Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Just 10 months ago, Todd Smith was preparing to stand trial, accused of soliciting exorbitant fees in exchange for state hemp licenses. Smith was a top political consultant for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid […]
San Antonio fast-food chain Burger Boy’s original location on the St. Mary’s Strip is temporarily closed after a blaze ripped through the building last Friday, according to company officials. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, our original location at 2323 N. St. Mary’s St. will be temporarily closed until further notice,” Burger Boy said in a social […]
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones — who spent significant political capital calling for a pause in talks to develop a downtown Spurs arena — still hasn’t said whether she’ll campaign against Bexar County’s proposal to raise the visitor tax to 2% to help pay for the proposed facility. The county vote is a critical one. If […]
Mere weeks after Trump Burger owner Roland Beainy was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal authorities confirmed that another partner in the Texas-based restaurant chain faces deportation, the Houston Chronicle reports. ICE agents detained Iyad Abu El Hawa, who founded Trump Burger forerunner Trump Cafe, on June 2, and he’s being held in a […]
As Texas Republicans forced through their redrawing of the state’s political maps at the behest of President Donald Trump, political experts predicted the move would ignite immediate court challenges. Turns out they were right. Hours after the Texas Senate rubber stamped a new U.S. House map designed to give the GOP five more seats, plaintiffs […]
District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur is drawing online laughs for praising a fictional former Spurs player in an email she sent constituents over the weekend. In the communique, Kaur thanked community members who spoke during Thursday’s marathon council meeting on a proposed downtown arena for the NBA team. She also assured voters the project limits […]
Outspoken San Antonio conservative Jack M. Finger made threats against transgender women at the state capitol last Friday during public testimony about the Texas Legislature’s so-called “bathroom bill,” Them magazine reports. Finger made the remarks at a committee hearing for Senate Bill 8, which would restrict use of bathrooms at government buildings, prisons and schools […]
Online critics skewered Gov. Greg Abbott for tweeting out a photo of his appearance at an event where he handed out money raised at a benefit concert for Texas Flood victims. The concert in question was the Strait to the Heart benefit organized by country singer George Strait and Estancia Estates Founder Tom Cusick. Missing from Abbott’s tweet is […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate early Saturday morning approved a new congressional map gerrymandered to maximize Republican representation, sending the plan to the governor’s desk after weeks of intense partisan clashing.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Shelley Hall, like any excited expecting parent, already had a name picked out for her daughter and had her sonograms posted on her fridge.