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30+ min ago (337+ words) The San Antonio Spurs entered Wednesday night's NBA Cup quarterfinals matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers with a lot at stake. Not only would a win allow them to advance to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup semifinals, but it would also move them within one game back of second place in a crowded Western Conference race. Playing without Victor Wembanyama, against the trio of Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and LeBron James, the Spurs seemed to be underdogs. However, on the road, San Antonio was in control throughout the entire game. The Spurs outscored Los Angeles in every quarter except the fourth, carrying a 12-point lead into the halftime break. After leading by a margin of 24 at one point, San Antonio ultimately defeated Los Angeles 132-119. MORE:LeBron James turns back the clock with poster dunk for Lakers vs. Spurs Stephon…...

54+ min ago (859+ words) Don't call it a homecoming, because they've been here for years. But, the best things, done the right way, take time. So, perhaps it is only natural that it took nearly 15 years of building and making for Richter Goods, a San Antonio-based producer of some of the best Western shirts around, to open its first proper storefront. And right here in the city, where the company has always made all its products. " Opened on Nov. 1, the retail space at 2102 McCullough Avenue, represents an exciting new chapter in a refreshing story that began back in 2011, when company co-owner Mario Guajardo decided to bet on his dream. It was then that Guajardo left his work in the corporate fashion world, where he'd worked for Lacoste and American Eagle, to start a company that would focus on small batch items made in San…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1181+ words) EL PASO " Immigrants detained at Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss say they have been coerced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to cross the border into the Mexican desert " even if they have no connection to Mexico " or be sent to jail in third countries, human rights groups allege in a letter to the federal border protection agency. A number of detainees suffered serious injuries due to these physical abuses, the report alleges, and in one reported case a detained teenager said he lost consciousness and required hospitalization after being slammed to the ground. "Officers have engaged in a widespread and unreasonable pattern and practice of excessive force, including the use of abusive sexual contact by officers when'utilizing'force," the organizations said in a news release. Neither the U.S. Department of Homeland Security nor Fort Bliss immediately responded to El Paso…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (523+ words) As the Trump administration pushes for deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, saying states can take a bigger part in environmental oversight, new data show the majority of states "Texas included "have already slashed their budgets for pollution control. A study released this week by the Environmental Integrity Project found that 27 states have reduced budgets for their environmental agencies over the past 15 years, adjusted for inflation, and Texas was among the worst offenders. The Lone Star State is among seven that have axed a third or more of their funding for environmental oversight. Indeed, the 33% funding reduction for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was the nation's seventh-largest. Lawmakers whittled the agency's budget from $615 million in 2010 to just $413 million last fiscal year. Texas also was among the two-thirds of states " 31 to be exact " that also took an ax to…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago (413+ words) The San Antonio City Council will consider a resolution that would move city elections from May to November in odd-numbered years. A change to state law is allowing the move; however, the council only has until the end of the month to decide. They will then consider the resolution on Thurs. Dec. 18, giving the public little time to weigh in on the issue " which has some members of the council concerned about the hasty approach. The Texas Legislature approved SB1494 this year, allowing cities with elections in May to move their elections to November of odd-numbered years, but giving only until Dec. 31 to make the decision via a resolution. The move would bypass the San Antonio City Charter and restrict the city from changing its election date back to May in the future unless it seeks legislative approval. San Antonio Mayor…...

5+ hour, 30+ min ago (278+ words) The San Antonio Spurs entered Wednesday night's NBA Cup quarterfinals matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers with a lot at stake. Not only would a win allow them to advance to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup semifinals, but it would also move them within one game back of second place in a crowded Western Conference race. Playing without Victor Wembanyama, against the trio of Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and LeBron James, the Spurs seemed to be underdogs. However, on the road, San Antonio was in control throughout the entire game. The Spurs outscored Los Angeles in every quarter except the fourth, carrying a 12-point lead into the halftime break. After leading by a margin of 24 at one point, San Antonio ultimately defeated Los Angeles 132-119. MORE:LeBron James turns back the clock with poster dunk for Lakers vs. Spurs Stephon…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago (380+ words) A third of the city's construction workers are foreign-born, and worksites are already losing staff due to fear of enforcement sweeps. Trump administration's intensifying immigration crackdown will likely delay San Antonio construction projects and hike costs due to the industry's high reliance on foreign-born labor, new data suggests. The number of foreign-born construction workers has consistently risen for more than a decade, and some 34.5% of San Antonio's workforce was born outside the U.S., a new study by construction software firm Construction Coverage shows. "If the recent intensification of immigration enforcement has in fact reduced the foreign-born construction industry workforce, I would expect that to only exacerbate the already understaffed construction industry," Mike LaFirenza, a Construction Coverage spokesman told the'Current via email. LaFirenza added that resulting labor shortages would delay building projects and force companies to raise wages, especially because the crackdown…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago (322+ words) A new Democratic National Committee add campaign on Thursday blasted U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, over his repeated votes against extending enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits. The digital ads, which are running on the Express-News" and Current"s sites, accuse the four-term incumbent and fellow Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of voting to send health care costs skyrocketing for more than 3 million Texans. The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on a Democrat-backed bill to extend'expiring ACA tax credits for three years. The DNC is running the ads in San Antonio, where Cornyn grew up and began his political career. Committee officials said they"re also buying additional digital ads to target persuadable voters statewide, including rural areas, where residents are expected to face some of the most serious hardships if the ACA credits evaporate. The ads also come as…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago (573+ words) MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $26 billion in nonprofits since her 2019 divorce from Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos. MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist and author who was once married to billionaire Jeff'Bezos, recently revealed that she donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025" and Texas institutions are benefiting from her generosity. The donation is nearly three times higher than her previous contributions: $2.6 billion in 2024 and $2.1 billion in 2023. Scott has donated more than $26 billion to nonprofits since her 2019 divorce from the Amazon mogul, according to her website, Yield Giving. "This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year," Scott wrote in a blog post this week. She donated to more than 180 organizations and primarily supported institutions championing DEI, education, humanitarian aid and disaster…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago (620+ words) U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks against Texas redistricting efforts at a news conference at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Thursday, July 31, 2025. Listening are U.S. representatives Greg Casar, Lizzie Fletcher and Al Green. The main group working to elect Democrats to the U.S. House announced Wednesday it sees a path to victory in a district that Texas Republicans just redrew to be more GOP-friendly. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it will invest in the party's nominee for Congressional District 35, a seat that was redrawn from a Democratic stronghold into one that would have favored President Donald Trump by 10 points in 2024. "Democrats will not let (Republicans') cynical power play go down without a fight," Susan DelBene, who chairs the national campaign arm, said in a statement Tuesday." "The DCCC will work to ensure the people of Texas' 35th District have the representation they…...