An Austin district judge on Monday ordered the state’s Historically Underutilized Business Program rules be temporarily reinstated, meaning women- and minority-owned business owners can qualify for the state’s HUB program again for now. Four business owners and a trade association sued the state of Texas and acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock on March 2 over the […]
Erika Kirk, the widow of assassinated conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, will visit San Antonio in June to host a women’s leadership conference. The event, scheduled for June 5-7 at the Marriott River Center, is hosted by Turning Point USA, the far-right group Charlie Kirk founded in 2012 and led until he was shot on a […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, isn’t letting go of his demand that automakers be required to keep installing AM radios in their vehicles — a move he’s claimed as necessary because the pinkos in America’s boardrooms are conspiring to silence conservative talk radio. Early this year, Cruz and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, refiled legislation requiring […]
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Austin cat cafe Purrfecto Cat Lounge is prepping for an expansion into San Antonio this summer, though construction on its space is taking a little longer than expected, according to the business’ owners. The kitty coffee shop will be located at 227 E. Cevallos St., Suite 101, in Southtown’s Lonestar District, state regulatory records show. […]
A Texas Tech University law student is suing university leaders and faculty, arguing they violated her free speech rights by disciplining her over comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Ellen “Ellie” Fisher, a third-year law student, Texas Tech undergraduate alum and founder of the campus’ NAACP chapter, says news of Kirk’s death […]
Despite City Council recent approval for the organizers of Market Square’s long-running Fiesta de los Reyes event to charge admission to the event for the first time, the gathering will remain free for its first two days, officials confirmed Monday. The Rey Feo Consejos Educational Foundation, which runs Fiesta de los Reyes, won’t collect admission […]
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, could face expulsion from Congress as soon as this week as calls grow on both sides of the aisle to eject him and a Democratic colleague over sexual misconduct allegations, two Democratic leadership aides told Axios. The renewed demands for Gonzales’ removal follow allegations published last week against U.S. […]
After appearances on Food Network’s Chopped and Guy’s Grocery Games, San Antonio chef-restauranteur Braunda Smith recently landed a spot on the another of the cable channel’s cooking competitions, BBQ Brawl, according to the San Antonio report. Smith, the founder of Lucy Cooper’s Ice House, battled 11 other pitmasters at Star Hill Ranch in Austin for […]
The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve an early draft of the state’s new social studies plan, but not without clashes over the portrayal of Islam and the history of Black and Hispanic Americans. A Republican majority voted to approve the changes to social studies standards — known as the Texas Essential […]