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San Antonio and Texas housing bubbles may have popped, new data suggests
Home values in San Antonio have declined nearly 3% over the past 12 months.
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Magazine ranks San Antonio as one of Texas’ best places to live
The Alamo City beat out both Dallas and Houston but was outranked by some border towns.
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Hickoids release 13th Floor Elevators cover to raise money for San Antonio nonprofit
Sales of the record benefit free after-school academy High Voltage Music.
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San Antonio location of Austin’s Barbarella club closes after just 4 months
A new club called The Factory is already opening in the space this Friday.
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In Austin, Biden slams ‘extreme’ U.S. Supreme Court
Biden asked Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to end to presidential immunity during a speech to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library.
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San Antonio-Austin supergroup En Orbito bringing psych-cumbia afrobeat to Levitation
Austin’s annual psychedelic festival will once again fall on the Halloween weekend.
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U.S. sues Texas-based shelter operator, alleging staff sexually abused migrant kids
The nonprofit Southwest Key operates 29 shelters, including 17 in Texas.
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San Antonio residents report mass outage of Spectrum internet services
Spectrum outages have also been reported in Austin, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley.
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Slim Chickens’ San Antonio franchisee looking to open as many as a dozen more units here
‘San Antonio is one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S.,’ franchisee Dan McGrath said.
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White House proposes worker heat protections, pushing back on Texas’ ban on such rules
The rules come as worker advocates raise concerns that climate change makes job sites deadlier.
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Judge throws out Texas AG’s suit challenging voter-backed cannabis decriminalization
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to overturn decriminalization ordinances approved by voters in five Texas cities.
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Honky Tonk Man: San Antonio’s Bill Malone is country music’s most revered scholar
Malone wrote the groundbreaking book Country Music USA, which became the basis for Ken Burns’ PBS documentary Country Music.
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Kroger shutting down San Antonio grocery delivery business after just 2 years
After a three-decade absence, the grocery company muscled back into the Alamo City using an Amazon-style delivery model.
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Assclown Alert: Doubling down on a racist conspiracy theory with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
The Austin-San Antonio congressman is once again spreading the racist ‘Great Replacement’ theory.
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Why some Texas cities are getting rid of their minimum parking rules
Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.
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Texas counties lead the US in population growth, Census says
Kaufman County, east of Dallas, grew faster than any other in the country from 2022 to 2023. Harris County added the most new residents.
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San Antonio metro among best for first-time homebuyers, study finds
The San Antonio metro took the No. 3 slot, while Austin came in at No. 2 and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex at No. 8.
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Bad Takes: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s anti-cannabis crusade is the opposite of small government
Pursuing low-level cannabis charges is a waste of time and money, and Texas’ top law-enforcement official should recognize that.
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Utah-based Beans & Brews Coffeehouse opens downtown San Antonio shop
The new store, part of a six-state expansion, is located across the street from Travis Park.
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Report: Chip Roy one of U.S. House’s most frequent filers of anti-LGTBQ+ legislation
The analysis puts the Austin-San Antonio Republican in company with fringe figures such as U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.