How scared are Republicans over the deep unpopularity of their decades-long crusade to dismantle abortion rights? In the case of U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, scared enough to shut their pie holes — for once. Both of Texas’ senators repeatedly dodged questions from NBC News about Kate Cox, the woman who made international headlines […]
Billionaire and Texas transplant Elon Musk plans to set up his own university in Austin, according to recent tax filings. The university will be funded by a $100 million donation from Musk to a charity called The Foundation, according to the paperwork. The money will go to creating a primary and secondary school before expanding […]
A San Antonio-area man has pleaded guilty to threatening the life of a Boston doctor who treats gender-nonconforming youth, according to federal authorities. Matthew Jordan Lindner entered a plea deal Wednesday in a Boston federal court, admitting to one count of interstate transmission of threatening communication, court records show. Lindner, 39, resides in Comfort, roughly […]
San Antonio’s Pearl development soon will become home to Pullman Market, a massive multi-concept space being touted as the largest culinary market in the Southwest. Scheduled to open next spring, Pullman will occupy a 40,000-square-foot space at 221 Newell Ave., just sound of the retail and culinary complex, Pearl officials said in a statement. The […]
None of San Antonio’s biggest corporations has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the best-recognized global programs that track companies’ progress toward reaching net-zero targets, according to a new study. An analysis by corporate-responsibility watchdog group Spendwell found that none of the 10 largest San Antonio-area companies is enrolled in the United Nations-backed Science-Based […]
H-E-B’s iconic commercials featuring the San Antonio Spurs are back and as funny as ever. On Wednesday, the San Antonio-based grocer launched the first two of what will be four TV spots starring 19-year-old basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama along with current Spurs Jeremy Sochan, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson. The other two will air in […]
As renewed interest in connecting San Antonio and Austin continues to grow, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday that his office secured $1 million in federal funding to expand rail service in the region. The funding comes from federal Corridor Identification and Development awards to the Texas Department of Transportation, which is part of a […]
Joost de Vries, the CEO of a San Antonio-based startup vying to resurrect the iconic DeLorean sports car as an electric vehicle, appears to have quietly resigned in October, according to LinkedIn. De Vries’ departure is just the latest twist for DeLorean Motors Reimagined. Since making national headlines in early 2022 by announcing its plans for the […]
In a season stuffed with nutcrackers and Scrooges and sleigh rides, OPERA San Antonio presents a 45-minute one-act opera about some of the less-explored characters of the Christmas story: the three wise men. In Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, the gold, frankincense and myrrh-bearing men — on their way to the […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. The majority of the Texas Legislature doesn’t want what Gov. Greg Abbott is peddling when it comes to school vouchers.