This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. For going on three years, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has relentlessly escalated a border battle against migrants and refugees under the banner of Operation Lone Star.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of Texans living in poverty slightly declined during the five-year period ending in 2022, though several rural counties saw their share of poor residents increase, according to new U.S. Census Bureau […]
Time is running out to see the traveling exhibition “American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection.” On display at the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Cowden Gallery through Jan. 7, the exhibition stands out in its effort to highlight historically underrepresented voices. Originally organized by the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton cost Texas taxpayers at least $4.2 million, most of it spent on lawyers the House hired to prosecute Paxton, according to newly released figures and records.
Pop, pop, fizz, fizz, oh what a seasonal delight is it! Of course, the big-C Champagne producers, who literally bank on the exclusivity conveyed by their limited area of production in France’s northeast, would have us drinking the stuff almost daily, not just for New Year’s and locker-room celebrations.
San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center next year will be unable to afford plane and bus tickets for those staying at the shelter, and that means migrants could be stuck here for longer periods of time, according to the San Antonio Report. City officials are requesting additional outside funding for the center, located in a former […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. HOUSTON — It’s been more than seven months since the Texas Legislature passed a bill allowing public schools to hire school chaplains, but for the Rev. Dave Welch, his work has just begun.
Talk about dinner and a show. The Broadway Musical Dining Experience, the latest in a rash of touring pop-up dining enterprises, will take over San Antonio’s Los Barrios Mexican Restaurant this spring for a series of six performances. The Broadway pop-up brings singing, dancing and table-side performances from a lineup of actors against kitschy, themed […]
Even though many still consider the Dallas Cowboys “America’s team,” turns out mascot Rowdy doesn’t share in that popularity. Dallas’ smiling cowpoke with a comically oversized head and hat ranked as both the least popular NFL mascot and Instagram’s least-loved NFL personality, according to a study bankrolled by online casino Raging Bull Slots. For the […]
This week’s top Current food news covers details on several openings, including a massive market at the Pearl complex, as well as a refreshed venture from Guillermo’s and burger conglomerate McDonald’s. A brand new spot just south of downtown, Labor Street Café, is also now serving breakfast and lunch. On a more somber note, Bexar […]