Texas prison deaths undercounted
We don't know how many people die in law enforcement custody each year, whether in an encounter with police on the street, during transport, or while in jails, prisons, or detention centers. Numbers...
View ArticleNew federal bill hopes to streamline colonia, farmworker programs in Texas...
The bill would help address accessibility issues for the thousands of colonias in the U.S., most of which are in Texas.
View ArticleTexans highly motivated to travel to New Mexico for abortions
In most circumstances, it is illegal to perform an abortion in Texas. The solution for many is to travel out of Texas and to a state where abortion is still legal. Texas Public Radio reporters Kayla...
View ArticleDual inquiries check claims foster care employees cashed in on homeless kids...
A former Department of Family and Protectives Services employee said managers were using miles and points accrued from hotel bookings for foster youth and using them for lavish trips.
View ArticleMigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexican border once were mostly Mexican men — but...
A decade or so ago, migrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border were mostly Mexican males. Today, the makeup of migrants who want to cross the border is much more diverse.
View ArticleTexas faces higher hunger rates than every other state — except Arkansas
Texas has the second-highest rate of residents at risk of going hungry in the nation. That bleak ranking comes from new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
View ArticleTexas is a hotspot for new HIV infections, but many still can’t access...
Texas has the second-highest rate of new HIV infections in the United States. Medicines like PrEP can prevent HIV, but without insurance, it's hard to find, and afford.
View ArticleWhere, when and how to vote in November election in San Antonio
Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 7.
View ArticleAustin becomes one of the largest cities in the country to get rid of parking...
For at least half a century, the city has required builders to provide a minimum number of off-street parking spaces. Developers say without the mandates they will likely continue to build some parking.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Will Brent Brewer be executed based on junk science?
This week on Texas Matters: Brent Brewer says he’s sorry for a murder he committed 33 years ago but says junk science is why he's on Texas Death Row.
View ArticleCould the Spurs move to a new downtown arena?
Could the Spurs dribble over to a new billion-dollar arena in downtown San Antonio? The Express-News is reporting there’s serious preliminary talk about building a new home for the Spurs at the...
View ArticleSan Antonio abortion doctor who challenged SB8 treating Texans in New Mexico
Since Texas adopted a full ban on abortion, not only have abortion seekers been forced to leave the state but so too have the abortion providers. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla and David Martin...
View ArticleNirenberg rebuffs calls to cut Tel Aviv ties or endorse ceasefire as Gaza...
More than 30 San Antonio residents attended the city council’s public comment session last Wednesday to pressure their council members and San Antonio's mayor.
View ArticleLet's humbly disagree
In this time of increasing political and social division – when it’s seems there’s little to no common ground on the issues – there is a need for intellectual humility -- This is the acceptance that...
View ArticleAbbott calls fourth special session after school vouchers, border bills die...
Abbott’s agenda for the new special session includes — once again — school vouchers, school safety, and border-related bills.
View ArticleUvalde elects former mayor Cody Smith as its next leader in the shadow of the...
The community chose an insider and former mayor to serve the remaining year on the term of Don McLaughlin, who is running for the Texas House of Representatives.
View ArticleTexans approve property tax cuts, new infrastructure funds and teacher...
Texas voters approved all but one of 14 amendments to the state constitution on the ballot in the Tuesday November 6 election.
View ArticleWith the last of nine base renamings, the Army helps cast aside the myth of...
Historians said the renamings – like the removal of many Confederate statues in recent years – are part of a more accurate understanding of the Confederacy.
View ArticleMike Shuster, who covered the world for NPR for three decades, has died at 76
As a foreign correspondent, Mike Shuster was eyewitness to historic events from Moscow to the Mideast. In the U.S., his coverage of the John Gotti trial led to a momentous FCC ruling on expletives.
View ArticleIs SAISD's rightsizing plan fair?
San Antonio Independent School District is considering closing 19 campuses in order to deal with a shrinking number of students in the district.Parents have been asking the SAISD board to reconsider. A...
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