San Antonio councilwoman wants SAWS to release audit before she’ll consider 30% rate hike

City Councilwoman Misty Spears is calling on San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to release the financial and performance audit the utility committed to provide to council before seeking another rate increase.  The District 9 council member’s request comes after SAWS’s board voted unanimously on Tuesday

Appeals court rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn Texas State Fair gun ban

An all-Republican Texas appeals court has delivered another blow to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s challenge of the State Fair’s firearms ban, just over a month before the annual weekslong event returns to Dallas. In his 2024 lawsuit against the city and the private nonprofit that operates the fair,

Ted Cruz says communists have taken over and want to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, flapped his gums Tuesday on Fox News and more ridiculous shit came spilling out. This time, Cruz stoked panic over recent wins by Muslim progressives Zohran Mamdani, New York’s current mayor, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who this week landed the Democratic nomination for Mich

San Antonio Philharmonic settles breach-of-contract lawsuit with early financial supporters

Two early backers of the San Antonio Philharmonic said they have settled a two-year-old lawsuit with the orchestra over allegations its management didn’t honor terms of $180,000 in loans the pair extended to fund its operations. The Philharmonic — which formed in 2022 from the ashes of the defunct S