The South Texas building spree by billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX appears to have outpaced its payments to roughly two-dozen contractors, Reuters reports. Companies that have done work for Boca Chica-based SpaceX have filed at least 72 liens since 2019 against sites built by the company and its affiliates, the wire service reports, based […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A third person with ties to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery case has pleaded guilty, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement, after the South Texas Democrat was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 […]
WASHINGTON — Texans in Congress are threatening federal funds for Mexico, escalating a dispute over Mexico’s obligations to deliver water to the United States. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding House and Senate appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires […]
Philadelphia-based Insomnia Cookies will open two new bakeries in Northwest San Antonio in the coming months, slinging warm cookies all day and late into the night, company officials said. The brand — known for serving warm sweets at all hours of the day — will open one bakery near Methodist Hospital and another near the […]
There’s a new rooftop lounge in town, San Antonio. Lunatique, the new bar atop the new-ish Creamery complex, is now open, serving up swanky cocktails, sunset views and garden party vibes. The spot is the latest of five separate concepts to open at the venue, which occupies a former Borden Creamery near the Pearl.
Tex-Mex eatery Don Benito’s Cocina y Cantina will close its doors May 19 after three years of serving Southeast San Antonio. The business shared news of the closure on Facebook over the weekend, thanking patrons. The short-lived spot was known for vibrant takes on Tex-Mex classics such as tortilla soup, menudo, tacos dorados and cheese […]
San Antonio Public Libraries received an additional $385,000 in funding for the Las Palmas Branch’s renovation, increasing the total budget for the upgrades to $6.4 million. The additional funding comes from two sources — donations from the H-E-B Foundation and a federal appropriation initiated by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, according to library officials.
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is taking a break from blasting rockets into space to offer free preschool to underprivileged children. And who said all billionaires are evil? Indeed, the high-flying rich dude is opening 23 tuition-free preschools, including nine in Texas and one in the San Antonio area.
A Boston man claims to have survived an attack by an alleged serial killer in Austin, telling British tabloid The Daily Mail he was drugged and pushed off a bridge after a night of drinking. The report comes as a string of deaths around Austin’s Lady Bird Lake has fueled online speculation about the presence of a […]
During Sunday’s NBA lottery in Chicago, the San Antonio Spurs weren’t as lucky as last year, but the team still managed to secure the No. 4 and No. 8 picks in the upcoming draft. Indeed, the Spurs’ luck on Sunday was a best-case scenario. The Silver and Black kept their pick, which landed at No. 4.