Austin may hire a chiropterologist. That's a fancy word for a bat scientist.
The city's got the largest urban bat population in the world. The bats draw scores of tourists to the South Congress Bridge year-round, but they could face complications from planned construction nearby.
View ArticleIn fighting 'woke agendas,' Texas lawmakers join nationwide trend against...
Similar debates on hot-button social issues — from gender-affirming care to drag performances to DEI programs — are playing out in statehouses nationwide.
View ArticleCan't wait for weight loss? Is Ozempic the answer?
Is Ozempic the answer for quick and easy weight loss? What are the drawbacks to taking the drug? Is the demand keeping it out of the hands of people who really need it?
View ArticleThis rancher doesn’t want a border wall on his land. He fears Texas will...
Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state.
View ArticleNephtali De Leon will be San Antonio's sixth poet laureate
He spent 17 years in Lubbock, where he created the area’s first bilingual newspaper.
View ArticleA new Pentagon policy helps troops who travel to receive abortions....
The Pentagon policy reimburses service members for travel expenses and offers up to 21 days of leave for abortions and fertility treatment.
View ArticleWithout enough workers in the U.S. to fill jobs, ranches and farms in Texas...
An analysis by The Texas Newsroom found a 36% increase in the demand for foreign workers in the state in just one year.
View ArticleVeterans of Foreign Wars to host town hall on PACT Act, Camp Lejeune benefits
The PACT Act is a new law that expands benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange and other toxic substances.
View ArticleCommissioners launch departmental reviews, boost mental health funding at...
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai has launched a countywide departmental review to increase transparency and accountability and better serve taxpayers.
View ArticleThree San Antonio Starbucks stores join nationwide strike of more than 100 cafes
Starbucks Workers United said the strike is intended to demand that Starbucks end its union-busting efforts and come to the bargaining table.
View ArticleEl Paso’s Castner Range designated a national monument
The move was cheered by locals and environmentalists who said the declaration will preserve history and create outdoor opportunities for border residents in West Texas.
View ArticleWhy going to the Moon still matters
As Starship sits in South Texas waiting for its first attempt at orbital launch. It’s a big step that would take humanity back to the moon and beyond. Going back to Luna—and this time to stay—opens up...
View ArticleMore than 40 years later, a Texan reveals a secret that may have swayed an...
Ben Barnes went to the Middle East with John Connally to delay the release of U.S. hostages in Iran and potentially help Ronald Reagan win the presidency.
View ArticleSouth San ISD trustees reverse course, vote to close 3 schools
South San's Athens Elementary, Kindred Elementary and Kazen Middle School will close at the end of the school year.
View ArticlePaul Rusesabagina, 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, will be freed and return to San Antonio
The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, was released late Friday evening from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Trump's popularity unshaken in Texas
As Trump prepares for possible indictment, how do Texans view the former President? And Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales is back from a delegation to Mexico.
View Article'The Big Myth' exposes the costs of blind faith in free markets
How did Americans come to equate the broad concept of freedom with an almost religious belief in free market economics? Did the rejection of government oversight bring on the current banking meltdown,...
View ArticleUvalde police: Two dead among numerous people found 'suffocating' in train car
A 911 call alerted police that at least 15 'undocumented immigrants' were trapped. Border Patrol agents stopped the train east of Knippa. At least 10 people were hospitalized, including five in San...
View ArticleTrump launches presidential campaign in Waco and calls 2024 'the final battle'
Saturday’s rally was held in the city where a deadly standoff between federal agents and a religious, anti-government cult took place 30 years ago.
View ArticleMigrants found trapped in another train car in South Texas, 3 dead over the...
One day after 17 migrants were found suffocating in a train car in Texas, law enforcement authorities found 12 more migrants on Saturday in another rail car along the border with Mexico. One of the...
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