Muslim advocacy group sues Gov. Abbott over order cracking down on campus protests

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott along with officials with UTSA and other public universities, arguing their efforts to clamp down on pro-Palestinian protests violates students' free speech rights. CAIR filed its suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in

Honky Tonk Man: San Antonio's Bill Malone is country music's most revered scholar

San Antonio transplant Bill Malone is not only the world’s leading scholar of country music, he was among its first. “In academia, when I started, country music was outside the pale,” said Malone, who relocated to the Alamo City in 2020. “Not something you could work on or take seriously.

Houston-based BB's Tex-Orleans abruptly closes South San Antonio location

San Antonio now has one less place to laissez les bon temps rouler: Houston-based Cajun chain BB's Tex-Orleans abruptly closed its Brooks City Base location earlier this week. "We are now closed at Brooks City Base. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience," the business said in a Wednesday soci

San Antonio council moves to closed-door session to discuss fire union contract

Despite Mayor Ron Nirenberg's earlier insistence that talks about contract negotiations with the city's fire union be held in public, council quickly moved into a closed-door executive session Thursday to discuss the matter. Last week, five council members including District 7 Councilwoman Marina Al