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Nine out of 10 Texans say housing costs too much, poll finds

Written by on 8 August 2024

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An overwhelming majority of Texans say the state has a housing affordability crisis, according to a poll released Thursday — the latest sign of the growing pressure Texas’ high housing costs have put […]

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Assclown Alert: Railing against sin with recently arrested North Texas pastor Terren L. Dames

Written by on 7 August 2024

Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. As senior pastor at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship, Terren L. Dames has directed fiery rhetoric at transgender people and Christians who support them, using a 2022 sermon to claim they “spit in God’s face.” “We so-called ‘Christians’ who stand up and condone this evil immorality, […]

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San Antonio Democrat chastised for changing her name has used it professionally since 2015

Written by on 7 August 2024

Texas House candidate Kristian Carranza, a Democrat whom the Bexar County GOP accused of changing her name to woo Hispanic voters, has used that same surname in professional settings since at least 2015, according to former colleagues. The controversy surrounding the Carranza’s last name made headlines Tuesday after county GOP Chairwoman Kris Coons told reporters during […]

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Fired San Antonio poet laureate sues the city over his removal

Written by on 7 August 2024

Celebrated Chicano writer Nephtalí De León has sued the City of San Antonio and the director of its Arts & Culture Department, alleging they violated his free speech rights by firing him as poet laureate. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, comes after city officials removed De León last summer for sharing […]

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