Port San Antonio board approves next step to build $275 million high-tech tower

Port San Antonio's board of directors voted Tuesday afternoon to spend $7.5 million to finalize architectural plans, a budget and timeline for a wing-shaped, 12-story office tower that will be a crown jewel for the former Kelly Air Force base. Port officials want to complete the $275 million structu

Texas bill would ban K-12 students from using cell phones during school hours

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Lawmakers want Texas to join a growing number of states in restricting public school students from using their cellphones during the school day, answering calls from educators

Two men found guilty in San Antonio migrant-smuggling tragedy that killed 53

Two guilt verdicts have been reached in the 2022 migrant-smuggling incident that resulted in 53 deaths on San Antonio's Quintana Road. Armando Gonzales-Ortega and Felipe Orduna-Torres were found guilty Tuesday after a two week trial, and the pair will be sentenced June 27, the three-year anniversary

The Junk Artist: Phil Ross isn’t about to the let the city take down his tower of found objects

Half a mile from the South Side’s Donkey Lady Bridge, a giant melange of steel and discarded materials looms over the Medina River. At its summit, a banner flaps in the wind with a message of defiance: “Don’t tread on me.” The 50-foot-tall structure is composed of the decommissioned detritus of mode