After months of warning that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would be disastrous as the Republican nominee for the state’s U.S. Senate race, Republican groups are scrubbing online comments and pretending they always liked him. The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC), which supported incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the primary, spent the past year […]
This story was originally published by OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. Several dark money groups tied to the same Republican operative have funneled millions of dollars into Texans for a Conservative Majority, a super PAC that spent heavily to boost U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and attack his Republican rivals […]
Roughly a year ago, Jasper St. James had a lightbulb moment that nicely illustrates the Beyoncé-approved proverb, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” St. James, a certified sex educator and founding member of the burlesque troupe the Pastie Pops, had just learned he was losing his job because his longtime employer Sexology Institute was […]
The agency carrying out Trump’s mass-deportation raids wants to lease 66,000 more square feet of office space in SA, records show. The post ICE looking for more San Antonio office space as immigration crackdown continues appeared first on San Antonio Current.
EstrellaTV is now broadcasting on KYVV (Channel 10), and company officials tout its fast-growing audience among adults 18-49. The post New full-power Spanish-language TV network launches in San Antonio appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The event also serves as a book launch for renowned author Carmen Tafolla’s The Donkey Lady: A Graphic Parable. The post Panel discussion will examine San Antonio’s complicated Donkey Lady legend appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Bexar County Manager David Smith said Wednesday that it was nearly impossible for Commissioners Court to foresee the county’s looming $145 million budget deficit. “We really had no idea,” Smith told the Current. “ We’re not the only ones scrambling.” Smith’s comments came after outgoing Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai’s final State of the County […]
This donkey can kick. Things are already getting as spicy as a habañero between State Rep. James Talarico, Texas’ Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, and national figures in the Republican party. And national Democrats are rushing to their candidate’s aid armed with a bushelful of expletives. Following Tuesday’s punishing Republican primary runoff to determine Talarico’s opponent […]
Despite the major roadblocks it faced, many scholars consider Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’avventura (1960) one of the greatest films ever made. San Antonio film buffs can see what the fuss is all about this week during a big-screen showing of the classic as party of Texas Public Radio’s Cinema Tuesdays series. Conceived as a love triangle […]
Union activist and San Antonio ISD teacher Adrian Reyna won Tuesday’s Democratic runoff for Texas House District 125, blowing away former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela. With 100% of the districts reporting on Wednesday morning, Reyna won 80% of the vote. Reyna ran on a platform of working class issues, including housing, […]