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Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience....
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.The ruling by U.S. ...
A list of concerns created by Councilwoman Sukh Kaur and circulated via email among select colleagues ahead of a critical vote on a water rate increase has raised the alarm from one political expert that the exchange may have violated the Texas Open Meetings Act. Under Texas stat...
San Antonio hockey fans soon may have a local-ish team to root for. The National Hockey League (NHL) is considering whether to add teams in Austin and Houston, ESPN reported Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources, ESPN said the league’s board of governors discussed the expansion possibi...
Progressive candidate Iván Cepeda on Wednesday conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump.Election results showed de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer who had never run for of...
When Varun Venkatesh cast his ballot in New York’s primary this week, he thought about “a good litmus test for me as a voter.” He wanted to know what the candidates are doing for the Palestinian cause. The 27-year-old Brooklyn resident decided to support Claire Valdez, who was ba...
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here.Texas lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Texas Secretary of State’s Office for assurances that ...
Hundreds of Catholic devotees wrapped themselves in dried banana leaves and covered their bodies with mud on Wednesday in the Philippine village of Bibiclat, taking part in a display of faith honoring St. John the Baptist. The Taong Putik, or Mud People, festival is held annually...
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is doubling down on her opposition to Ye’s planned July 4 concert at the Alamodome, arguing that a taxpayer-funded venue should not be used to provide a platform for an artist whose history of antisemitic rhetoric has sparked widespread controversy.New deta...
The Texas Education Agency launched a special investigation into Judson Independent School District, according to documents obtained by KSAT.The document was addressed to Board President Monica Ryan and Interim Superintendent Robert Jaklich. The letter outlines nine separate alle...
San Antonio District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears accepted free tickets to Ye’s upcoming Alamodome concert, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones confirmed to KSAT, as the city debates whether the show should happen at all.During KSAT’s 6 O’Clock Q&A, Jones said a city staff member sent an email...
While all members of the San Antonio City Council say they denounce Kanye West's remarks, they differ on censorship.Majority of San Antonio City Council opposes canceling Ye Alamodome concert was first posted on June 23, 2026 at 8:15 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of thi...
The Judson Independent School District board voted 6-1 to appoint Ann Dixon as the next interim superintendent, making her the fifth person to lead the district in six months.Trustee Jose Macias was the only board member to vote against the appointment of Dixon. Dixon began her c...
The Republican nominee for Bexar County judge says local officials should have done more to oppose the federal air-quality designation that triggered emissions testing. Former Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the Democratic nominee, points to efforts he made to urge the EPA to keep the regio...
The measure to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran does not require the president's signature, nor does it carry the force of law. But it reflects bipartisan frustration with the war....
Some industry insiders believe Tacoma pickup production could return to the Alamo City.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones conceded during a Tuesday afternoon news conference that she lacks the City Council votes required to cancel a July 4 Alamodome performance by polarizing hip-hop star Ye, formerly Kanye West. “At this point, the only way to cancel this concert is to have a ...
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is looking for fat to trim as the city deals with a $158 million budget deficit — and she’s starting with the award-winning San Antonio Botanical Garden. During a presentation last week on the city’s trial budget, Jones expressed alarm that San Antonio spen...
Longtime public official Jane Nelson is stepping down as Texas’ top election officer later this summer, after more than three years at the helm. As rumors swirl about who Gov. Greg Abbott will appoint as the next secretary of state, TribCast dives into the challenges Nelson has f...
The latest round of primary elections gets underway Tuesday in four states: Maryland, New York, South Carolina and Utah.The midterm elections in November will determine control of both chambers of Congress and will also see the election of dozens of governors and other state and ...
The NHL is exploring potential expansion to Texas with Houston and Austin among the possibilities, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The league's Board of Governors had their annual post-Stanley Cup Final and pre-draft meeting on Tuesday...
How extreme is the Texas Republican Party’s new list of legislative priorities when it comes to abortion? Extreme enough, apparently, that one anti-abortion group worries it will do the movement irreparable damage. Anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life is livid after the T...
For the 10th time, the Senate will vote on a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to fund.The outcome Tu...
Hundreds of Indigenous people have testified. They’ve sobbed, cursed and laughed in spite of it all. Many told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally able to begin recovering from childhood trauma.An oral history project led by ...
A year into recovery efforts in west Kerr County, many families are still waiting for permanent housing, rent help and access to resources, according to Hill Country organizations working with survivors.The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country told Kerr County commissio...
After a contentious primary, Texas Democrats will host their state convention in Corpus Christi this week and look to rally the party behind their ticket ahead of what they hope will be a midterm election that turns a cascade of seats blue.In what’s being billed as the largest ga...
Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics.The U.K. is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country voted 52%-48% to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership. Conservative Prime Minister Da...
Two opposing factions in the artificial intelligence industry square off in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tests his political clout by backing fellow democratic socialists. And President Donald Trump, after two of his chosen candid...
