Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing backlash Monday over what critics are calling a poorly timed social media post in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Beryl made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast early Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. More than 1.5 million Texans are without power as of press time, according to […]
Sometimes it’s damn near impossible for people to let you live down your worst moment. Just ask U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Three years after taking a family vacation to balmy Cancun while Winter Storm Uri left his constituents shivering — and some even dying — in their homes, Texas’ junior senator just can’t seem to […]
A San Antonio Sonic employee died in a shooting Sunday night that police said occurred following an argument with a customer, KSAT reports. The incident happened around 9:40 p.m. at the Sonic on the 5500 block of Babcock Road near the Medical Center, according to the TV station. Police told KSAT the worker, a male […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. If the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a boxer, you’d bet on the other guy.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has scrapped her Friday, July 12, performance in San Antonio amid a string of other cancellations on her Ellen’s Last Stand… Up tour. San Antonio date has been removed from the Majestic Theatre’s website and tickets are no longer listed for sale via Ticketmaster. Majestic officials were unavailable for immediate comment Friday, but a […]
Upscale Dominion-area drinking spot Conversa Elevated is branching out into brunch. The new menu, built around Caribbean-fusion flavors, will be available Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to officials with Conserva, which opened in February. Chef Andreas Imhof, formerly of Star Fish and Restaurant Gwendolyn, created specialty items that blend traditional Caribbean meals with contemporary […]
The old adage that all publicity is good publicity certainly seems to be paying off for Chris Conde, a queer, Brooklyn-based rapper who started his career in San Antonio. Conde was the subject of a July 4 Rolling Stone profile based on how profoundly a video of his performance at a Pride event in Austria […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s water supply, according […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Republican state Representative Bryan Hughes’ bid to oust House Speaker Joe Straus back in 2012 was hampered by a glaring flaw.
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. In the over three years since Winter Storm Uri, there’s been far more attention paid to and media coverage of Texas’ oft-precarious electric grid.