In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Testifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev. Jody Harrison invoked the violent persecution of her Baptist forefathers

Pop singer Lisa Lisa coming to San Antonio's Frost Bank Center in August

Pop and R&B star Lisa Lisa, known for fronting the '80s group Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, is coming to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center this summer as part of her 40th anniversary tour. The show will take place Saturday, Aug. 9. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday via the Frost Bank Center’s websit

Trump food-program cuts will slash San Antonio Food bank's budget by $3 million

The San Antonio Food Bank will lose $3 million in federal funding — or roughly 20% of its annual food-purchasing budget — due to program shutdowns ordered by the Trump administration, the Express-News reports. The cuts come as the nonprofit is already bracing for a jump in demand because of economic

Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and prisons whose populations have continued to grow after d