During a public safety town hall Monday, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales blamed the recent string of shootings of San Antonio police officers on the state’s open-carry firearms law, which he said prompted a rise in violent crime. However, at least one legal expert questions that logic, saying multiple factors played into the shootings […]
A majority on San Antonio City Council signaled support for creating a $500,000 fund as part of next year’s city budget to help residents obtain legal abortions outside of the state, the Express-News reports. Metro Health would administer the money and authorize grants to nonprofits that work for abortion access and reproductive health, according to […]
A Ken Paxton whistleblower testified Tuesday that the attorney general took an unusually intense interest in a charity’s lawsuit against Nate Paul in 2020, leading to the belief that Paxton had “turned over” his office to Paul. The whistleblower, Darren McCarty, said he ultimately found the agency’s involvement in the Mitte Foundation’s lawsuit to be “unethical, […]
Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. So-called “religious liberty” can cover a myriad of sins.
San Antonio music fans have the option this week of gazing back to a familiar past or discovering new acts that move the ball forward. Both certainly have their appeal.
During Drake’s Monday night performance at Austin’s Moody Center, the music superstar had a few choice words for the venue’s security after a fan jumped onstage with ease. Online video shared by hip-hop publication XXL Magazine shows the concertgoer climb onstage during the rapper’s set then reach out to clasp hands with him. Drake then stiff-arms the fan, […]
A new $3.6 million federal grant will fund four more years of suicide-prevention work at University Health targeting LGBTQ+ youth, according to officials with the county-owned health system. The money will go to the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Blueprint for Adults and Youth (CoSPLAY) program, which strives to reduce the suicide rate of LGBTQ+ people between the […]
The privately owned San Antonio Aquarium, cited little more than year ago by federal authorities for failing to meet animal-care standards, has again been called out by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture — this time for the death of a female porcupine. A San Antonio Aquarium employee on July 28 discovered the deceased porcupine after the […]
Under the cover of darkness one September night in 1810, a priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the small Mexican town of Dolores rang a church bell, gathered together his still-sleepy parishioners and delivered a fiery speech now known as the “Grito of Dolores.” That grito, or cry, is now celebrated as the spark […]
For the 25th year in a row, beloved San Antonio-area waterpark Schlitterbahn has won the title of World’s Best Water Park from Arlington-based publication Amusement Today. Schlitterbahn won the designation — again — at Amusement Today’s Golden Ticket Awards over the weekend. The monthly publication dedicated to amusement-park news bestows its annual awards based on international […]