San Antonio's Pearl complex to host free party for James Beard semifinalist Nicola Blaque

A free event at the Pearl next week will honor San Antonio chef Nicola Blaque, who was recently named a James Beard Award Best Chef: Texas semifinalist. The James Beard Foundation's annual awards are considered the Oscars of the culinary world, recognizing the nation's best regional chefs and restau

Protesters gather ahead of Gov. Greg Abbott's speech to decry his scapegoating of immigrants

As Gov. Greg Abbott prepared to give his State of the State address Thursday at a magnet factory off Interstate 35 on the way out of San Marcos, a group of Texas State students and activists held a potluck in a public park downtown. This was the State of the People, an anti-Abbott protest organized

Analysis: Gov. Greg Abbott's bunkered State of the State speech a sign of weakness, not strength

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday delivered his State of the State address, checking off a list of right-wing talking points while laying out his priorities for the current session of the Texas Legislature. The content of the Republican governor's speech was predictable: he wants lawmakers to cut propert

D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton

Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., are taking over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after the U.S. attorney’s office in San Antonio was recused from the probe. Prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office had led the investigation since October 2020 i