A tale of two SXSW festivals

Forty years in, Austin’s music, film and tech festival is looking to the future while it’s cannibalized by unofficial showcases nostalgic for the past.

by Stephanie Koithan March 17, 2026March 17, 2026

Austin multimedia festival SXSW has long been a maelstrom of chaos, but this tendency was amplified with its 40th installment, which started March 12 and ends this Wednesday. At least in part, this year’s confusion can be chalked up to the even more nebulous nature of the festival. The official event is even more decentralized […]

A self-driving Waymo parks on Austin street corner.

Texas News

Waymo driverless taxi blocks ambulance trying to get to Austin mass shooting

The incident is the latest example of one of the driverless cars blocking an emergency vehicle.

by Sanford Nowlin March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

San Antonio News

A pro-Mamdani, Medicare-for-all scientist is running to replace Chip Roy in Congress

If elected, Kristin Hook would be the first-ever congresswoman with a STEM PhD, and the first woman to represent the district, which includes part of San Antonio.

by Stephanie Koithan December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

Music Stories & Interviews

Bob Dylan coming to Texas in 2026 but not stopping in any major cities

You probably won’t guess the two Texas cities Dylan’s playing. Neither of them is San Antonio, for what it’s worth.

by Stephanie Koithan December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

Texas News

San Antonio and Austin reps’ plans upended following court reversal of Texas redistricting

Tuesday’s court ruling reverses election plans for both Democrats and Republicans throughout the Lone Star State.

by Stephanie Koithan November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

With Frost Bank’s new tower and the shift of city offices to its old building, now dubbed City Tower, downtown offices have emptied out.

Texas News

A trio of Texas metros land on list of world’s 100 best cities — San Antonio isn’t one of them

Guess which three cities left us in the dust. Could it be Houston, Dallas and Austin again?

by Michael Karlis November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

Concert Reviews

Devo and The B-52s ‘make Austin weirder’ at Germania Amphitheatre show

by Stephanie Koithan November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Attorney Trey Trainor waits for the House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics to resume on Sept. 15, 2015. Trainor was representing Rep. Jonathan Stickland, who was accused of breaking the law by listing witnesses who were not in Austin as supporters of his legislation during a House Transportation Committee hearing.

Texas News

Texas GOP lawyer and former FEC chair Trey Trainor announces run for Chip Roy’s seat in Congress

The longtime GOP operative has spent decades as a lawyer for Texas Republicans and conservative causes.

by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

News

San Antonio-Austin U.S. Rep. Greg Casar will run for Lloyd Doggett’s redrawn seat in state capital

If Casar wins District 37, he will no longer represent San Antonio.

by Stephanie Koithan August 26, 2025August 30, 2025

News

Combative U.S. Rep. Chip Roy jumps into crowded race for Texas Attorney General

The bomb-throwing Republican lawmaker represents a district that includes parts of both Austin and San Antonio.

by Sanford Nowlin August 21, 2025August 25, 2025

News

New TV merger that includes San Antonio’s KENS5 stokes fresh fears about media consolidation

An announcement that Nexstar plans to buy KENS5’s corporate parent comes just four months after the station laid off newsroom staff.

by Sanford Nowlin August 20, 2025August 30, 2025

News

Texas Capitol evacuated over alleged shooting threat during night two of Rep. Nicole Collier’s protest

DPS said the person had made threats online to go to the Capitol and shoot and kill ‘those who will not allow lawmakers to leave.’

by Stephanie Koithan August 20, 2025August 27, 2025

News

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier still locked in the capitol for refusing surveillance escort

The police escorts are meant to monitor the Democrats to ensure they don’t break quorum again.

by Stephanie Koithan August 19, 2025August 28, 2025

Movies

Video shows A-list actor Austin Butler serving drinks at Austin bar

Butler was in Texas for an advance screening of Caught Stealing, where he was joined by Matthew McConaughey.

by Stephanie Koithan August 14, 2025September 1, 2025

Food & Drink

San Antonio ranks 11th on new ‘Best BBQ Cities’ list, lagging far behind Austin

Care to place a bet on who’s No. 1? For some reason, it’s Las Vegas.

by Stephanie Koithan August 6, 2025August 22, 2025

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a public event last year.

News

San Antonio would lose U.S. House seat under Republican redistricting plan, leaked map shows

The proposed map appears to target Democrats Greg Casar and Henry Cuellar, both of whose districts include parts of San Antonio.

by Sanford Nowlin July 30, 2025August 8, 2025

News

Assclown Alert: Chip Roy high fives colleagues after passing the budget bill he called ‘garbage’

Few love ‘garbage’ more than Oscar the Grouch — except Roy, a congressman who represents San Antonio and Austin.

by Stephanie Koithan July 4, 2025July 9, 2025

News

Fitness influencer called ‘Liver King’ arrested for challenging Texas resident Joe Rogan to a fight

The influencer, known for eating raw liver and peddling a ‘primitive’ lifestyle, targeted Rogan in a series of unhinged posts.

by Stephanie Koithan June 25, 2025June 30, 2025

News

Progressive Rep. Greg Casar has a playbook he wants Democrats to use in 2026

San Antonio-Austin Rep. Casar, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, thinks economic populism and ‘authentic candidates’ can win back recently converted GOP voters.