The lawsuit says the Trump administration illegally waived environmental laws to speed up the process to build border barriers in the Big Bend area. The post West Texas residents sue Trump administration over Big Bend border wall plans appeared first on San Antonio Current.
With family-friendly roots that date to 1951, Cornyation was devised by San Antonio Little Theatre director Bob Salek to lampoon Fiesta’s stuffiest tradition: the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo. For its debut at the Arneson River Theatre during A Night in Old San Antonio (NIOSA), comically named duchesses paraded ridiculous […]
Another homegrown burger joint is headed to downtown San Antonio. Lucky Patty Smash Burgers, a food truck with a classic menu, is making the big transition to a storefront this year in downtown’s Maverick Building, a recent state filing shows. Located at 600 N. Presa Street, the first Lucky Patty Smash Burgers restaurant will be […]
Fiesta Fiesta, the official kickoff to San Antonio’s annual citywide party, returned to Travis park on Thursday, bringing out plenty of revelers to celebrate the city’s culture and help raise money for local nonprofits. Here’s a look at all the festivities, including a parade of Fiesta royalty and people seriously dedicated to their medals and […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Ken Paxton is at it again. And as with most of the Texas attorney general’s greatest hits, this latest reeks of a man desperately flailing for attention. In case anyone missed it, Paxton — who’s facing a Republican primary runoff as he chases U.S. Sen. […]
The PAC was created the same day the Texas Democrat’s U.S. Senate campaign broke a fundraising record by hauling in $27 million over the first quarter. The post As Republican panic builds over James Talarico, operatives set up Stop Talarico PAC appeared first on San Antonio Current.
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. Last month, Meenu Batra, 53, who has lived in the South Texas border colonia of Laguna Heights since 2002, was on her way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work another case. […]
The City of San Antonio has confirmed that Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones could use $5 million that Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) owes the city over the NBA franchise’s failure to lure a Major League Soccer (MLS) team here to plug holes in the budget deficit. That confirmation from city spokesperson Brian Chasnoff comes after […]
City officials and at least one downtown business owner are calling San Antonio’s South Alamo Street construction debacle a learning experience after the project wrapped up Wednesday … 18 months behind schedule. “There were a lot of lessons learned,” Michael Shannon, director of the City of San Antonio’s Capital Delivery Department, told the Current. City […]
The ‘relaxed yet refined’ dining spot will offer a seasonally driven, seafood-focused menu, according to its owners. The post Coastal Mexican restaurant (a)mar. launching next month at the Pearl appeared first on San Antonio Current.