U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and 47 other congressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. condemning the Trump administration’s housing of pregnant migrant minors in Texas — a state where abortion is banned. In the letter, dated April 30, Castro and the others maintain that exclusively […]
Fast-growing breakfast chain Another Broken Egg Cafe will open its first San Antonio restaurant in spring of next year, state regulatory filings show. The company, which operates 100 stores nationwide, seven of them in Texas, will launch one of its casual daytime-only restaurants next spring at 11625 Bandera Road, Suite 105, according to the Texas […]
Last summer, Texas lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional map to add more GOP seats. The unusual mid-decade redistricting effort prompted some Republican lawmakers to dream even bigger. “When the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Louisiana v. Callais case that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional, Texas will take up redistricting again […]
Three San Antonio universities face elevated risk of being forced to merge or shut down as a perfect storm of economic problems gathers over the world of higher education, according to a new study. Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMUSA) are […]
The federal government’s plan to convert an East San Antonio warehouse into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center is on pause after multiple U.S. cities and states filed lawsuits halting similar plans in their backyards. The suits accuse the White House of moving ahead with plans to covert warehouse facilities nationwide into immigrant […]
Camp Mystic on Thursday said it has withdrawn its application for an operating license, a decision that means it will not reopen to campers this summer. The decision follows a grueling hearing earlier this week when Texas lawmakers pushed the family that runs the camp to consider if they were truly ready to reopen after […]
Late last year, the chain inked a 44-unit franchise deal that includes San Antonio, West Texas and the Coastal Bend. The post College Station-based Layne’s Chicken Fingers to open first San Antonio store this fall appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign sent a letter to federal regulators Wednesday saying it had refunded or reattributed nearly $100,000 in donations that violated federal campaign laws. The letter from Paxton campaign treasurer John Plishka comes in response to a March 25 request from the Federal Election Commission for the campaign to […]
San Antonio may have a chance to get in front of the looming artificial intelligence revolution, which threatens to upend economies worldwide, even as it ushers in major opportunities. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has been invited into the Mayors AI Forum, a group of 10 leaders of some of the world’s highest-profile cities, including London […]
San Antonio-based Gusto Group (Toro Kitchen + Bar, Cuishe Cocina Mexicana, Books: A Whiskey Society) has unveiled more details about SeaSpice, its forthcoming bar and restaurant concept on Broadway near the Pearl. Gusto Group CEO Gerardo de Anda told the Current he’s gearing up for a June opening for SeaSpice, which will be located at the […]