’s season finale on the competition show, beating out eight other barbecue joints from around the U.S. The post Couple behind San Antonio’s 2M Smokehouse wins Food Network barbecue competition Pitmasters appeared first on San Antonio Current.
President Donald Trump attended a Republican National Committee (RNC) fundraiser in Houston last week that was touted as a lifeline for Ken Paxton’s struggling U.S. Senate campaign. But the Wall Street Journal reports that last Thursday’s event is far from a fundraising slam-dunk for Texas’ Republican attorney general as he aims for the upper chamber. […]
When the state’s new fiscal year begins on Tuesday, Texas hospitals expect to lose $27 million a day in additional Medicaid funding. The shortfall is the result of a decision by the Trump administration to withhold approval from Texas for about $9.8 billion in the next year from three programs, the bulk of which affects […]
Some 2,000 CPS Energy customers remain without electricity as of noon Monday, and some may not have power until Tuesday night, CPS Energy Interim CEO Frank Almaraz said during a press conference. The latest update from the city-owned utility comes after a severe thunderstorm tore through the San Antonio area on Friday evening, cutting off […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. Last Wednesday morning, I welcomed students back into my high school library. Perhaps they were trying to escape the sweltering August heat, but regardless of why they walked in, the […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. If Christian nationalist preacher Lance Wallnau ever tires of pretending Donald Trump is carrying out God’s personal to-do list, there’s always work waiting for him at an IMAX. Because nobody projects quite like this guy. During a recent appearance on the pro-Trump religious TV program […]
Someone recently tagged a campaign sign for a Republican Texas senator with the graffiti message “GOP loves Pedos.” Texas Sen. Pete Flores, who represents District 24 just north of San Antonio, called out the “vandalism and extremism of the hooligans” in a Sunday night Facebook post that included a photo of the defaced sign. He […]
The federal government has extended its pause on construction of border barriers at Big Bend National Park to Sept. 30, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez. Monday’s extension comes after a San Antonio federal judge last week granted a temporary restraining order blocking the White House from building barriers inside the beloved West Texas parkland. […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has picked one of the companies behind Florida’s infamous Alligator Alcatraz detention camp to operate the agency’s massive detention warehouse planned on San Antonio’s East Side, the Express-News reports. The federal agency awarded the $17.3 billion contract to private prison company GardaWorld Federal Services, the paper reports, citing federal documents. […]