San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community is celebrating 50 years of Pride in the Alamo City. To commemorate the kick-off of Pride month and this half-century milestone, San Antonio City Hall raised a rainbow flag Monday morning for the fifth year in a row. Though Pride month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, the […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that his office has sued the City of Denton to block plans for gender-neutral changing rooms during a private Pride swim party at a public pool. In a joint statement, PRIDENTON and OUTreach Denton said the lawsuit was unnecessary because the LGBTQ+ groups had already changed plans and removed […]
June marks both Men’s Health Month and Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, a timely backdrop as San Antonio families head into a summer season that can bring more strain than rest. With kids out of school, stress, anxiety and social isolation tend to spike, especially among young families navigating pregnancy and postpartum life, according to […]
A widely followed dog of Instagram who accurately predicted that the outcome of the NBA Western Conference Finals has a new prediction — and it’s one Spurs fans are going to like. This week, the “clairvoyant” corgi known as Steph Furry predicted the Silver and Black will beat the New York Knicks in 7 games […]
As a state-ordered audit of the contest continues, Democratic Bexar County District Attorney candidate Jane Davis still hasn’t conceded the runoff to opponent Luz Elena Chapa. On Tuesday, Bexar County Elections Department staff counted a total of roughly 700 provisional ballots and late mail-in ballots, or those mailed by Election Day but arriving sometime after, […]
Herrera, known as the ‘AK Guy’ is the Republican nominee for Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, which includes San Antonio and a large swath of South Texas. The post Watchdog accuses Brandon Herrera’s congressional campaign of breaking campaign finance law appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Atlas shrugged and Jesus wept. A center dedicated to Russian-born libertarian thinker Ayn Rand appears to be in the planning stages in Austin. The Ayn Rand Museum and Archives Foundation, an arm of the California-based Ayn Rand Institute, plans to build a new center dedicated to the writer and philosopher near the University of Texas […]
After a torrent of bad press, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has turned to a San Antonio realtor known for making social media videos to help with damage control and bolster her public image. Realtor MarkAnthony Ball revealed Monday on LinkedIn that he’s joining Jones’ communications team. Although he didn’t mention his specific role, Ball said […]
Cristina Martinez founded Very That in 2013, creating fun homewares, accessories and gifts that celebrate San Antonio Latina culture. From coffee mugs emblazoned with “Support local chismosas” and tumblers designed to resemble Aqua Net hairspray cans to coasters featuring images of Bad Bunny and Juan Gabriel, kitchenwares have long been a part of Martinez’s self-dubbed […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. Heading into what is expected to be one of the most favorable cycles for Democrats in Texas in nearly a decade, the statewide Republican ticket retains two key anchors, Governor […]