Live Music in San Antonio This Week: No Pasa Nada Fest, Sparta, Wavves

This week’s live music highlights offer a reminder that San Antonio’s music scene doesn’t need to choose between punk grit and indie nostalgia. Hometown rabble-rousers Piñata Protest are launching a tour with a hometown festival worthy of a victory lap, while post-hardcore veterans Sparta are coming

Republican Ken Paxton spotted with alleged mistress in England over Independence Day weekend

With recent polls suggesting he’s locked in a dead heat as he runs for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton was once again spotted vacationing with his purported mistress. Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Paxton was seen walking alongside Christian

Talarico, Casar, other Texas Dems pull support from Graham Platner after sexual assault allegations

Texas Democrats are distancing themselves from Graham Platner, a progressive running to flip a Maine U.S. Senate seat blue, after Politico released a bombshell report Monday in which a woman accused him of sexual assault. The Politico piece describes an encounter years ago in which Platner allegedly

U.S. Supreme Court declines request to block Texas’ app age verification law

Texas can continue enforcing a law requiring app marketplace operators like Google and Apple to verify all users’ ages after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to intervene.  Senate Bill 2420, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, establishes age verification requirements and mandates parent