San Antonio-based grocer H-E-B has begun a $15.6 million renovation of its Las Palmas store on San Antonio’s West Side. The upgrades to the 44-year-old store at 721 Castroville Road will include a modernized storefront and a new layout designed to expand product selection while improving the shopping experience, company officials said Monday. The upgraded […]
This week, San Antonio’s live music calendar is offering up guitar heroes, country rebels and a tribute act that lives up to its name. From blues legends Buddy Guy and Gary Clark Jr. to queer country trailblazer Sam Williams and hometown headbangers System of a Brown, let’s run down some shows worth leaving the house […]
An advocacy group is seeking a new federal appeals court hearing in its effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, a longstanding state law that allowed some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. This summer, a three-judge panel of the5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled advocacy groups, Austin Community […]
Jorge Borrego, a Republican running to represent San Antonio’s Texas House District 118, is learning an important lesson about the internet: old tweets never really disappear — especially ones that repeatedly mention cocaine. On Monday, a series of 2013 tweets from the conservative office seeker’s account on X, then known as Twitter, began recirculating online, including […]
The governing body of San Antonio’s powerful fire union earlier this month voted unanimously to censure department Chief Valerie Frausto over discipline and contract issues, KSAT reports, citing details from the resolution. The International Association of Firefighters Local 624 — commonly known as the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association — voted to approve the measure during the […]
More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state’s Voter Suspense list ahead of the fall’s contentious midterm elections. That’s more than 6% of the state’s total 18 million registered voters, according to the Dallas Morning News — and many many not even know their voter registration status is suspended. However, there’s still time for […]
Social media platform X has flagged a graphic posted by U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton to outline his campaign’s plan to regulate data centers, saying the image is likely the product of artificial intelligence. On Monday, Paxton — Texas’ Republican attorney general — released a vague four-point plan to tackle Texans’ concerns about the rise of […]
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday pledged to ban Chinese technology from U.S. data centers and hold companies criminally liable if their data centers power AI chatbots that endanger children if elected to the Senate. His data center platform stakes out his position on what has become a flashpoint in Texas’ U.S. Senate race […]
Tejano singer-turned-South Texas U.S. congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is trying to walk a fine line. Indeed, during his concert and political rally Saturday night in the South Texas town of Beeville, the Democratic candidate was careful to distance himself from the larger party, and the response from the crowd suggests his approach just might send […]
Gov. Greg Abbott has asked a federal judge to reject Minnesota’s effort to force the extradition of an immigration officer arrested in Texas, saying he has “serious concerns” whether the officer is actually a fugitive from justice. Abbott said state officials are still investigating whether Christian Castro, who is being held in Cameron County Jail, […]