Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas renters are under more pressure from the state’s high housing costs than ever, according to a Harvard University study released Thursday. More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renter households spend […]
Three restaurant openings and a brewery being put up for sale were among the Current’s most-read food stories of the week. After weeks of reporting on the closings of well-known San Antonio restaurants, we got the news that a Mi Gente, a new locally owned spot focused on contemporary Tex-Mex, has sprung up inside one […]
Downtown fixture Rio Rio Cantina fed millions of tourists and locals during its 34 years in business. However, its owners confirmed Thursday they have shuttered the River Walk restaurant rather than renew its release. The colorful Tex-Mex eatery on the street level of 421 E. Commerce St. closed its dining room with views overlooking the […]
With news breaking about Gov. Greg Abbott’s political theater on the U.S.-Mexico border and the Justice Department report on law enforcement’s failures in the Uvalde mass shooting, it’s little surprise the Current’s most-read stories centered around those two issues. Our most-viewed story was an Assclown Alert column on Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve […]
After dropping “Selfish,” his first new single in nearly a decade, 2000s-era pop heartthrob Justin Timberlake has unveiled a new world tour with a San Antonio stop. Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow World Tour will pull into the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, May 27, according to the venue. Fans can expect the former NSYNC member to perform […]
Centro Cultural Aztlan is presenting its annual “El Sugundo de Febrero” exhibition, now in its 47th year. The exhibition runs Feb. 2-29 and commemorates the 176th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Marking the end of the Mexican American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is also significant in that it […]
Texas women have experienced an estimated 26,310 rape-related pregnancies since the state enacted its near-total abortion ban in July 2022, according to a new study. That research, published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine, also shows that the Lone Star State accounted for the largest share — 45% — of rape-related pregnancies tallied by U.S. states since […]
Every so often, it’s worth revisiting a restaurant that drew raves when it opened. Plenty of places grab the attention of diners and critics when they launch, only to falter due to inconsistency, staffing changes or a willingness to rest on those early laurels.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. More Texas women had babies after the state banned nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, leading the state’s fertility rate to increase for the first time since 2014.
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