Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal appeals court Monday blocked West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler from enforcing a campus drag show ban, ruling that the performances are likely protected under the First Amendment. The 2-1 […]
Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent Monday night inside the capitol building, alone. Collier, who represents a district that includes part of Fort Worth, had refused to sign a permission slip allowing a Department of Public Safety officer to personally follow her around until the conclusion of the Texas Legislature’s second special session. House Speaker […]
Federal regulators are asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate Campaign to explain or return roughly $658,000 in political contributions that appear to violate federal law. The Aug. 17 letter from the Federal Election Commission gives the Ken Paxton for Senate campaign a little more than a month to justify five pages worth of second-quarter […]
A Texas federal judge will decide before Sept. 1 whether to block from taking effect a new state law requiring public schools to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Oral arguments in the case, Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, concluded on Monday, several weeks after 16 parents of various […]
San Antonio State Rep. Ray Lopez won’t seek a fifth term in the Texas Legislature next year, the Texas Tribune reports. The 75-year-old Democratic lawmaker won his first election to represent House District 125 in 2019 after serving four terms on San Antonio City Council. The district, which includes portions of West and Northwest San […]
Texas Democrats who returned to the House floor Monday are being required to sign “permission slips” and seek a personal Department of Public Safety escort just to leave the chambers, NBC News correspondent Ryan Chandler tweeted Monday afternoon. One democrat, State Rep. Nicole Collier of District 95 in Fort Worth, refused to sign the permission slip. […]
State health officials said Monday that Texas’ measles outbreak, which sickened 762 people and took the lives of at least two, is officially over. In a statement, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DSHS) said it’s been 42 days since officials recorded a new measles case, passing the threshold public health officials use […]
San Antonio’s new restaurant development is continuing its northward march with new Mexican dining spot replacing the former Rusty Taco on Bulverde Road, and an upstart bistro taking shape on TPC Parkway. The first concept, Tulum Mexican Cuisine, is slated to open sometime this fall at 17026 Bulverde Road, according to a sign posted above […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to obtain.
A showdown between first-term San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and longtime City Manager Erik Walsh appears to be shaping up as City Council prepares to meet Thursday to discuss plans for a new Spurs arena. Despite Walsh finalizing a non-binding term sheet with Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) on Sunday, Jones is still calling […]