Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — In the 2024 election, Hispanic voters fled their traditional Democratic Party roots, casting their ballots for Republican Donald Trump at historic rates in areas long seen as Democratic strongholds, like South […]
Despite rescheduling a City Council meeting about a controversial Project Marvel economic impact study, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones late Sunday told Current the public will be able to comment on the analysis, which was released last week. During a Friday press conference in front of City Hall, community watchdog group COPS/Metro blasted Jones for moving council’s discussion […]
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on the San Antonio Aquarium to release a giant Pacific octopus housed that grabbed national headlines last week after it allegedly attacked a 6-year-old boy, leaving a string of bruises up his arm. “This slimy facility’s exploitative encounters are a recipe for disaster, as […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In June 1870, 13 Texas senators walked out of the Capitol to block a bill giving the governor wartime powers, depriving the upper chamber of the two-thirds quorum required for voting.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), working in conjunction with other local and federal law-enforcement agencies, arrested San Antonio-area man Nathan James Henderson on accusations that he collected explosive components and planned to carry out a racist attack. Authorities took the 39-year-old Henderson into custody roughly three weeks ago. However, BCSO officials didn’t reveal details […]
Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to begin the legal process of removing Texas House Democrats from office if they don’t return to Austin by 3 p.m. Monday for a scheduled vote on controversial plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps. In a Sunday tweet, Abbott also suggested that House Democrats who accept donations to cover the […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five new Republican districts next year over protests from Democrats that the proposal would suppress the votes of people […]
San Antonio boba fans soon will have another spot to get their fix. California-based chain It’s Boba Time will open its first San Antonio location at 1201 N. Loop 1604 West #117 in the Vineyard Shopping Center this Wednesday, according to company officials.
An Alamo City mom maintains that a giant Pacific octopus attached her 6-year-old son on a visit earlier this month to the controversial San Antonio Aquarium. The alleged attack took place July 14 when mother Britney Taryn visited the Leon Valley aquarium with her son Leo. In a TikTok video, the mother said she and […]
During an impassioned Friday afternoon press conference, community watchdog group COPS/Metro lambasted San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones for cancelling a public comment session on the new Project Marvel economic impact study. Initially, the public comment session was scheduled for Thursday’s City Council meeting. However, Jones cancelled the session shortly after Wednesday’s release of the […]