A longtime Broadway landmark and a piece of San Antonio culinary history is in a developer’s crosshairs. San Antonio-based real-estate company GrayStreet Partners wants to tear down the Pig Stand diner along with other Lower Broadway properties it now owns, the San Antonio Business Journal reports, citing city documents. GrayStreet filed with the city’s Office […]
Critics are accusing some City Council members of housing discrimination after shooting down a proposed low-income apartment complex in an affluent Northeast San Antonio neighborhood on Thursday. In a lengthy tweet, Democratic State Rep. Diego Bernal wrote that the difference between what council did during its Zoning and Land Use Session and redlining — the […]
Country music icon and San Antonio native George Strait will perform at a military gala being held in the Alamo City on Oct. 3, according to the event’s organizers. The show will mark the singer’s first time performing in the Lone Star State since his record-breaking concert at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field early this summer. […]
Two key supporters of the San Antonio Philharmonic during its rise from the ashes of the now-defunct San Antonio Symphony have sued the orchestra, demanding it repay what court documents characterized as $180,000 in loans. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Bexar County District Court by married couple and major Philharmonic donors David Wood and Colette […]
The San Antonio Zoo is ushering in the spooky season with the fur-raising fun of its annual Zoo Boo! event.
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For the first time in their hotly contested campaign, a poll shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, trailing challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. The Morning Consult poll, conducted between Sept. 9 and 18, places Allred — a moderate North Texas Democrat — a point ahead of Cruz with likely voters, 45% to 44%. Allred’s lead […]
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. WASHINGTON — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff heads to Texas next week to headline a San Antonio rally Monday for Texas Democrats.
Following Nicki Minaj’s Wednesday concert in San Antonio — the rapper’s first-ever show here — she tweeted that the Frost Bank Center crowd was one of the best she’s ever had. “San Antonio, TEXAS was one of the best crowds of ALLLLLLLLL time and that’s including every tour I’ve ever been apart of for my […]
City Council on Thursday unanimously approved San Antonio’s $3.96 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal cycle — a 5.8% increase over 2024’s record budget. Even so, Thursday’s approved budget includes $23.6 million in cuts to some city services. The drawbacks come as staff predicts that expenses will outpace property tax revenue growth.