Education
Our Lady of the Lake Conference to Revisit Civil Rights Hearings 50 Years Later
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The conference will highlight issues like immigration and voting rights that may not have been a focus at the 1968 hearings.
Elections 2018
Hurd Outscoring Jones in CD 23 Came Down to One Medina County Precinct
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Hours after Hurd claimed victory over Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones, that win turned into a question mark as votes continued to roll in.
Elections 2018
Castro, Menéndez Call for Greater Efficiency at Polls After Swell of Early Voters
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Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacquelyn Callanen said she deployed additional machines and staff when she saw higher-than-expected turnout.
Commentary
Julián Castro: A Journey Just Beginning
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Julián Castro's new book is Volume I of a story that cannot yet be completely told, with the promise of a long career in public service surely in store.
Gov & Politics
VIA Receives $2 Million Federal Grant to Purchase Electric Buses
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The buses, which run on electric batteries, will replace diesel-fueled buses in an attempt to reduce emissions.
Business & Tech
UTSA Awarded $500K for High-Speed Science Research Network
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A $500,000 National Science Foundation grant will help UTSA build a high-speed, internet network dedicated to research known as a science DMZ.
Gov & Politics
U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro Wants to Guarantee Members of Congress Access to Immigrant Detention Centers
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Castro said he plans to file legislation after an Oregon senator was denied access to an immigrant detention center in Brownsville.
Business & Tech
Steel Tariffs Raise Anxiety in South Texas Business Community
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Members of the local business community called Trump's inclusion of North American trade partners in a sweeping adjustment on steel imports a mistake.
Gov & Politics
At ‘Rally for Our Children,’ Hundreds Call for End to Immigrant Family Separations at Border
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Hundreds rallied in San Antonio to plead that the federal government stop separating immigrant family members at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Education
Great Hearts Charter Officials Decry Lesson That Sought ‘Positive,’ ‘Negative’ Aspects of Slavery
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Eighth-grade students at Great Hearts Monte Vista North were assigned homework about slavery that the school is now calling "inappropriate."