Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Cassy Rodriguez, 17, has always been a planner.
The prospect of San Antonio City Council passing a ceasefire resolution in the Israel-Hamas conflict appears all but dead after two key council members this week said they have no interest in debating the matter. On Wednesday, District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur told the Express-News she won’t sign a memo calling for debate on a […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued five Texas cities to block their voter-approved ordinances decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession. Voters in Austin, Denton, Elgin, Killeen and San Marcos approved ballot initiatives designed to halt arrests and criminal penalties for those caught with less than four ounces of weed. Each of the proposals was approved by […]
Former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office corporal Giovanni Ceja has been sentenced to 15 years to life in a second-degree murder case in California, KSAT reports. Ceja, 31, was convicted of striking and killing a man on Aug. 7, 2023, while driving a borrowed vehicle on a highway in Riverside County, California, and fleeing the scene, the TV […]
San Antonio has the 19th-highest rates for sexually transmitted disease (STD) of any large metro, according to a new report. That’s the highest rate of any Texas city, except for Laredo, which landed at No. 18 on the list. The analysis, compiled annually by health information site Innerbody Research, is based on 2021 data, the latest available […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A group of privacy, technology and health care advocates on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission urging an investigation into Deloitte Consulting LLP, claiming that hundreds of thousands of Texans […]
San Antonio has the 19th-highest rates for sexually transmitted disease (STD) of any large metro, according to a new report. That’s the highest rate of any Texas city, except for Laredo, which landed at No. 18 on the list. The analysis, compiled annually by health information site Innerbody Research, is based on 2021 data, the latest available […]
The San Antonio Zoo has launched a new tool to help animal lovers include the nonprofit facility in their wills. Officials with the zoological park said they have struck a deal with estate planning website FreeWill to ensure those who want to donate can do so for free and via an easy-to-use platform. “As you reflect on […]
San Antonio is one of just three U.S. cities recently accepted into the prestigious Delice Network, according to city officials. The Delice Network is a global club of 25 culturally significant cities dedicated to celebrating and promoting food and gastronomy. Chicago and Tucson, Arizona, were the other two U.S. cities invited into the network. Like San […]
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