Republican activists who signed a pledge saying they want Texas to secede from the U.S. now control the state party’s top two elected positions. At its convention in San Antonio last Friday, the Texas GOP elected Abraham George and D’rinda Randell as the party’s respective chair and vice. George will replace outgoing party Chairman Matt […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A wave of Republican incumbents were swept out of the Texas House in Tuesday’s primary runoffs, including a handful who opposed school vouchers last fall, handing Gov. Greg Abbott a tentative majority in […]
Let’s call it an educational experience worth wagging a tail about. The DoSeum, San Antonio’s interactive children’s science museum, is presenting “Dogs!
When the Express-News reported on a recent rule change that might enable a direct flight from San Antonio International Airport to Washington, D.C., the headline sounded positively triumphant: “S.A. Moving Closer to Flights to D.C.” The story brought news that a recently FAA reauthorization bill would open up additional direct flights to Ronald Reagan Washington […]
A former blackbox theater space at San Antonio’s Ruby City arts complex has undergone a stark white makeover for Unsettled Eye, an exhibition of photography-based works held in the Linda Pace Foundation Collection. Presenting far more questions than answers, the group show comprises familiar works and recent acquisitions alike, with a sense of discomfort functioning […]
One of the oldest hotels on the San Antonio River Walk is about to get a facelift. Downtown’s El Tropicano Hotel will undergo a $46 million update at the hands of Trestle Studio, a real estate developer known for swanky boutique hotels in London, New York and other hotspots, according to a recent Texas Department of […]
With Shannon Sims quietly retiring last week as director of San Antonio’s embattled Animal Care Services department, the search for his replacement is heating up. Sims’ two-and-a-half-year tenure as ACS director was mired in controversy after a slew of headline-making dog attacks rocked San Antonio. Animal advocates have also criticized the department’s low live-release rate […]
Griselda Munoz, the chef behind plant-based eateries Vegan Avenue and Plantology, will open a new concept June 14, this one slinging vegan burgers on the South Side, MySA reports. Kind Burgers will offer plant-based burgers, smoothies and milkshakes at 1305 Pleasanton Road, just a stone’s throw from HASH Vegan Eats, another locally owned restaurant that eschews animal products. Munoz […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. After witnessing the parade of GOP lawmakers grabbing photo ops at former President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and two MAGA-minded members of Texas’ congressional delegation apparently decided it was their time to grovel. On Tuesday, May 21, as testimony […]
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales won victory by fewer than 500 votes over social media influencer Brandon “AK Guy” Herrera in Tuesday’s GOP runoff to represent Texas’ 23rd Congressional District. Gonzales, a two-term congressman whose district includes part of San Antonio, finished the night with 50.7% of the vote compared to Herrera’s 49.3% in a […]