Toyota Motor North America officials said Monday that the company is investing $3.6 billion to bring production of its midsize Tacoma pickup truck to San Antonio from Mexico — a shift that would create 2,000 new jobs at its existing plant on the South Side. That move comes at a cost, though. In exchange for adding a […]
Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud. “Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving republic, and with the authority granted to my office by the Legislature, we will […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is primarily targeting its arrests of immigrants in Texas to those who have no criminal record, according to recent data released by the Deportation Data Project. According to a data set released in March by professors at the UC Berkeley School of Law, the agency’s arrests of people who […]
This week’s live music highlights offer a reminder that San Antonio’s music scene doesn’t need to choose between punk grit and indie nostalgia. Hometown rabble-rousers Piñata Protest are launching a tour with a hometown festival worthy of a victory lap, while post-hardcore veterans Sparta are coming back to remind us why the At the Drive-In […]
With recent polls suggesting he’s locked in a dead heat as he runs for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton was once again spotted vacationing with his purported mistress. Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Paxton was seen walking alongside Christian influencer Tracy Duhon, his alleged mistress, near the […]
Texas Democrats are distancing themselves from Graham Platner, a progressive running to flip a Maine U.S. Senate seat blue, after Politico released a bombshell report Monday in which a woman accused him of sexual assault. The Politico piece describes an encounter years ago in which Platner allegedly forced a woman he was dating to have […]
Texas can continue enforcing a law requiring app marketplace operators like Google and Apple to verify all users’ ages after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to intervene. Senate Bill 2420, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, establishes age verification requirements and mandates parental consent before a person under age 18 is allowed […]
Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to appoint former state Rep. Nate Schatzline as a senior adviser on election policy says as much about the direction of Texas Republican politics as it does about the state’s lack of seriousness about free and fair elections. Schatzline last week joined Abbott’s office, where he’ll work on what the governor […]
Hundreds of masked members of the Texas-based white supremacist group Patriot Front marched in formation through Washington, D.C., on Independence Day, the Austin-American Statesman reports. Patriot Front, which originated in the Dallas-Fort Worth city of Grapevine, frequently participates in “flash demonstrations,” or street marches in which its uniformed members don white face masks, according to […]
A GoFundMe set up for The Dakota East Side Ice House has pulled in more than $9,000 as it seeks to raise the $16,000 needed to keep the beloved San Antonio hangout open. Dakota regular April Pantheress Winn organized the effort on behalf of owner Kent Oliver, who late last month revealed he wouldn’t renew […]