On Monday, the largest gas station in the world — a 75,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s arrayed with 120 fuel pumps — opened in Luling, about an hour northeast of San Antonio. The opening marks the first time since 2023 that the world’s largest gas station has been located in Texas. The title previously belonged to the Buc-ee’s […]
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, whose district spans a wide swath of South Texas, including part of San Antonio, offered an unconventional excuse for the close call he experienced in last month’s GOP runoff against YouTube gun influencer Brandon Herrera. Gonzales’ excuse? First, Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, which he represents, is really big.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Republican voters in Texas sent a strong message this primary season about their expectations for ideological purity, casting out 15 state House GOP incumbents who bucked the grassroots on issues like school vouchers […]
All aboard for a year of unlimited adventure! The San Antonio Zoo has rolled out a $25 pass that allows adults and children a year’s worth of unlimited rides on the C.W.T Express, a new diesel-style locomotive that carries on the park’s history of miniature train rides that have been a highlight for generations of […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s corruption trial will take place next year after Election Day, according to a court order Friday.
Originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises. During the seemingly endless slog that is summer in South Texas, the smell of cayenne pepper from the La Fiesta spice factory caustically mingles with engine exhaust, suspended and heavy in the suffocating […]
Come a little early and Pazzo Pastaria might appear like just another San Antonio mom-and-pop Italian eatery struggling to make it. On our first visit, around 5 p.m. on a Wednesday, the place was bare, save for a pair of diners at a small table in the corner.
San Antonio’s sole Central Market location will host a Texas-focused event June 5-18, highlighting hundreds of products straight from the Lone Star State. The Texas Behold ‘Em event will feature meats and cheeses, fresh wildflowers, snacks, sauces, wines and bakery favorites, all sourced right here in Texas, according to officials with grocer H-E-B, which operates […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas officials on Thursday rejected attempts by several major insurers for needy families to cancel a proposal that would drop them from the state Medicaid program and shake up the coverage of nearly […]
The Texas Republican Party has added language advocating for the state’s right to withdraw from the United States into its official platform, according to a press statement from the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM). On Friday, the Republican Party of Texas unveiled its official party platform for the 2024 general election. The document includes two policy […]