Texas Water Board details how it will spend $1 billion for water infrastructure projects

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. ODESSA — Texas last week began dividing $1 billion in taxpayer approved money among different types of water infrastructure and supply projects. Most of the money will go towa

Blue Box Bar at San Antonio's Pearl development will close at end of August

Shortly after the surprise announcement that critically acclaimed restaurant Botika is shutting down, yet another fixture at San Antonio's Pearl development is throwing in the towel. Blue Box Bar will close at the end of August after 12 years of serving up cool vibes and craft cocktails in the north

Brazilian steakhouse chain Avenida Brazil has opened its first San Antonio restaurant

The Houston-based Avenida Brazil Churrascaria Steakhouse chain has made its San Antonio debut. After teasing plans earlier this year to open a restaurant at 17660 Henderson Pass, Avenida Brazil began serving hungry carnivores on July 20 in a soft opening, according to an Instagram post from the comp

Texas among states with highest percentage of low-wage workers, new study finds

Texas has far more low-wage workers than the national average, according to a new report from anti-poverty nonprofit Oxfam. Indeed, only six other states have a higher percentage of workers earning less than $17 an hour, the study's threshold for low-wage employment. While an average of 23.2% U.S. w