Is it OK to call Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign tour a “shitshow?” Because it’s sure starting to look like one. Last month in Fort Worth, Paxton fled a press conference called by his own team after reporters asked him about his eyebrow-raising history of real-estate deals and allegations that he engaged […]
Shortly before Christmas last year, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Isaias Sanchez Barbosa, a 31-year-old Mexican, after he crossed the Rio Grande with a group of other migrants into Starr County. The federal agent said he shot Sanchez Barbosa in self defense amid a fight that broke out when agents tried to make […]
A grand estate in Terrell Hills recently listed for $5.3 million is back on the market for the first time in three decades. The residence sits on a lush 1.3 acres behind wrought-iron fences, and it’s shaded by ancient oak trees. Built in 1960, the sprawling estate features soaring ceilings and a whopping six bedrooms […]
The Texas Republican’s colleagues on both sides of the aisle blew off the hearing, and one referred to it as a ‘political creepshow.’ The post Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle skip out on Ted Cruz’s hearing full of anti-Muslim conspiracies appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The San Antonio Philharmonic will pay a total of $232,000 as part of a settlement announced Thursday that resolves several lawsuits from former backers and members, according to legal documents obtained by the Current. The Philharmonic faces a deadline this Friday to pay $215,000 to David Wood and Colette Holt, early supporters who sued over […]
For 10-year-old El Paso native Shannon Elizabeth, every accomplishment starts with an ambitious goal. Whether it’s working toward her black belt in karate or selling enough Girl Scout cookies to earn a trip to overnight camp, Shannon loves a challenge and isn’t afraid to chase it. In the documentary Cookie Queens, currently playing in San […]
City Councilwoman Misty Spears is calling on San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to release the financial and performance audit the utility committed to provide to council before seeking another rate increase. The District 9 council member’s request comes after SAWS’s board voted unanimously on Tuesday to bring yet another proposed rate hike to council. Council […]
An all-Republican Texas appeals court has delivered another blow to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s challenge of the State Fair’s firearms ban, just over a month before the annual weekslong event returns to Dallas. In his 2024 lawsuit against the city and the private nonprofit that operates the fair, Paxton argued that the policy violated a […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, flapped his gums Tuesday on Fox News and more ridiculous shit came spilling out. This time, Cruz stoked panic over recent wins by Muslim progressives Zohran Mamdani, New York’s current mayor, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who this week landed the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s contested Senate seat. Host Jesse Watters […]
In its first session since summer recess, City Council on Thursday voted 10-1 to create a District Community Advisory Committee for the proposed $4 billion downtown sports-and-entertainment district known as Project Marvel. The committee will bring together 33 residents for monthly meetings to seek public input and report back to council on how people think […]