Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A University of Texas at Austin student has sued the university, President Jay Hartzell and Vice President and Provost Sharon Wood, claiming that the university violated his First Amendment rights when he was […]
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro on Thursday released his third annual list of Latino films submitted for inclusion in the National Film Registry, among them favorites such as Blood In, Blood Out and Like Water for Chocolate. After soliciting recommendations earlier this summer, the San Antonio Democrat’s office says it received hundreds of suggestions through various […]
San Antonio lost a bit of soul recently. However, a local business owner is hoping the community can pull together to bring it back. After more than a decade in business, Alamo City home-cooking staple Mrs. Kitchen Soul Food Restaurant closed its doors due to financial hardships.
Iced-tea emporium HTeaO is once again expanding in the Alamo City, this time adding a location on Loop 1604 on the far West Side. Construction on the new store — HTeaO’s ninth in San Antonio — will begin in February with a projected completion date next August, according to records filed with Texas regulators. Construction […]
Texas leaders frequently trumpet the state as a great place to do business. However, a new study by a leading anti-poverty group finds that it’s among the nation’s worst places to earn a paycheck. The Lone Star State ranked 46th in Oxfam’s newest Best and Worst States to Work in the U.S. report, which tracks wages, […]
San Antonio Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez’s love of Nicki Minaj is well-documented, from his effusive posts on social media to his viral birthday wishes directed at the pop icon from council chambers. In response, McKee-Rodriguez even got an endorsement from the Queen of Rap herself. Now that the Trinidad-born rapper is performing her first-ever San Antonio show […]
VIA Metropolitan Transit’s plans for a rapid transit bus line connecting the city’s East and West sides is a step closer to reality after the transit authority’s trustees approved a new funding agreement with Bexar County. The deal signed Tuesday secures $102 million in revenue from VIA’s Advanced Transportation District (ATD) towards the transit authority’s […]
San Antonio residents have three more chances to weigh in on the city’s proposed 2025 budget, including two meetings scheduled for Thursday night. At the gatherings, City Manager Erik Walsh and other key staffers will share highlights from the proposed $3.96 billion budget, according to city officials. They’ll also answer questions and gather feedback.
Everything is bigger in Texas — including state police contracts for surveillance tech. In June, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed an acquisition plan for a 5-year, nearly $5.3 million contract for a controversial surveillance tool called Tangles from tech firm PenLink, according to records obtained by the Texas Observer through a public […]
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. Six years after Beto O’Rourke’s electrifying Senate campaign set the standard for Texas Democrats seeking statewide office, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is taking a completely different […]