San Antonio Councilwoman-elect Sukh Kaur said one of her top priorities is to mend broken relationships between the District 1 office and downtown’s small-business community. In an interview Sunday, the day after her 18-point victory over one-term incumbent Mario Bravo, Kaur said that relationship was severely strained under her predecessor.
Nationally-lauded burger joint The Good News Burgers has closed two of its four San Antonio locations, a late Sunday social media post notes. Owner Robert Walker took to Facebook June 11 to share the news, saying the closures are a result of “quite a few obstacles in rebranding, transient increases, non negotiable lease agreements” and […]
The San Antonio Police Department last month slapped a veteran detective with a 30-day unpaid suspension over accusations that he repeatedly punched a suspect in the face after she was already on the ground, KSAT reports. Detective investigator Scott Marshall, an 11-year department employee, initially faced termination from the force over the Dec. 4, 2022 […]
The Alamo on Friday, June 16 will host a live performance honoring Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. The free performance titled Remembering Juneteenth is an educational presentation that shares first-person accounts of the emancipated people in their own words, using language from the early 1900s […]
Texas is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its plan to control smog that drifts into other states from industrial facilities like power plants. The federal agency’s “good neighbor” rule, which was announced in March, requires Texas and 22 other states to cut emissions from industrial sources such as natural gas pipelines and chemical plants […]
Tech executive Marina Alderete Gavito bested computer scientist Dan Rossiter in Saturday’s runoff to represent District 7 on San Antonio City Council. At the end of the night, Gavito — who considerably outspent Rossiter — has 62% of the vote to her opponent’s 38%. The two political newcomers were vying to take the open seat […]
Political newcomer Sukh Kaur, an education consultant, will represent San Antonio’s District 1 after beating incumbent Mario Bravo 60% to 40%, according to early voting results. Bravo faced an uphill battle in the runoff after winning only a little over a quarter of the vote in May’s general election. Kaur pulled in 34%. Bravo faced criticism for […]
A federal court this week sentenced a San Antonio member of far-right extremist group the Boogaloo Bois to more than eight years in prison on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Mark Ryan Hauser, 35, a three-time convicted felon, in August 2021 sold an AR-15 rifle to undercover FBI agents […]
WASHINGTON — A 37-count federal indictment, unsealed Friday, accused former President Donald Trump of lying to federal investigators as part of a scheme to keep classified documents in his possession, but numerous Texas Republicans continue to stand by him, dismissing the charges as a partisan ploy. “Today is a very sad day in American history,” […]
A state appeals court on Friday dismissed Republican megadonor Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke, ruling that statements by the 2022 Democratic nominee for governor were protected by the First Amendment. The Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals said a district court judge in San Saba County mistakenly denied O’Rourke’s motion to dismiss in July […]