Texas Dream Act goes to court over fight to restore in-state tuition for undocumented students

Students, immigrant-rights advocates and Austin Community College are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let them defend the Texas Dream Act that has helped thousands of undocumented students afford college. The law allowed certain students who attended and graduated from hi

First U.S. screwworm case confirmed in South Texas

McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas. The USDA tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala County at the USDA’s National Veterinary S

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones mixes it up with Charles Barkley on national TV 

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and Charles Barkley — the basketball great known dragging San Antonio every chance he gets — exchanged verbal fireworks on national TV before tipoff for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. During a brief Wednesday night appearance during ABC coverage from the Frost Bank Center, Barkley

McKee-Rodriguez apologizes after online argument with constituent who called him a ‘monkey’

District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez has apologized for an online dustup he got into with a woman who referred to him as a “monkey” in a post voicing frustration with his office. In the exchange, which took place last week, the Black councilman publicly shamed Trisha Thatcher-Garza on Faceboo