South Carolina voters return to the polls Tuesday to finalize the Republican nominee for governor in a runoff election that has become a bruising grudge match between two of the state's leading politicians.President Donald Trump initially endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over stat...
State leaders are investigating whether Judson Independent School District leaders violated Texas law, amid several allegations against Board President Monica Ryan and former Superintendent Milton “Rob” Fields III.Among the nine allegations outlined by the Texas Education Agency,...
A special session of the San Antonio City Council on Monday was meant to provide information about two home explosions on the city’s Northeast side in April, but a federal investigation isn’t allowing much to be said....
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here.A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of an immigration ver...
Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that “there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he's defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Chann...
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody joined San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones in denouncing previous antisemitic comments made by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, ahead of a planned concert on July 4 at the Alamodome.More than 60,000 people are...
A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s election integrity strategy is unlawful and can no longer be used.U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the rec...
What a 7-cent change on the tax bill could do for South San ISD: roof repairs, HVAC maintenance and pay raises.South San ISD plans to ask voters for a tax rate change this November was first posted on June 22, 2026 at 1:52 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed is f...
Nearly a month after U.S. Sen. John Cornyn lost his primary election to an opponent backed by President Donald Trump, Texas’ senior Republican senator has finally turned on the current occupant of the White House. Corny spent months cozying up in hopes of earning his endorsement,...
Over the weekend, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called for the cancelation of a July 4 Alamodome concert by controversial rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West. In a Saturday tweet, Jones said she supported scrapping the performance. “Military City USA should not host someone with ...
The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three...
Faced with anti-Israel and even anti-Jewish sentiment by party activists, and by an increasing number of political candidates, many Jewish voters are facing uncomfortable choices as they cast their ballots this year....
For most of the 11 years that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has held statewide office, scandals have followed him. And for just as long, political opponents have used his various legal troubles as campaign ammunition against Paxton in elections. Those challengers have describ...
The Republican-majority State Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on adopting curriculum changes statewide. Critics say the new social studies lessons and reading lists over-emphasize Christianity....
Two of South Carolina’s top officeholders will compete one-on-one for the Republican nomination for governor in a primary runoff election on Tuesday. Voters will also select nominees for a handful of congressional races and other contests in which no candidate received a majority...
Democratic nomination contests for New York’s seats in the closely divided U.S. House take center stage Tuesday in a state primary where relatively few of the state’s top officeholders will appear on the ballot.One incumbent who is not up for election but has emerged as a key fig...
Texas students may soon attend social studies and reading classes that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible. The State Board of Education has two pivotal votes slated for this week that would usher in these changes: one on a rewrite of Te...
Simon Boyd’s firm makes prefabricated steel structures on the south coast of England and ships them to customers as far away as Ghana and Barbados. Mike Hawes represents Britain’s carmakers as the head of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.The business leaders were on...
New York's congressional candidates have a final chance to make their case Monday on the last full day of campaigning before a primary election in which an ascendant progressive left is taking on establishment Democrats.The races have become bellwethers of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's ...
A polarized Colombia gave conservative political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella a razor-thin lead in a runoff election that will be challenged in the coming days by the ruling party’s progressive candidate.De la Espriella, a business owner and lawyer who earned U.S. President ...
Deeply divided voters in Colombia are choosing the country's next president in a runoff Sunday that pits a progressive against a conservative outsider, with both candidates tapping into fears of a renewed internal conflict in the country.Their choice is between businessman and la...
The UK banned his concerts. Now city leaders, including Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, want to cancel a show scheduled for July 4 at the Alamodome.Kanye’s last-minute Alamodome show faces pushback over anti-semitic comments was first posted on June 20, 2026 at 7:29 pm.©2021 "San An...
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones expressed her concerned opinions through social media on Saturday about the Alamodome hosting a Ye concert next month.The Grammy Award winning rapper, Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — has been involved in multiple controversial moments throug...
The State Board of Education is preparing to vote next week on requiring Texas schoolchildren to read about a dozen Bible passages and religious stories, stepping into the long-running debate over religion’s — and specifically Christianity’s — place in the public school classroom...
In a story published Jun. 19, 2026, about Democratic socialists, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was endorsed by the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. He was not....
San Antonio City Council on Thursday voted 6-5 on Thursday to postpone a vote and further discussion on a proposed rate hike by San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) until October. Some of those who voted to push back said they did so because they don’t fully trust the current leaders...
Editor’s note: This story was corrected to include the accurate percentage for the proposed tax increase. In a rare moment of unity, the majority of San Antonio City Council appears to agree Thursday that the proposed budget thrown together by City Manager Erik Walsh is a nonstar...
The San Marcos City Council voted Tuesday night to prohibit data centers within city limits, Austin TV station KXAN reports. The college town is in the epicenter of data center gold rush along I-35 between San Antonio and Austin. The heavily trafficked corridor is experiencing th...
The municipal development district of a small Texas border town is suing the federal government to stop construction of the border wall in the area near Big Bend National Park. The municipal development district of Presidio — located some 250 miles east of El Paso — filed a feder...
