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Adam Sandler, San Antonio Aquarium: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
The war of words between SAPD Chief William McManus and Bexar DA Joe Gonzales also made news this week.
By San Antonio Current Staff
Tags: San Antonio News, top San Antonio headlines, top San Antonio news, San Antonio Aquarium, escaped porcupine, Adam Sandler, ATT Center, Charlie Robison, Bexar County DA, police officer shootings, open carry, San Antonio City Council, out-of-state abortions, abortion access, San Antonio International Airport, nonstop service
After online attacks, San Antonio venue The Starlighter cancels drag shows for rest of 2022
In an online statement, the venue said it felt 'unsafe' after being bullied and subjected to anti-LGBTQ+ statements on Twitter.
By Nina Rangel
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, Aztec Theatre, A Drag Queen Christmas, Murray and Peter, RuPaul's Drag race, Steven Monacelli, Texas Freedom Force, extremist militia, right wing, pedophilia, open carry, Drag Brunch, Anderson Distillery and Grill, Roanoke, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, fascist, social media, Bryan Slaton, underage, legislation, politics, The Starlighter, Texas Family Project.
Extremist militia plans to protest Christmas-themed drag event in San Antonio next month
A local social justice group planned a counter-protest outside the Aztec Theatre but opted against it, citing security concerns.
By Michael Karlis
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, Aztec Theatre, A Drag Queen Christmas, Murray and Peter, RuPaul's Drag race, Steven Monacelli, Texas Freedom Force, extremist militia, right wing, pedophilia, open carry, Drag Brunch, Anderson Distillery and Grill, Roanoke, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, fascist, social media, Bryan Slaton, underage, legislation, politics, news
El Paso lawmaker aids Uvalde shooting investigation three years after massacre in his city
State Rep. Joe Moody rushed to the site of a mass shooting in his city in 2019, then warned House colleagues that it would happen again as they passed a permitless carry bill. Now he’s at the center of the investigation into the Uvalde massacre.
By Ariana Perez-Castells, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, El Paso mass shooting, El Paso Walmart shooting, Uvalde mass shooting, uvalde massacre, uvalde school shooting, Robb Elementary School, Rep. Joe Moody, St. Luke Catholic Church, Texas Legislature, gun reform, gun control, mass shootings, mental health, gov. Greg Abbott, NRA, Rep. Dustin Burrows, Lubbock, Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman, House Investigative Committee, Open carry, texas gun laws, House Bill 1927, Giffords Law Center, Texas Safety Commission, Sutherland Springs, Santa Fe High School, Texas Safety Action Report
Teachers in San Antonio bedroom community of La Vernia can pack heat following school board vote
Teachers at La Vernia ISD will now be allowed to carry firearms under Texas' Guardian Plan.
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, La Vernia, La Vernia ISD, armed, teachers, guns, school shootings, Protection of Texas Children Act, Guardian Program, open carry, news, politics, second amendment
Beto O’Rourke raises $7.2 million in first 6 weeks of campaign, while Abbott adds to his war chest
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: Texas News, Beto O'Rourke, Gov. Greg Abbott, Campaigns, Texas, governor's race, 2022 election, gubernatorial race, Winter Storm Uri, Texas Legislature, open carry, COVID-19, COVID, pandemic, coronavirus, pandemic response, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Politics, Republicans, Democrats, campaign contributions, campaign money, war chests, campaign finance
'Welcome to Texas' is trending on Twitter, and not because folks like Abbott, blackouts or abortion bans
Tags: Texas News, Texas, Welcome to Texas, trending on twitter, Texas Twitter, why is welcome to Texas trending, Gov. Greg Abbott, abortion ban, abortion bounty, power grid, power failure, power outage, Qanon, Texas abortion law, open carry, firearms, guns, COVID-19, COVID, pandemic, coronavirus, rape, incest, gerrymandering, Texas Republicans, religious right, rednecks, red state
Gov. Abbott and Beto O’Rourke nearly tied among Texas voters in new poll
Tags: Texas News, Texas elections, Governor's race, gov. Greg Abbott, Beto O'Rourke, 2022 election, Texas Legislature, Republicans, Democrats, Abbott and O'Rourke tied, new poll, U.S. Supreme Court, Texas abortion law, Texas abortion ban, open carry, voting law, voting restrictions, Texas governor, Texas governor's race, dead heat, statistical tie, Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation, TxHPF, Texas politics, Allen West, Republican primary, Matthew McConaughey
Special Texas House election set for late September to replace San Antonio Rep. Leo Pacheco
Tags: State Rep. Leo Pacheco, open carry, permitless carry, firearms, resignation, special election, District 118, Katie Farias, Desi Martinez, Frank Ramirez, San Antonio City Council, Adriana Rocha Garcia, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Bexar County Democratic Party, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas House of Representatives, Gov. Greg Abbott, South Side, East Side
San Antonio Democrat Leo Pacheco will resign from Texas House before end of current term
Tags: State Rep. Leo Pacheco, San Antonio, Democrats, resigning, Bexar County Democratic Party, censure, Texas Democrats, Texas House, open carry, permitless carry, San Antonio College, Texas District 118, Texas politics, breaking quorum, voting bill, voting rights, voter suppression
