Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUBBOCK — Plans to expand the oldest wildlife refuge in Texas have been scrapped in favor of President Donald Trump’s effort to “unleash American energy.”
San Antonio’s Magik Theatre, which has entertained youth audiences for more than three decades, is asking for financial help to offset a drop in ticket sales from a pending closure for renovations along with the ongoing effects of the city’s long-delayed South Alamo Street construction project. The nonprofit arts group has launched a new fundraising campaign, […]
Texas residents must earn nearly six figures annually to comfortably afford an average home, according to a new study by Austin-based home-buying website Realtor.com. Realtor.com researchers determined the size of paycheck a person needs to take home to afford a home in all 50 states by calculating each’s “affordability gap.” The gap is the difference between […]
With the Texas House’s quorum break now in its second week, Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, is ramping up the GOP’s intimidation tactics to force Democrats back to the capitol for a vote on redistricting. Burrows said Monday that Department of Public Safety officers have been dispatched to the homes of Democratic lawmakers throughout Texas — […]
In a shakeup at The Rim shopping complex, restaurant-bar concepts The General Public and Bowl & Barrel have both closed without warning. The locations’ parent company, Dallas-based FreeRange Concepts, announced their departures via a since-deleted Instagram story, CultureMap San Antonio reports. They were located side by side at 17619 La Cantera Parkway #102.
Nine Texas Democrats walked out of the State Senate chamber Tuesday to protest debate on the state GOP’s redistricting plan, which could give the party five extra congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Even so, the maneuver was symbolic, since the Dems were one member short from blocking the vote. State Sens. Judith Zaffrini, D-Laredo, […]
Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting push isn’t popular with the state’s likely midterm voters, a poll released Monday shows. Indeed, the survey of 1,921 likely midterm voters found that 62% oppose allowing the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature to redraw the state’s political maps, with 51% saying they strongly oppose. Meanwhile, just 31% of respondents support letting state lawmakers […]
Although it’s tempting to stay indoors right now to beat the heat, SA music fans may want to sweat a little given the strength of this week’s bills featuring talented touring and local acts. Let’s take a look.
No. 2 draft pick Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs will take on No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday, Oct. 22, for both teams’ season-opening game, NBA officials said Tuesday. The historic matchup will mark only the second time since 1966 that the top two picks in the same draft […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in another escalation in Republicans’ broader effort to put an end to Texas Democrats’ […]