Someone distributed flyers for a white supremacist group called the Aryan Freedom Network in San Antonio’s Jefferson Terrace neighborhood, according to a Tuesday post on the Nextdoor app. “Recently received this. BEWARE! This is a Neo-Nazi organization,” the since-deleted post read. A subsequent post by the same resident stated the flyers were distributed on Easter […]
The federal government is penalizing states for having a high error rate in their payments to food stamp recipients. The post Texas expected to pay $700 million in penalties to the feds for SNAP errors by 2027 appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation. The post Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Anybody else having trouble juggling their live music calendar lately? For the past few weeks, it’s seemed like San Antonio is playing host to way too many can’t-miss shows — from stellar touring acts to hometown groups who make every local gig feel like something special. Let’s dive in and see how how much sleep we’ll […]
The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office this week dropped charges against a San Antonio man accused of making a death threat against Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, citing “insufficient evidence,” KSAT reports. San Antonio police arrested Marcos Rene Olvera, 25, after he reportedly wrote in a group chat about Project Marvel on social media platform X […]
The new coffee shop and neighborhood eatery will be nestled in the lobby of McCombs Plaza, 755 E. Mulberry Ave. The post Owners of San Antonio coffee spot The Newstand to open new location: The Dispatch appeared first on San Antonio Current.
After it looked like Bob Dylan would snub San Antonio on his 2026 waltz through Texas, turns out we’ll have a chance to see the legendary singer-songwriter at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels this June. The show, newly announced by the outdoor venue, will take place Tuesday, June 30. Tickets go on sale at 10 […]
Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. “And I’m not against unions,” then-U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, said in during a March 2023 hearing examining accusations about former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s union-busting tactics. Last week, Mullin was confirmed as the new Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem. “If you want to […]
Featured authors include MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts, Emmy Award-winning actor and SA native Jeff Hiller, National Book Award Finalist Megha Majumdar and more. The post The San Antonio Book Festival to open its latest chapter this Saturday appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Around 2,500 low-income Texans could die from worsening health conditions due to Republican cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to a new report from the Center for American Progress. Last summer, Republicans passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which slashed SNAP — otherwise known as food stamps — by $187 billion and […]