Cooking Up Conversation: Jade Paris of Sixth Seat Dining Club seeks community through restaurants

Name: Jade ParisAge: 31Hometown: Born in NYC, raised in San Antonio, returned a year and a half agoDay job: Lab management supervisor Current read: Blindness by José SaramagoGo-to dish: Salt-and-pepper shrimp from Best Quality Daughter Favorite cocktail: Smoked dirty martini from SupperComfort movie

San Antonio council members say mayor killed anti-pet dumping ordinance over petty politics

Two members of San Antonio City Council accused Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones of pulling a fast one to put politics ahead of helping the city’s abandoned pet population. Council was scheduled Thursday to consider an ordinance supported by Animal Care Services Director Jonathan Gary that would have fined pe

Proposal limiting Texas city, county property taxes dies in the Legislature

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. DALLAS — A push by Texas lawmakers to curb city and county property tax bills died quietly Thursday morning after legislators

Spouting off about the Smithsonian’s ‘obsession with slavery’ with Texas pseudo-historian David Barton

Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark.  Ever eager to whitewash reality so it matches his MAGA fever dream, President Donald Trump last month proclaimed that the White House plans to review Smithsonian Institution exhibits that focus on negative aspects of U.S. history, including