Weeks after a joint ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigation accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, a right-wing news blog is flipping the script and alleging his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, is actually the one breaching election laws. However, documents obtained by the Current suggest that’s not the case. What’s more, Talarico’s campaign […]
After being forced to scrap plans five years ago to record a Netflix special in San Antonio, stand-up comic Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is taking another shot. In a Tuesday Facebook announcement, the funnyman with a soft spot for the Alamo City said he’s taping his next comedy special Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Tobin Center […]
Kerr County residents are cleaning out homes and businesses this month after the second devastating flood in as many years — but this time, some nonprofits and community leaders say they’re facing more destruction with less financial assistance and volunteer help than last year. As of Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency hadn’t approvedfederal aid […]
More than a year after federal regulators ruled that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t violate campaign finance laws with a controversial distribution deal for his podcast, filings show the Texas Republican continues to reap big rewards from the arrangement. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings by the Cruz-aligned Truth and Courage Super PAC indicate the fundraising […]
San Antonio’s local folklore runs deep and dark: the Ghost Tracks, the Dancing Devil of El Camaroncito and the fearsome goat sucker El Chupacabra. Few stories, however, grip the collective imagination more profoundly than the tragic tale of the Donkey Lady, La Callada. Author Carmen Tafolla, illustrator Thelma Ortiz-Muraida and publisher Juan Tejeda will come […]
Blue eyes are cryin’ in the rain over the Texas data center influx. In a Tuesday Instagram post, Lone Star State musical icon Willie Nelson lamented that one of the massive computing complexes may soon be located in his hometown of Abbott. “I grew up in Abbott, and I still have a home there with […]
A pediatric critical care doctor from Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday decried conditions inside the immigrant prison camp in Dilley, an hour southwest of San Antonio, as child abuse and a violation of human rights. Dr. Anita K. Patel visited the South Texas Family Residential Center as part of a delegation led […]
Texas energy regulators sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott asking for more authority to oversee data centers as the proliferation of the massive computer centers spikes power demand in the state. The letter from the Public Utility Commission of Texas came in response to a June directive from Abbott to the commission and the […]
The Hidalgo County Democrats got an awkward geography lesson last week after mistakenly hanging the Chilean flag instead of the Texas flag during a meeting. The flags are similar — except for one key difference. In the Texas flag, the blue field on the left, known as the canton, extends from top to bottom, while Chile’s […]
Less than a week after blaming the state’s water crisis on “illegal aliens,” outrage merchant and Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French has claimed “mass deportations” will lower gasoline prices. With the general election less than 100 days away, French has ramped up his xenophobic rhetoric, tweeting out the suggestion Monday that undocumented migrants, […]