Lawyer in Kendall Batchelor trial files for last-minute venue change, citing 'negative' press coverage

The attorney for Kendall Batchelor, the daughter of a prominent San Antonio businessman Ken Batchelor, has filed a motion asking for a venue change ahead of her trial on intoxication manslaughter charges, slated to start May 15. In a May 1 filing in Kendall County District Court, Batchelor's high-pr

State Rep. Bryan Slaton resigns ahead of expulsion vote over inappropriate relationship with aide

Rep. Bryan Slaton resigned from the Texas House on Monday after an investigation determined that he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 19-year-old woman on his staff, providing her with enough alcohol before their encounter that she felt dizzy and had double vision. Pressure had mounted

Texas House committee approves bill raising purchase age for semi-automatic rifles

In an unexpected vote that came less than 48 hours after Saturday's mass shooting in a Dallas-area mall, a Texas House committee advanced a bill that would increase the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. The 8-to-5 vote amounts to a last-minute rescue for the proposal, sinc

Hunger-fighting group Feeding Texas calls on Congress to bolster, not cut, nutrition programs

As federal lawmakers debate changes to the annual farm bill, the top official at hunger-fighting coalition Feeding Texas is calling on them to make it easier, not harder, to access food aid. The request by Feeding Texas — a network of 21 food banks and 60 hunger-fighting organizations — comes as Rep