Houston officials sued the state of Texas on Monday to stop a sweeping law aimed at gutting all kinds of local ordinances and sapping the power of the state’s bluer urban areas. The law — House Bill 2127, dubbed the “Death Star” bill by opponents — was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June, […]
There are few things more comforting than a piping hot plate of perfectly fried chicken. Golden brown, tender and juicy, when you find a spot that does it right, it’s akin to the culinary holy grail. National Fried Chicken Day is nearly upon us — it’s on July 6, in case you need to pencil […]
The lead attorney for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton said his client will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the Texas Senate. Paxton’s defense lawyer, Tony Buzbee, made the announcement in a late Monday night statement on the eve of the July Fourth holiday.
A dangerous heat wave that blanketed Texas this month has prompted a public health crisis that’s particularly affecting older people and outdoor workers across the state, local and federal health data shows. At least nine people have died from the heat in one South Texas county, the local medical examiner reported, eight of them older […]
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When actor and San Antonio native Jeff Hiller enrolled in Texas Lutheran University (TLU) in 1994, his plan was to become a pastor. “I think one of the main reasons I wanted to be a pastor is because I knew I would have a built-in audience once a week,” Hiller, 47 and a Churchill High […]
Close to 10,000 additional babies were born over a nine-month period after Texas banned most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, a new analysis from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows. This is the first analysis of live birth rates since the law, known as Senate Bill 8, went into effect in […]
VIA Metropolitan Transit has received more than $3 million from the Federal Transit Administration through the agency’s Low or No Emission Vehicle Program, according officials with the transit authority. The funding will allow VIAtrans to continue offering transportation services to riders with disabilities in vehicles that burn cleaner fuels.
Former state Sen. Carlos Uresti of San Antonio was released from a federal prison in Bastrop on Friday after serving four years and four months of a 12-year sentence for participating in a Ponzi scheme. Mikal Watts, Uresti’s attorney, said in an email to The Texas Tribune that Uresti had checked into a halfway house […]