San Antonio's VIA gets $3 million in federal grants for low-emission vans

VIA Metropolitan Transit has received more than $3 million from the Federal Transit Administration through the agency's Low or No Emission Vehicle Program, according officials with the transit authority. The funding will allow VIAtrans to continue offering transportation services to riders with disa

Former Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti, convicted for his role in Ponzi scheme, released from prison

Former state Sen. Carlos Uresti of San Antonio was released from a federal prison in Bastrop on Friday after serving four years and four months of a 12-year sentence for participating in a Ponzi scheme. Mikal Watts, Uresti’s attorney, said in an email to The Texas Tribune that Uresti had checked int

Bad Takes: Robert Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine claims aren't just bullshit, they're dangerous bullshit

Editor's Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. The late John F. Kennedy's nephew, Robert Kennedy Jr., announced his run for president in April and, earlier this month, enjoyed a three-hour misinformation-sucking session with a certain dietary supplement salesman based in Austin.

Study reports there are fewer 'mosquito days' in San Antonio than in past years

If you thought the Texas heat dome was bad, mosquitos may have found it worse. A new study from the nonprofit group Climate Central details that mosquitos thrive in climates with humidity at or above 42 percent, when temperatures fall between 50 and 95 degrees. The more days that fall within that ra