While East Texas areas are struggling with a chronic lack of care, hope is being seen in the South and West. The post The number of child care deserts in Texas is growing appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The resurrected Fiesta music event La Semana Alegre opened Thursday night with a bill comprised of ’80s acts A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, Bow Wow Wow and Tommy Tutone along with SA favorites Girl in Coma, Joe “King” Carrasco, Mypolitis and more. Here’s everyone we caught bopping along to “I Ran (So Far […]
An Egyptian family that’s been detained at Dilley’s South Texas Immigration Processing Center is set to be released after 10 months in detention. Attorneys for the six detained members of the El Gamal family confirmed the news via Twitter, after successfully arguing their third habeas petition in San Antonio on Thursday. “The Court has ordered […]
The Department of the Air Force has selected Joint Base-San Antonio as the site of a nuclear microreactor as part of a pilot program that aims to provide the military with stable power supplies. However, experts caution that even “advanced reactors” like this come with their own risks. The San Antonio base was one of […]
People often praise San Antonio’s affordability, but that doesn’t necessarily apply to rental prices here. The Alamo City came in No. 110 out of 182 U.S. cities in terms of rent affordability in a new analysis from personal finance company WalletHub. That means our rents in our city now rank as less affordable than those […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. When President Donald Trump asked Texas leaders to redraw the map to help Republicans maintain their slim House majority ahead of the midterms, Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t just drink the gerrymandering Kool-Aid. He quaffed the whole damn pitcher. And in doing so, he helped set […]
Texas GOP congressional candidate Zeke Enriquez bet on the outcome of his own election on Kalshi, the prediction market said in a press release Wednesday, marking the latest sign of the industry’s newfound prevalence in the state’s politics. Enriquez, who finished 11th in the Republican primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional District with 1.4% of the […]
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ deputy chief of staff, Pat Wallace, is heading into retirement after just seven months on the job, the mayor’s office confirmed Wednesday. Wallace is now the sixth person to resign from work in Jones’ office in less than a year. Her last day will be May 1. Before going […]
A new poll this week from Latino-led voter engagement organization Somos Votantes shows Latino voters in Texas trending sharply towards Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gina Hinojosa leads Republican Gov. Greg Abbott by 19 points among Latino voters, while Democrat James Talarico is ahead of incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn by […]
The ’90s-era British rock act and its openers delivered strong sets for an enthusiastic San Antonio crowd. The post Everything we saw as Gavin Rossdale and Bush rocked the Boeing Center appeared first on San Antonio Current.