San Antonio's eyeing a sports district to revitalize downtown, but economists are skeptical

Beyond the San Antonio Spurs lassoing No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama, the year's biggest local sports story centers around the franchise — along with Minor League Baseball's San Antonio Missions — exploring the concept of a downtown sports district. Details are still vague and it could be years

Texas prisons enter statewide lockdown. Officials won't say how long it will last.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has begun a lockdown of all its prisons, which officials said was prompted by a surge in drug-related inmate homicides over the past five years. The lockdown, which began Wednesday morning, will restrict the movement of approximately 129,000 currently

Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave, survey finds

The political climate in Texas is the leading contributor to professors' desire to leave the state, a new survey of more than 1,900 Texas faculty members found. More than a quarter of those professors said they planned to look for positions elsewhere in the country this year as a result of political

ERCOT paid Bitcoin mining operation more than $32 million to cut power use

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin mining operation nearly $32 million last month to cut its energy consumption as the state's power grid struggled to keep up with demand driven by record heat. Colorado-based Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc. revealed the details of the