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Beto O’Rourke speaking on San Antonio campus as he works to shore up young-voter support
O’Rourke will visit UTSA Monday as part of a 14-campus college tour ahead of the November election.
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San Antonio’s Castro brothers throwing annual birthday bash Thursday at West Side bar
The political powerhouses took a two-year break from their public birthday celebration during the pandemic, but now it’s back.
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Plane possibly carrying more migrants from San Antonio en route to Joe Biden’s vacation home
Online flight records show that the plane contracted by the State of Florida is scheduled to land in Delaware early this afternoon.
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Texas leads the nation in number of books banned from school libraries
The study comes a month after San Antonio’s NEISD was found to have banned more books than any other district in Texas.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz admits on Fox News that transporting migrants across state lines is illegal
Democratic lawmakers and civil-rights groups have accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of human trafficking after he flew 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard last week.
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Ted Cruz unable to name a single Uvalde victim only days after meeting with dead child’s family
The moment was captured in now-viral video of a confrontation between Cruz and a heckler on a plane.
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Govs. Abbott and DeSantis had discussions about busing migrants prior to Martha Vineyard drop-off
In a statement, Abbott’s office encouraged other governors to join in his migrant-relocation crusade.
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Bexar County elections official defends running lower number of polling places during midterms
Bexar County has approved 267 polling sites, still short of the 302 stations requested by the Commissioners Court.
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Texas Attorney General Paxton keeps up fight against San Antonio ISD’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Paxton is requesting that the Texas Supreme Court reverse a July ruling by an appeals court in favor of the district.
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U.S. Border Patrol deactivates its West Texas Twitter account after it retweets Stephen Miller
The now-deactivated account also liked a homophobic tweet about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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Two in hospital, four in police custody in Uvalde after shooting authorities say is gang-related
The shooting occurred just 2 miles from Robb Elementary School, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on May 24.
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San Antonio’s mural of Ted Cruz snuggling knocked-up Greg Abbott has already been painted over
The artwork depicting a pregnant Gov. Greg Abbott with his belly being fondled by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been obscured behind a coat of fresh purple paint.
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Almost half of San Antonio-area homes experienced price cuts amid cooling real estate market
In total, four Texas cities landed in Redfin’s top 20 markets with the highest percentage of price cuts.
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San Antonio mural shows Ted Cruz squeezing Gov. Abbott’s baby bump — and Twitter goes wild
The wall-sized sticker was slapped onto a building in Southtown and resembles a similar large-scale image posted last year showing Cruz in bondage gear.
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Uvalde Shooting Lawsuit, Lady Gaga: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
Families affected by the Uvalde mass shooting retained a California law firm to file a $27 billion lawsuit against law enforcement agencies and the manufacturer of the gunman’s assault rifle.
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Texas woman arrested on charges that she hit, threatened group of people for having Indian accents
The woman, who identified herself as Mexican American, told the targets of her rage that her situation is different because she was born in the U.S.
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Lady Gaga says she hopes state will ‘go blue’ during Texas concert
The chart-topping singer made the remarks ahead of O’Rourke’s planned campaign stop in the Alamo City this Friday.
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Florida activist donating ‘In God We Trust’ signs written in Arabic to Texas schools
The campaign is meant to mock a controversial new Texas law requiring schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ posters if they’re donated.
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Authorities release footage of vandalism of Democratic Party headquarters in San Antonio
Tuesday’s attack comes as election officials and political organizers face harassment and threats.
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Texas Ranks among the worst states for gender equality, according to study
The study analyzed gender gaps in educational attainment, executive positions held and political representation.