Texas maternal mortality committee asks to review abortion-related deaths

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ maternal mortality committee should be allowed to review abortion-related deaths and have more voices from impacted communities at the table, the group’s chair said at

Despite warnings, Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. Eligible residents lost care.

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Beer-chugging kid, George Strait performance: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Even on a busy week for breaking news, it's clear readers enjoy the guilty pleasure of checking out goofy Internet videos. How else do you explain how a story on a viral clip of a toddler swilling from Mom's beer at a UT football game was the Current's most-read news story this week?

Former San Antonio councilman Clayton Perry joins race to replace Mayor Ron

Former District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry — you know, the guy who snagged a DWI charge after a 2022 head-on collision — is officially throwing his hat in the ring to replace termed-out Mayor Ron Nirenberg. No, this isn't satire. The San Antonio Report first broke the news Friday afternoon after Di