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1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (461+ words) On Monday's holiday remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement claiming the slain civil rights icon would oppose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies. Paxton, a hard-right Trump ally, made the assertion in a press…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (191+ words) With more than 250 events planned this year, San Antonio DreamWeek is back to extend the spirit of the city's Martin Luther King Jr. Day March until Jan. 31, according to organizers. The expansive calendar of the 13th annual DreamWeek will focus on…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (450+ words) Bexar County's new backlog of unprocessed voter registration applications has grown to 6,600 while staff struggle with a lagging system provided by the state, county Elections Administrator Michele Carew said Tuesday. Much like the backlog ahead of last fall's election, Bexar…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (90+ words) From a 50-year anniversary show for Trinity University radio staton KRTU-FM featuring a red-hot jazz singer-songwriter to Get Up Kids singer Matt Pryor taking his solo act on the road, there's a lot to take in musically this week. Let's…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (369+ words) A third undocumented immigrant has died while in an El Paso Texas detention camp overseen by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this one by apparent suicide, federal authorities confirmed. Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, of Nicaragua, died of a "presumed suicide" on Jan....

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1102+ words) Alamo Heights ISD parents are voicing anger after the district scrapped a visit by a children's author whose nonfiction book about the history of glitter and plastic was deemed too radical under Texas' anti-DEI law. The cancelation is just the…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (323+ words) SAN ANTONIO - A Cuban national, who is accused of ramming Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles last week during an immigration enforcement check in San Antonio, was in federal court for a detention hearing on Tuesday. A federal judge ordered that…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (296+ words) An Insta-worthy brunch spot on San Antonio's Northside just announced its impending closure, but not without a final message for its fans and "haters" alike. Mimosa Gossip opened in November 2023 on Loop 1604 near'Redland Road and has since made a name…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (723+ words) Faculty at Texas A&M University have been told that roughly 200 courses in the College of Arts and Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of race and gender. The changes were made days before…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (323+ words) The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Tuesday about the constitutionality of a Texas law requiring public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms." All 17 active judges on the court will hear the case Rabbi…...