President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda could cost Bexar County taxpayers more than $1.13 billion by the time his second term ends in 2028, according to a new online calculator created by the Economic Policy Institute. The left-leaning D.C.-based think tank’s Cost of Deportations calculator shows how much U.S. taxpayer money is being spent on […]
Amazon’s latest data center project may end up becoming the worst polluter in the U.S. — and it will be located in Texas. The megacorporation has bought land and acquired permits in West Texas’ Pecos County for a data center campus powered by a 7.65-gigawatt natural gas power plant, the climate-focused Distilled newsletter reported Friday. The state-issued […]
The public will have two more chances this week to weigh in on whether city voters should vote this November to decide the fate of the city’s proposed $489 million contribution to a new Spurs arena. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, a vocal advocate for a citywide vote on the funding, will host the sessions, just […]
With the San Antonio Missions baseball team set to vacate aging Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium in three years, District 6 Councilman Ric Galvan is eyeing the city’s upcoming bond cycle to help lay the groundwork for redevelopment of the site. The minor league team will relocate into a $160 million stadium downtown in 2029, a […]
Taylor Farms, the grocery distributor linked to an outbreak of explosive diarrhea caused by contaminated lettuce, is recalling more products widely distributed in Texas and 25 other states. Alarmingly, the new product recall is for foods that make up a big part of the Lone Star State diet. Taylor Farms has recalled fresh jalapeños, salsas, […]
If you have ever missed out on a meme — say the odd-couple mashup of blockbuster films Barbie and Oppenheimer into Barbenheimer — you’ll know how I feel about finally making it to Con Huevos Tacos. What’s all the fuss about? I wondered. Curiosity got the better of me. The colorful restaurant on East Houston […]
San Antonio Police Department Lt. Benjamin Flores was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving, department officials said. The 25-year SAPD veteran was picked up by the Helotes Police Department while off-duty, according to a department statement. SAPD officials said Flores, who’s currently assigned to the department’s Patrol Division, is now the subject of an […]
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. BELLS — Last year, Mason McCallister saw survey markers on a property near his home in a rural community about an hour north of Dallas. He suspected it might be for a new data center he’d heard about from a neighbor. But information hasn’t come easy. He […]
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questioning whether it’s time to impose minimum standards for building gas plants and […]
A judge on Friday denied a request fromthree Houston mothersto temporarily stop Texas public school classrooms from displaying the Ten Commandments, in the first lawsuit to argue that it violates the state’s religious freedom law and a voter-approved parental rights amendment. The mothers’ lawsuit is the latest challenge to Senate Bill 10 — this time […]