San Antonio City Council Approves Largest Budget Ever, With Last-Minute Vote...
The council approved the budget Thursday 10-0 with one member abstaining from voting. During the meeting, several amendments were proposed including a reduction of funding in support to VIA...
View ArticleTexas Matters: Homeless Solutions, Trib Fest Questions And Horned Frogs...
The debate over how to best help the homeless. Texas politics takes center stage at the Texas Tribune Fest And efforts to save the Texas horned toad reaches a milestone.
View ArticleMilitary Aircraft Crashes Near Fort Worth, Injuring 2 Pilots
A military training aircraft crashed in a backyard of a Lake Worth neighborhood on Sunday morning. Authorities say two pilots were injured, but residents were safe.
View ArticleCOVID Vaccine For Kids Ages 5 To 11 Is Safe And Effective, Pfizer Says
Pfizer and BioNTech say that early trial results show their vaccine established a strong antibody response against the coronavirus. FDA review is still needed.
View ArticleTexans Enjoy The High From Delta-8 As Legislators Debate Its Legality And...
In Texas, marijuana is largely illegal. But Delta-8 THC, which is derived from the hemp plant, has become wildly popular in the Lone Star State.
View ArticleThe FDA OKs Pfizer-BioNTech Booster For People 65+ Or At High Risk For Severe...
A third shot of the vaccine can be given at least six months after the two-dose regimen, according to the authorization. A booster rollout could begin this week.
View ArticleBlack And Latino Homeowners Are About Twice As Likely As Whites To Get Low...
A new analysis by Freddie Mac has found that only 7.4% of appraisals in majority-white census tracts came in below contract price, compared with 12.5% for Black areas and 15.4% for Latino ones.
View ArticleTrump Wants To Audit The 2020 Election Results In Texas — A State He Won
Former President Donald Trump demanded Gov. Abbott call a bill that would audit the 2020 Texas election results — despite Trump winning in Texas 52% to Joe Biden’s 46%.
View ArticleCity Council Districts 1 & 5 To Host Vaccine Clinics This Weekend In San Antonio
In addition to COVID-19 case numbers, Texas Public Radio is updating information on how local businesses are adjusting, how you can help those in need and what you can do to stay entertained at home....
View ArticleExtreme Psychological Behavior During A Pandemic? It's All Happened Before.
Pandemic paranoia, xenophobia, denial, extreme anxiety and more. But as it turns out, it's all happened before.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Degrees Of Injustice - The Social Inequity Of Urban Heat Islands
In the United States, areas that are on the low end of the socioeconomic spectrum are exposed to micro climate heatwaves – more often and for longer duration than other parts of the same city. These...
View ArticleA $1.2 Billion Bond Will Go To San Antonio Voters Next May, But City Council...
The city estimates it needs about $6.5 billion, but what’s included in the final package is up to the city council.
View ArticleSan Antonio City Council Supports Transgender Youth With New Resolution
The council passed the resolution 10-1 to voice opposition to bills in the Texas legislature that would prohibit transgender students from participating on sports teams that align with their gender...
View ArticleAbortion rights advocates hold rallies in San Antonio, Austin, across the...
Demonstrators are gathering at the state Capitol in response to Texas' new law banning abortions as early as six weeks. It's the most restrictive ban in the country and one that advocates say violates...
View ArticleTexas Conservation Alliance aims to prevent further animal extinctions
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that 23 species ranging from fish to birds are now extinct.
View ArticleAllen West announces he and his wife have Covid-19
West made the announcement on Twitter. He says he and his wife have both tested positive. Both have received monoclonal antibody infusions.
View ArticleGoodbye, Columbus? Here's what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to Native Americans
A growing movement recasts Oct. 11 as a day to appreciate the diversity and history of Indigenous communities. That visibility, say Native Americans, can help us see what else needs to change.
View ArticleBexar County Jail detained a man for 5 extra months. There's no clear answer...
One man spent five extra months in the facility after a court ordered his release, and his case may be just one example of larger systemic problems at the facility keeping people behind bars.
View ArticlePandemic border crossing restrictions will end in November
The United States will lift pandemic travel restrictions at border crossings with Mexico next month, reopening the border to fully vaccinated individuals and ending a virtual shutdown that separated...
View ArticleSan Pedro Creek dig unearths church cornerstone, illuminating more of AME...
An archaeological dig on the banks of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park in the west end of downtown San Antonio has unearthed the cornerstone of the post Civil War-era St. James African Methodist...
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