Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In one of his last speeches as chair of the Republican Party of Texas, Matt Rinaldi declared victory.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Several Uvalde families are suing Daniel Defense, the gun company whose AR-15 style rifle an 18-year-old gunman used to kill 19 children and two teachers and injure several others at Robb Elementary two […]
Weekend warriors, rejoice! Nola Brunch & Beignets will reopen in new, bigger digs this Saturday, according to the relocated restaurant’s owners.
Chef Brian West, creator of Fiesta’s Taste of the Republic event, will lend his expertise to Privilege Social Club, a new spot slated to open in Northwest San Antonio. West appeared on Privilege’s Instagram page to explain the business’ concept, saying, “we’ll be doing a pairing menu with different spirits … it’ll be very simple to execute, […]
Shannon Sims quietly resigned Tuesday as director of San Antonio’s embattled Animal Care Services, officials with the city department confirmed to the Current. Sims’ departure comes as the city continues its search for a new ACS director. Sims initially announced his intention to retire late last year, telling the Express-News he planned to leave in June.
San Antonio sommelier Josh Thomas, a former beverage director for Maverick Texas Brasserie, has partnered with Houston-based Art of Cellaring to expand the business’ wine club and boutique to the Alamo City this summer. The new Art of Cellaring satellite, located at 2810 N. Flores St., west of the Monte Vista Historic District, will include a […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In the most comprehensive picture yet of how Texas’ DEI ban has changed campuses across the state, recent communications with lawmakers reveal the range of steps university leaders have taken to comply with […]
My ancient, but presumably still dependable, Velázquez Spanish-English dictionary defines the word paladar principally as palate, followed up by variations on taste and “longing desire.” Published in 1967, it predates the Cuban iteration of the word that came into prominence in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union dealt a blow to the […]
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. SAN ANTONIO — Several top state Republican officials took aim at Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Thursday as the state party kicked off its biennial […]
The push to connect San Antonio and the state capital via rail looks to be picking up steam. Four San Antonio City Council members and two local state reps signed on to a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg this week advocating for reliable rail transit between South Texas and Austin. Authored […]