San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has hoisted a white flag in her controversial battle to change the process under which City Council members bring up policy proposals for a vote. At least, for now. In a Thursday memo to City Manager Erik Walsh, Jones wrote that after receiving critical feedback from colleagues, City Council […]
A growing number of signs suggest Trump’s tariff tantrums and mass deportation roundups are delivering a bruising one-two punch to the Texas economy. Numbers released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas show the Lone Star State faces slipping job growth, declining construction starts and rising inflation. All signs its economic engine is sputtering.
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Texas House Democrats are edging closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that’s blocked Gov. Greg Abbott and his Republican allies from redrawing the state’s congressional maps to favor the GOP in the 2026 midterms, the Associated Press reports. In a statement provided to the AP, the Democrats said they’ll return to the state once […]
San Antonio has asked its police and fire departments along with Animal Care Services to cut their spending by 1% over the next two years to help cover the city’s pending $172.62 million budget deficit, City Manager Erik Walsh told City Council Thursday. Even so, the budget cuts being asked of various city departments aren’t […]
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is blaming racism and sexism for an online death threat directed at her this week. In an interview with the Express-News, Jones said the reported threat, made in an X group chat called “Spurs Familia,” illustrates the challenges faced by women of color in positions of power. “If you’re […]
Pour out a Hurricane drink for San Antonio’s Pat O’Brien’s. The Alamo Plaza location of the famed New Orleans bar will close Aug. 31, KSAT reports, citing a statement from company owner Cory Neal. Neal said the bar, a downtown fixture for 22 years, succumbed to a potent cocktail of post-COVID challenges, including rising business […]
A South Texas District Attorney who wrongly charged a woman with murder after her self-induced miscarriage paid for his mistress to have an abortion in the ’90s, the Houston Chronicle reports, citing accusations in federal court records. Three years ago, Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez made national headlines by charging 26-year-old Lizelle Gonzalez with […]
Hollywood A-lister Austin Butler served up drinks at an Austin watering hole Wednesday night after an advance screening of his new film Caught Stealing. Viral videos showed the Elvis star taking drink orders — and mastering the art of eye contact — from behind the bar at Dirty Bill’s off of West 6th Street. Earlier […]
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Texas’ top election official has received a U.S. Justice Department request for access to the state’s list of registered voters, another in a series of letters going out to states demanding information about voter rolls and election […]