The 2024 election, a dispute over airport terminals and the arrival of a new burger chain were all among the Current’s most-read news for the week. Our top story concerned a federal judge rejecting Southwest Airlines’ effort to get a temporary restraining order that would have stopped San Antonio from entering a new 10-year lease agreement […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s ruling that said part of a Texas law that enacted new voting restrictions was unconstitutional by being too vague […]
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. Monday, Oct. 7, is the deadline in Texas to register to vote to be able to participate in the 2024 general election, where voters will cast […]
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 and X. Gov. Greg Abbott is, once again, using the border to test the bounds of his authority.
The cheeseburgers at San Antonio’s Mr. Juicy have earned the respect of Yelp’s top-ranked reviewers. A new listing of the nation’s 20 best cheeseburgers complied by Yelp Elites placed chef Andrew Weissman’s burger biz at No. 14 on the list of 20. Houston’s Pappas Burgers, the only other Texas spot to land on the list, […]
The San Antonio Zoo on Friday unveiled its expanded savanna exhibit, which, among other things, features a $1,400-a-night lodging option. Located within the new Naylor Savanna exhibit, the Spekboom Lodge will allow guests to sleep overnight in the zoological park among giraffes, rhinos and zebras that call the exhibit home. The lodge features a king bed and […]
The closely watched race for Texas House District 118 – which includes parts of San Antonio’s South and East Sides – is getting even hotter. Democrat challenger Kristian Carranza has released a new attack ad targeting Republican incumbent Texas Rep. John Lujan’s recent comments about sexual assault and abortion. For those needing a refresher, Lujan […]
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is taking a play from Vice President Kamala Harris’ playbook and roping in high-profile Republicans to support his bid to unseat Ted Cruz, Texas’ junior Republican senator. In a tweet, the North Texas Democrat announced he’d formed Republicans for Allred with former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger serving as co-chair. The tweet […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Democrats are closing the gap in their uphill campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, with polls showing improvement for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and national Democrats’ spending in the […]
Texans vented Friday morning on social media after being jolted awake by an early morning “Blue Alert” about a purported criminal incident in the Panhandle. Shortly before 5 a.m., Texas officials blasted out a bulletin to cell phones statewide that came with a full-volume alarm. The warnings, dubbed “Blue Alerts,” were created in 2008 to […]