Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign this week admitted to federal regulators that it took multiple first-quarter donations that exceeded limits outlined in U.S. campaign finance law. In a July 20 letter to the Federal Election Commission, the Ken Paxton for Senate campaign said it had refunded or designated funds from five donors […]
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Environmentalists in Texas want the state to adopt new laws and regulations governing where renewable energy projects should be built, how they should run and what they can do […]
Bo French, the habitually inflammatory Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, is grasping for controversy yet again. In a Thursday tweet, the former Tarrant County GOP chair blamed undocumented immigrants for the state’s ongoing water crisis. “My feed is constantly full of people pushing fear on water in Texas,” French wrote on X. “I agree […]
A mobile billboard highlighting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long history of scandals showed up in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and circled the building where he held a fundraiser to shore up his U.S. Senate campaign. The Barbie-inspired “Corrupt Ken” billboard, organized by the pro-Democrat Lone Star Rising PAC, featured a photo of Paxton as […]
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, Texas’ Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on Thursday called on incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a moratorium on new data center construction until lawmakers can better regulate them. Hinojosa’s demand comes with Texas in the middle of a data center boom. She attributed much of that activity to her Republican opponent’s signing […]
South Texas U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was one of six Democrats who voted in favor of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, which contained a controversial provision merging the militaries of the United States and Israel. The Democratic lawmakers crossed the aisle on Wednesday to join 209 Republicans in passing the nearly $1.15 trillion defense […]
Even as two beluga whales arrived at SeaWorld San Antonio this week as part of an international effort to relocate animals from a shuttered marine park in Canada, animal rights activists warn the move should serve as a cautionary tale — not cause for celebration. “These transfers are not evidence that the system worked. They are […]
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama will appear on the cover of NBA 2K27 Standard Edition, marking the first time the popular video game series has featured a Spurs player. NBA 2K, which has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide since its 1999 launch, is widely considered the premier basketball simulation game and has […]
Two passengers in a van when an immigration agent fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month said that two unmarked vehicles struck them from behind and the side before they stopped, according to their written statements filed in a Houston federal court. “At no moment were the agents in front of the vehicle,” […]
New York-based director and producer Roxanna Lewis leaned into her own childhood for the short film Run Wild, which screens Thursday night at the San Antonio Film Festival. Shot on super 16 mm film, the movie follows a young girl named Rayla, whose erratic father picks her up for a weekend visitation that veers between […]