San Antonio restaurant Ginger’s Bistro to debut this fall with focus on comfort food, Cajun flavors

Veteran-owned Ginger’s Bistro will open this fall in the Stone Oak area, bringing another locally owned dining option to chain-heavy TPC Parkway. Started by Army vet John Lopez and his wife Sharrah, Ginger’s Bistro will feature a menu that blends classic comfort dishes with Cajun-inspired flavors su

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones gets unlikely ally in bid to stop anti-pet dumping ordinance

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has attracted an unlikely ally in her otherwise lonely effort to halt passage of an anti-pet dumping amendment: animal-rescue advocates.  In an open letter to Jones and City Council posted over the weekend, nonprofit group No Kill SA expressed concern the proposal

Texas’ new parental consent law leaves school nurses confused about which services they can provide to students

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A new state law requiring schools to obtain parental consent before administering health care services to students has triggered confusion among campus nurses who worry they c

Bad Takes: As San Antonio looks into new surveillance tech for its police, be wary of weaponization

Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis.  When Police Chief William McManus appeared at City Council’s budget meeting last month, he tried to justify the purchase of AI software as something which would improve efficiency by helping officers with time-consuming reports. “These emerging technol