Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is getting back into politics, this time as a senior advisor to embattled state House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan, R-Beaumont, announced the addition to his team Thursday.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, a moderate San Antonio Republican who has routinely spoken out against his own party, predicted Thursday that Republicans will lose control of the House in November, suggesting the GOP […]
Comedian Jo Koy’s mother has long been front-and-center in his work. The 53-year-old stand-up frequently weaves stories of her into his act, slipping into her voice and accent as he describes the challenges of growing up in a single-family Filipino American home.
San Antonio Asian comfort-food chain Ming’s has expanded its Midtown location by adding Ming’s Cafe, an adjoining concept for customers seeking quick, grab-and-go food items. The new cafe, located at the same 914 E Elmira St. address as the Midtown Ming’s, will make its debut with a soft opening this Friday. Ming’s has long been popular for […]
As public debate over a new ballpark for San Antonio’s minor-league baseball team heads into the home stretch, proponents’ frequent refrain is that it won’t cost taxpayers a thing. However, leading experts on publicly financed stadium construction tell the Current that the claim is misleading at best.
A pack of dogs attacked a woman and the vehicles of first responders Wednesday afternoon after escaping a yard in Southwest San Antonio, police records show. The 44-year-old woman was walking along West Southcross Boulevard near the intersection of Priscilla Street when “several dogs” broke from the yard of a home and bit her leg, […]
San Antonio mixed-media artist Sarah Fox combines whimsy and surrealism with a dash of outré explicitness in a new solo exhibition that opens this Friday. Consider it a potent, absinthe-like concoction — it tastes strong, and it goes to your head. You can see a bit of Cindy Sherman in Fox’s work, a bit of […]
The Kimpton Santo luxury hotel grabbed headlines early last week when it unveiled a slew of steep discounts to celebrate its San Antonio debut. It now appears some of those discounts were a little too good to be true — at least according to an updated press release the boutique hotel’s media liaison sent out Wednesday. […]
Yet another study of traffic statistics has ranked Texas as one of the worst states for drunk driving. This time, the Burbank, California-based Simmrin Law Group crunched the numbers and named the Lone State State as No. 2 in the nation for its drunk-driving problem. To create the rankings, researchers considered the number of drunk drivers […]
Barbarella, the popular nightclub in Austin’s Red River Cultural District, expanded into the Alamo City this spring. However, the SA satellite has shut its doors after just four months in business. The club made no announcement about the closure.