Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s water supply, according […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Republican state Representative Bryan Hughes’ bid to oust House Speaker Joe Straus back in 2012 was hampered by a glaring flaw.
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. In the over three years since Winter Storm Uri, there’s been far more attention paid to and media coverage of Texas’ oft-precarious electric grid.
Those looking to retire on a budget may want to look no further than San Antonio, according to a new study by personal finance website GoBankingRates. After running numbers, GoBankingRates researchers determined that seniors can retire on a little more than $47,000 annually in the Alamo City, making the nation’s No. 27 best place to retire. […]
A voluntary recall has been released for Hill Country Fare potato salad sold at H-E-B and Joe V’s Smart Shop locations in Texas. The 48-ounce, or 3-pound, potato salad containers are produced by Reser’s Fine Food and have a July 26 use-by date, according to H-E-B.
The Fourth of July is almost upon us, and what better way to celebrate America’s independence — and keep your mind off of anything related to politics — than free stuff? To that end, a whole mass of chain restaurants’ San Antonio locations are giving away food in celebration of Independence Day. Let’s take a […]
San Antonio metro area ranks among the nation’s least-educated big cities in a report published Tuesday by personal finance blog WalletHub. It’s the third year in a row the Alamo City has landed near the bottom of that annual study. Of the 150 largest U.S. metros ranked by their education levels, San Antonio landed at No. 103.
The Bexar County Fire Marshal’s Office has returned an expensive custom-built wheelchair to its owner, a Houston woman who lost it following a concert at Frost Bank Center, according to authorities. Tara Ryan grabbed headlines this week when her wheelchair went missing from the San Antonio basketball arena’s parking lot after she and her fiancé attended the June 24 […]
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The Slim Chickens chain’s San Antonio franchisee is hatching a plan to turn the city into a poultry paradise. Dan McGrath, next week will launch Arkansas-based Slim Chickens’ fouth Alamo City store, this one at 14121 Culebra Road. He’s added that also looking to develop roughly a dozen more in the area.