School voucher hearing cancelled after Texas House and Senate unveil major bill revisions

A highly anticipated meeting of Texas lawmakers to discuss the school voucher legislation now being debated in the state legislature has been pushed back after the House and Senate unveiled updated versions of their individual voucher bills on Monday. Originally scheduled to meet Tuesday, the Texas

Comedy venue opening in San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre, with big names on the way

New venue Woodlawn Comedy is opening this weekend in the former Woodlawn Theatre, with its owners promising to bring big laughs and big names to the renovated space. The operators of the relaunched theater — located at 1920 Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio's burgeoning Deco District — will christe

Hurling insults like a middle school bully with Texas Congressman Troy Nehls

Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. GOP Congressman Troy Nehls was so incensed that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke would hold a town hall in his southwest-of-Houston district last Friday that he posted a two-minute video meltdown accusing the pair o

Culture or clutter? San Antonio City Council mulls pilot program to add digital ad displays downtown

San Antonio officials are weighing a pilot program that would allow the city and property owners to share revenue from digital media signs displayed in specially designated parts of town. But the proposal faces opposition from some city leaders and community organizations, who worry large the illumi