Analysis: A majority of Texas voters isn’t enough to sway a Republican state government
By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Legislature, open carry, constitutional carry, gun control, marijuana, cannabis, marijuana reform, marijuana legalization, medical use, compassionate use, abortion ban, six weeks, Roe v. Wade, Gov. Greg Abbott, Obamacare, Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, Texas lawmakers, Republican Party, GOP
Viral Grad, 'F*ck Greg Abbott': The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, top stories, top headlines, most read stories, biggest headlines, biggest news, San Antonio news, news roundup, Clark High School, graduation, graduation walk, viral grad, viral video, viral, glitter, LGBTQ, Pride, graduation stunt, San Antonio high schools, Northside ISD, NISD, Norhtside Independent School District, Ted Cruz, Twitter, Pledge of Allegiance, controversial Flag Day, tweet, Rafael Gonzales Jr., Pinche Raf, F*ck Greg Abbott, Fuck Greg Abbott, merch, t shirts, papel picado, Greg Abbott, Texas governor, things to do in San Antonio, Fiesta 2021, Fiesta, NIOSA, Fiesta events, Fiesta parades, river parade, Fiesta San Antonio, Celebrity Fan Fest, CFF, celebrities, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, celebrity meet and greet, Star Wars, Star Wars prequels, UTSA, University of Texas San Antonio, MacKenzie Scott, donation, $40 million donation, stabbing, Santikos Palladium, turns self in, crime, arrested, apprehended, SAPD, San Antonio Police Department, Assclown Alertr, Texas border, border theater, political theater, border issues, House Bill 2862, open carry, guns, open carry in Texas, Senate Bill 1927, open carry without a license, Texas open carry, National Rifle Association, NRA, Traders Village, Sunflower field, sunflowers, sunflower maze
Gov. Greg Abbott signs open-carry bill in San Antonio and the pro-gun crowd shouts down a reporter
Tags: Texas, open carry, constitutional carry, Gov. Greg Abbott, NRA, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, National Rifle Association, Senate Bill 1927, gun control, gun deregulation, suppressors, 2nd Amendment, power grid, electrical grid, texas grid, gun lobby, Gun Owners of America, Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association
Texas GOP Chair Allen West teases a run for statewide office, likely spurring Abbott further right
Tags: Allen West, Greg Abbott, Texas, Statewide office, Texas governor, Texas Politics, Don Huffines, primary challenge, Texas Legislature, court martial, Iraqi prisoner, interrogation, East Texas, Whitehouse, abortion ban, open carry, Trump, Republican base, right wing, Tea Party, 2022 election, statewide election, gubernatorial run
Analysis: An end to a weird legislative session, and the beginning of an uncertain political cycle
Tags: San Antonio News, Politics & Elections, Abortion Rights, Texas Legislature, Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Ted Cruz, George P. Bush, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Redistricting, Texas Politics, electrical outages, blackouts, power grid, February winter storm, elections, Texas House, Texas Senate, open carry, abortion ban, voter suppression, voting bill
Leadership tensions, potential special session loom as Texas legislative session hits uncertain end
By Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Legislature, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Dade Phelan, Texas Senate, culture war, abortion, transgender athletes, conflict, tension, Republican Party, Texas GOP, Senate Bill 29, Lyle Larson, San Antonio, legislative session, special session, LGBTQ issues, open carry, constitutional carry, gun bill
Texas set to adopt open-carry of guns, even as study shows violent crime goes up after such laws
Tags: Texas, open carry, constitutional carry, violent crime, crime studies, mass shootings, gun control advocates, firearms, open carry law, second amendment, University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Gov. Greg Abbott, Bureau of Justice Statistics, data, El Paso Walmart mass shooting, violent crime increase, Texas Legislature, Republicans, Texas voters
Texas House, Senate strike compromise on bill legalizing permitless carry of handguns
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Open carry, constitutional carry, firearms, Rep. Matt Schaefer, Sen. Charles Schwertner, Texas Republican Party, Allen West, Texas House, Texas Senate, texas legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott, Chris Turner, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Second Amendment
Bexar Democrats censure San Antonio State Rep. Leo Pacheco for support of open-carry bill
Tags: Leo Pacheco, Bexar County Democratic Party, Texas House, open carry, constitutional carry, permitless carry, firearms, gun control, mass shootings, Bexar Democrats, Texas politics, San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott, gun violence, University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Joe Moody, El Paso massacre
Permitless carry of a handgun in Texas nearly law, after Senate OKs bill
By Sami Sparber and Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Open Carry, Texas, constitutional carry, Texas Legislature, Texas Senate, Dan Patrick, Brandon Creighton, Jane Nelson, mass shootings, César Blanco, Sheriffs’ Association of Texas, Beverly Powell, University of Texas/Texas Tribune, John Whitmire, Jane Nelson, Texas Republicans, gun safety
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