Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group, has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block a new Texas law that would require platforms like Instagram and Facebook […]
Alt-rock band Soul Asylum is playing Paper Tiger this Wednesday. The band is best kno
San Antonio ISD will hold public meetings over the next two weeks to offer updates on its repurposing of recently closed campuses and seek public input on how to best reuse them. The first of seven meetings will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Jefferson High School, 723 Donaldson Ave. The gatherings will run […]
The Quarry Hofbrau & Beer Garden is now renovating its nearly 100-year-old building, according to a Facebook post from the restaurant’s management. The Quarry Hofbrau operates in the Alamo Cement Co.’s former laboratory, originally built in 1927.
After fewer than three weeks in business, doom metal bar Torche is already shutting down over what its owners say is an unresolvable zoning issue. Code-enforcement officials reached out to the property owner right after the bar opened Aug. 1, saying it wasn’t properly zoned to have live music on its outdoor patio, co-owner Bubba Solis […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — On May 17, with just one week to go until the end of the school year, the superintendent of the South Texas Mission school district received an email with a list […]
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. When I talked to Amanda Zurawski in early August, she had just finished: a Women For Harris call for Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris; a speaking […]
The San Antonio Police Department fired an officer for his failure to pat down a 19-year-old suspect who shot and killed himself last year at the Bexar County Jail, KSAT reports. Officer Abdiel Munoz lost his job July 29 following an internal affairs probe, according to the TV station. Investigators found that Munoz neglected his […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s latest lawsuit against an immigrants’ rights organization claims the Houston group violated federal rules that govern nonprofits’ political involvement by criticizing former President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Greg […]
Austin police suspect a serial killer is on the loose in that city. And no, it’s not the purported “Rainey Street Ripper” that’s been the source of much online speculation. Instead, this suspect may have sexually assaulted and killed two Central Texas women over the past five years, according to the Austin Police Department.