Facing pressure from judge, Texas reassigns workers to care for foster kids in unlicensed homes

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas child welfare officials are reassigning staff to focus on monitoring the unlicensed motels and rental homes that house some of the most vulnerable children in the foster

Despite Abbott hinting he'll ignore Supreme Court order, history shows he'll ultimately cave

Gov. Greg Abbott insinuated Monday on social media that he'll ignore a U.S. Supreme Court order clearing federal agents to cut concertina wire the state deployed along the Rio Grande as part of the his Operation Lone Star border crackdown. After the high court's 5-4 vote, Texas Department of Public

San Antonio Film Commissioner Kimberly LeBlanc surveys the moviemaking landscape

Last week, MovieMaker magazine for its sixth consecutive year named San Antonio one of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker. In describing the advantages of filming in San Antonio, the publication noted its access to production facilities and equipment rental houses along with state and

Gino's Deli in San Antonio makes Yelp's Top 100 list once again

Beloved San Antonio hole-in-the-wall Gino's Deli grabbed the No. 9 spot on Yelp's annual Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. This marks at least the third time owner Aleem Chaudhry's Brooklyn-style deli — located inside a Shavano Park-area convenience store, no less — has landed on the list. The deli,