Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology endanger guards and inmates

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the

Did San Antonio city official try to meddle in hiring process for Animal Control Services director?

San Antonio Assistant City Manager David McCary used his position to give preferential treatment to one applicant to lead the city’s troubled Animal Care Services department while potentially holding back another, critics charge, pointing to city email correspondence. McCary’s alleged efforts to swa

The late Kris Kristofferson has San Antonio tie through 1972 film Cisco Pike

Country music icon Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at 88, has a surprising San Antonio connection: the cult 1972 film Cisco Pike. The movie — which features Brownsville-born Kristofferson's first-ever starring role — was made in the wake of the 1969 counterculture classic Easy Rider. Both movi

Another poll shows Democratic challenger Colin Allred closing in on Ted Cruz

Editor's note: This story was edited to correct a reporting error on the point spread in the Public Policy Polling/Clean and Prosperous America poll. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, got bad news this week in the form of another poll showing his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, narrowing t