Some San Antonio police personnel are raking in $100,000 to $200,000 annually in overtime pay alone, according to documents obtained by the Current. The post As San Antonio negotiates a new police contract, data suggests it’s not reining in overtime abuse appeared first on San Antonio Current.
New Braunfels’ nearly century-old Faust Hotel is staking its comeback on a multi-concept food and beverage program that aims to appeal to both locals and destination diners, its ownership group revealed Tuesday. The historic hotel at 240 S. Seguin Ave. is expected to open later this spring as it completes a multimillion-dollar makeover. The Lark […]
Starting April 1, Texans will no longer be allowed to use food stamps to buy sweetened beverages and candy. The post What Texans need to know about upcoming SNAP restrictions appeared first on San Antonio Current.
This week, San Antonio music fans can enjoy seeing an old dog from the UK who’s mastered some tricks or a rising Mexican star deemed one of the artists shaping the future of music. There’s also plenty of cool stuff somewhere between. Let’s dive in. Wednesday, March 18 Fred Eaglesmith Canada’s Fred Eaglesmith is the […]
U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett on Tuesday ordered Texas’ school voucher portal to remain open and continue accepting applicants until March 31, the Associated Press reports. The portal was set to close at midnight Tuesday. The Houston judge made his ruling after four Muslim families in Texas filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s exclusion of […]
Organizations close to the late César Chávez on Tuesday revealed troubling allegations about the iconic Chicano leader, helping explain why separate San Antonio and Corpus Christi marches in his honor were suddenly called off earlier this month. Both the César Chávez Foundation and United Farm Workers issued statements addressing “disturbing allegations” against the union organizer […]
Tickets for the Saturday, Oct. 17, show go on sale this Friday — and, yes, there is presale access. The post Lil Wayne will play San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center in October appeared first on San Antonio Current.
AUSTIN — Texas Rep. James Talarico, who’s running for U.S. Senate, used a SXSW appearance over the weekend to attack big tech and its algorithms for poisoning the minds of America’s youth, especially young men. During a live taping of Vox Media’s Raging Moderates podcast, Talarico blamed social media giants for facilitating a male loneliness epidemic. […]
Austin multimedia festival SXSW has long been a maelstrom of chaos, but this tendency was amplified with its 40th installment, which started March 12 and ends this Wednesday. At least in part, this year’s confusion can be chalked up to the even more nebulous nature of the festival. The official event is even more decentralized […]
Editor’s note: Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Texas Republicans have managed to produce a runoff for state attorney general that should have anyone with a modicum of concern about their civil liberties shitting bricks. On one side is State Sen. Mayes Middleton, the oil-rich heir who’s been moonlighting as a […]