Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick this week doubled down on a baseless conspiracy theory that former President Barrack Obama is secretly running the White House and aims to put his wife at the top of the Democratic ticket. The Republican lieutenant governor’s latest wacky comments came Tuesday during an appearance on The Mark Davis Show, a conservative talk […]
Stable Hall — the Pearl’s recently launched state-of-the-art music venue — is looking for fans to join its street team in exchange for concert tickets and a cash stipend. On a monthly basis, Stable Hall will deploy what it calls “Street Team Ambassadors” across the city to promote the venue’s upcoming concert lineup, according to […]
The San Antonio Public Library’s free Friday Retro Movies for Adults series is presenting Alien for its next installment — a movie that stands alongside classics like The Silence of the Lambs and Chinatown as eternally perfect works of Hollywood filmmaking. Just like your favorite album, you can return to Alien again and again and be dazzled.
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Chicago officials are preparing for an influx of asylum seekers ahead of the Democratic National Convention after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to continue sending “buses of illegal immigrants” to sanctuary cities. On Tuesday, Chicago Deputy Mayor of Immigration Beatriz Ponce De Leon told reporters her city is bracing for 25,000 new migrant arrivals from […]
The ACLU of Texas said Wednesday that 51 Lone Star State school districts are violating the Texas CROWN Act, which bans race-based hair discrimination. The civil-rights group sent letters to each of the districts warning that they’re breaking the law by refusing to comply. The Texas CROWN Act, passed in May 2023 with overwhelming support in […]
Kathleen Madigan’s schtick-free, blue-collar take on comedy may not have landed her a sitcom or an unending string of streaming specials, but she’s certainly racked up praise from high-profile stand-ups such as Lewis Black and Ron White. The Missouri native will bring her down-to-earth delivery to San Antonio’s Charline McCombs Empire Theatre this Friday as […]
U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar, both of whom represent San Antonio, were among a slew of Democrats who skipped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Wednesday speech to both chambers of Congress. In an emailed statement, Casar called upon his colleagues to stop sending military aid to Israel as it continues it bombardment of […]
FBI agents conducted an investigation at the Northwest San Antonio location of Delia’s Tamales early Wednesday afternoon. The raid follows a lawsuit filed last year by at least 25 former employees accusing the McAllen-based chain of fraud and age-discrimination along with to failing to pay Social Security taxes and maintaining two sets of financial records.
The public pissing match between District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte and a former colleague turned adversary — controversial San Antonio attorney Martin Phipps — took another odd turn on Tuesday. After a half-hour executive session, the citizen-appointed Ethics Review Board unanimously voted to move forward with a hearing on an allegation from Phipps that the […]