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Inside Elon Musk’s stellar year at the Texas Capitol
While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in Texas.
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Judge dismisses Ken Paxton lawsuit challenging State Fair of Texas gun ban
Texas’ attorney general alleged the City of Dallas and the fair were violating state law and the second amendment with the ban, which was adopted after a 2023 shooting.
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Colin Allred running against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Allred, a Dallas-area Democrat, ran against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz two years ago and fell 8.5 points short of closing the deal.
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‘It will affect all families’: Challenges await Texas parents if birthright citizenship ends
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship to take effect in certain states in 30 days.
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San Antonio 50501 group to protest ‘abuses’ at Pearsall ICE detention facility
The protest is in response to the Current’s report on what the local 50501 chapter calls ‘horrid and cruel conditions’ inside.
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Members of San Antonio’s transgender community say they’re staying put despite Texas’ hostility
‘Just getting up and leaving, that’s a privilege that I don’t have,’ one community member said. ‘I have too many roots put down here …’
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Texas can require porn websites to verify users’ ages, Supreme Court rules
The case involves a 2023 state law requiring adult websites to verify users’ ages, but the ruling is expected to have broader implications for free speech law.
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Trump’s deportation dragnet should be called out for its cruelty
Even some South Texas Republicans are pushing back at the roundups, which aren’t just capturing criminals but people who pose no safety threat.
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Ted Cruz wants to stop states from regulating AI. Some of his Republican colleagues aren’t so sure
Senate Republicans, Democrats and outside groups are mounting an offensive against Cruz’s push to withhold AI money from states that regulate the technology.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz crashing out over Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral primary win
In a series of tweets, Cruz trotted out old-fashioned Islamophobia and advised New Yorkers to flee to Texas.
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Who’s organizing San Antonio’s 50501 protests and what’s next for them?
Due to 50501’s decentralized nature, the San Antonio chapter is largely on its own.
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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.
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Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students
The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students’ eligibility for in-state tuition. It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.
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San Antonio Metro Health will keep childhood vaccination clinic open despite federal funding cuts
Earlier, Metro Health officials warned they’d need to close the operation by July 1. Even so, its future funding remains uncertain.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes summer lunch program for low-income kids
More than 3.75 million Texas children would have benefitted from the program.
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Federal judge rules Texas illegally put thousands of people with mental disabilities into nursing homes
U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio said the state did ‘irreparable injury’ to people it cut off from assistive services required under law.
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Judge places temporary block on rule requiring urban DAs to hand over case data to AG Ken Paxton
Over half of the district attorneys affected by the rule filed lawsuits challenging it, saying it violates state and federal law.
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Texas Court blocks San Antonio from offering funds for out-of-state abortions
The ruling is a win for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, an anti-abortion crusader who sued to stop the city from earmarking the funds.
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Audit shows agency overseeing Texas’ jails repeatedly failed to investigate prisoner complaints
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards’ oversight failures jeopardized inmate safety, according to a new audit.
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Bad Takes: San Antonio leaders should crack down on wage theft as Congress squeezes working class
Wage theft steals more from working people than any other crime in the U.S., according to one analysis.