Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, continued his swing through Texas on Tuesday accompanied by former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke, who teamed up with the second gentleman to raise at least […]
San Antonio-based insurance and banking giant USAA has shown more employees the door. Officials with USAA, one of the city’s largest employers, confirmed the job cuts Wednesday but declined to say how many people were affected. The layoff follows a separate one in April, which cut 220 positions.
CPS Energy’s J.K. Spruce coal plant is among the nation’s 50 worst-polluting industrial sites, having emitted 7 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, according to a new study based on federal data. Together, those 50 facilities generated 471.8 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 — more than the total output of […]
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro on Tuesday released his annual list of songs, albums and recordings by Latino voices he nominated for preservation in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. As with prior lists, the San Antonio Democrat included multiple releases by South Texas artists, including Tejano queen Selena, Tex-Mex rocker Freddy Fender and SA-based country singer […]
Dallas-based restaurant chain Haywire is opening a location at San Antonio’s La Cantera this fall, offering locally sourced ingredients, a Texas-proud menu and an immersive dining experience. Though officials did not specify an opening date, the location will be open sometime in the next couple of months. The restaurant at 15900 La Cantera Parkway will […]
District 9 City Councilman John Courage appears to have an early lead in the race to replace termed-out San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. That is, if one can be said to leading with the support of just 9% of Bexar County’s registered voters. That’s the share who plan to vote for Courage in May’s mayoral election, […]
Just when folks start hanging spider decor around their house for spooky season, the Witte Museum is installing its own arachnid accoutrement. The museum’s latest exhibition, Spiders — From Fear to Fascination debuts in the Kathleen and Curtis Gunn Gallery on Saturday, Sept. 28, and it aims to debunk myths surrounding these misunderstood members of […]
San Antonio’s embattled Animal Care Services department will no longer delete negative comments from its social media pages, the City Attorney’s Office said this week. The decision comes a week after free-speech watchdog the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) sent a letter to ACS accused it of violating the First Amendment. As a government […]
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar will hold a San Antonio rally next Monday to energize working class voters around a progressive agenda ahead of the November election. The event at north-of-downtown music venue Paper Tiger is one of three the progressive lawmakers scheduled for early next week along the I-35 corridor. […]
San Antonio burger joint Mark’s Outing soon will offer after-hours service for drive-up customers. Rather than the standard drive-through experience of ordering at an intercom and pulling up to a window, the eatery near St. Paul Square will offer an old-school carhop approach in which servers come to customers’ vehicles to take orders, the Express-News reports. […]