Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas education officials and Republican lawmakers say proposed elementary school lessons that incorporate extensive biblical references will boost student achievement and save teachers time from developing their own curriculum.
Travis County District Attorney José Garza said Tuesday that he’ll ask Texas’ top criminal court to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial pardon of a man convicted of murder in the 2020 shooting of a Black Lives Matter protester, the Texas Tribune reports. Last month, Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles […]
Democratic members of San Antonio’s congressional delegation joined immigrant-rights groups in railing against President Joe Biden’s Tuesday executive order, which places daily caps on asylum requests at official points of entry. Under political pressure to tighten immigration restrictions amid a surge in border crossings, Biden issued an order that temporarily halts asylum requests once the average […]
During Tuesday’s discussion on the fate of horse-drawn carriages on downtown streets, City Council members questioned comments from a man who identified himself as the “veterinarian for the City of San Antonio” and suggested horses are immune to health risks from car emissions. In response to a presentation by Dr. Ben Espy, both District 2 Councilman […]
North Central San Antonio nightspot Wetmore City Limits, which closed in February, is now getting a makeover and will reopen this summer as Wetmore Beach House, according to social media posts from its owners. The 20-year-old watering hole at 12329 Wetmore Road is expected to begin serving again once renovations wrap up in August, the […]
Charles González, a San Antonio native, who together with his father, Henry B. González, represented Texas’ 20th congressional district for more than 50 years, said he knew the exact moment he would retire. It was when he witnessed the rise of Tea Party Republicans in the wake of the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Staycation staple JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa is fewer than two weeks away from adding wood-fired, Neapolitan-style pizza to its roster of dining experiences, resort officials said Monday. JW Marriott teased plans for its Fiamme Pizzeria this spring but offered no firm opening date. Now we know the spot will begin […]
San Antonio Burger Week will return June 14-24 to honor the quintessential American cookout staple — and once again the celebration will help feed San Antonio families in need. Now in its sixth year, the event will feature more than 30 local restaurants grilling up specialty burgers. This year’s specials will run $8 to $12 […]
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. WASHINGTON — With more than four months left before Election Day 2018, Democrat Beto O’Rourke had campaigned in all of Texas’ 254 counties in his bid […]
Chris Steele — who led San Antonio’s fire union during its bare-knuckle 2018 contract fight — was arrested Friday on a felony stalking charge, KSAT reports. Steele, 57, a retired San Antonio Fire Department battalion chief, was picked up Friday in San Marcos on a Bexar County arrest warrant, according to the jail records cited by the […]