When Sarah Anderson travels to Texas middle schools to teach sex education, she brings props: a toy baby to represent unplanned pregnancy, a snake for bacterial infections, a pregnancy test for infertility, a skeleton for AIDS and cancer. The students are told that if they have sex before marriage, emotional risks include depression, guilt and […]
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.” Steve McCraw For the last year, Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell has been on ice.
Gov. Greg Abbott has notified the Texas Legislature that a third special session will begin on Oct. 9. A Sept. 26 letter signed by Abbott and addressed to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan, did not indicate the focus of this special session.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to celebrate the launch of Texas’ equity index. The Texas Capital Texas Equity Index (TXS ETF) is an index launched by Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank in July. Investors can buy shares of the index, which is based on the […]
Sometimes the pundits are right. Former Spur Joshua Primo, who was waived by the team after being accused of exposing himself to the team’s psychologist, is planning to sign a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Word of Primo’s signing in Tinseltown comes mere hours after the NBA suspended […]
San Antonio-based supermarket chain H-E-B has brought back one of its most puro novelty items, the tortilla throw blanket, according to a report from online fan account H-E-B Obsessed. The quirky 55-inch round blanket, designed to look like a giant flour tortilla, was first introduced in 2019 and sold out almost immediately.
Former San Antonio Spur Joshua Primo, who was waived last fall after allegedly flashing the team’s therapist, was handed a four-game suspension by the NBA on Friday. Primo isn’t playing for any other team in the league. However, if a franchise were to sign Primo, he would be suspended for his first four games without […]
The Texas Supreme Court has sided with former top deputies of Attorney General Ken Paxton and cleared the way for their whistleblower lawsuit to move forward. The all-Republican Supreme Court on Friday rejected Paxton’s request to dismiss the lawsuit after the case had been on pause pending a possible settlement with the whistleblowers. The decisions came […]
In this week’s most-read food news, a Hollywood star is making his mark in San Antonio. Alamo City-based Devils River Whiskey on Thursday announced that former WWE wrestler and actor Dave Bautista bought a stake in the distillery. The Current’s most-read stories also included coverage of the San Antonio Food Bank’s preparations for an anticipated […]
OPERA San Antonio will open its season with Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel in early October. The eerie and exciting opera is based on the Brothers Grimm children’s story of the same name.