Texas’ fight against the New World screwworm will be nasty and brutish

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. After spending four decades in exile south of the Rio Grande, the New World screwworm has finally wriggled

San Antonio tech company Rackspace slashing 15% of its workforce

Rackspace, the corporation frequently held up as one of San Antonio’s tech-industry shining stars, is slashing 15% of its workforce, or about 750 jobs of its international workforce. In a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it will hand out pink slips ov

San Antonio livestock sanctuary guards against threat of screwworm by temporarily stopping intake of new animals

San Antonio-area livestock sanctuary Winding Branch Ranch is taking precautions to guard against New World screwworm as cases of the parasite have cropped up in nearby counties. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are pausing the intake of new animals for the next 14 days and will reassess at that t

Islamophobia, party’s continued push to the right likely prompted ouster of Texas GOP chair Abraham George

During the Republican Party of Texas’ annual convention last weekend, delegates voted to oust Abraham George, the first Indian American to chair the state party, and replace him with someone even further to the right. The Texas GOP abandoned George in favor of D’rinda Randall, his former vice chair,