Texas House candidate Kristian Carranza, a Democrat whom the Bexar County GOP accused of changing her name to woo Hispanic voters, has used that same surname in professional settings since at least 2015, according to former colleagues. The controversy surrounding the Carranza’s last name made headlines Tuesday after county GOP Chairwoman Kris Coons told reporters during […]
Celebrated Chicano writer Nephtalí De León has sued the City of San Antonio and the director of its Arts & Culture Department, alleging they violated his free speech rights by firing him as poet laureate. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, comes after city officials removed De León last summer for sharing […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The $43 million infusion the Port Arthur Independent School District received in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds accomplished more than Phyllis Geans could have ever imagined.
In 1962, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers Association, organizing agricultural workers to demand fair wages, legitimate contracts and improvements to the working and living conditions in California’s agribusiness centers. This push became a tidal wave that galvanized Mexican Americans across the country, coalescing in the Chicano Movement. Chicano art emerged […]
Editor’s note: Cityscrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. I’m thrilled that the city of San Antonio, Bexar County and the Missions are working together to advance our center city transformation efforts and spur continued development in the downtown region.
Paper Tiger will host a concert by acclaimed post-metal supergroup SUMAC this Wednesday. Austin black metal band Portrayal of Guilt and Portland-based dark electronic-noise Trigger Object will open the night. SUMAC’s three members hail from some of North America’s best-regarded outfits of adventurous, heavy rock. Vocalist and guitarist Aaron Turner formerly played in lauded post-metal band ISIS, which […]
San Antonio’s tourism-promotion group is coughing up $270,000 for the coveted Michelin Guide to include Alamo City restaurants in its annual rankings. Last month, French tire company Michelin — publisher of one of the world’s most-esteemed series of restaurant and hotel guidebooks — announced it will release its first-ever Michelin Guide Texas.
The Texas Department of Transportation apparently developed its “Talk. Text. Crash.” campaign for good reason: roughly 500 people in the Lone Star State died due to distracted driving in 2022.
San Antonio-based financial services giant USAA will pay out $64.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing its bank of overcharging service members and veterans on fees and rates in addition to enrolling them in products they didn’t want, the Express-News reports. The class involved in the suit numbers about 210,000 people, and the settlement, […]
Bexar County GOP officials said they may file a lawsuit against Texas House District 118 candidate Kristian Carranza, a Democrat, alleging that she changed her last name from Thompson to appeal to voters on the city’s largely Latino South Side. Carranza is running against Republican incumbent Texas Rep. John Lujan, who’s represented the district since […]