Bexar County commissioners on Tuesday voted to move forward on a new voter registration system. Meanwhile, there is a backlog of 34,000 Bexar County voters waiting to be registered. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
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Bexar County commissioners on Tuesday voted to move forward on a new voter registration system. Meanwhile, there is a backlog of 34,000 Bexar County voters waiting to be registered. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Collin, Bastrop and Williamson counties say they’re proactively changing their voting procedures and equipment following a federal attempt to limit barcodes or QR codes on paper ballots.
Senate Bill 11, which went into effect on Monday, allows school boards to set aside time for voluntary prayer or the reading of religious texts during classroom time. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
The second special session of the Texas Legislature is well underway, and Gov. Greg Abbott has already signed Texas’ new congressional maps into law. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Senate Bill 20 was designed to crack down on AI-generated child pornography in Texas. But now that it’s on the books, some are wondering: Did Texas just open the door to making anime illegal? Read More👉 www.tpr.org/arts-culture/20...
Harris County court records show Leon Gonzalo Jr., 42, was charged with murder on Monday and arrested shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday. Julian Guzman, 11, was shot late Saturday night in East Houston. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-09-02...
Rainfall totals for a three-day period ending at 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, helped push San Antonio above the annual rainfall average, according to rainfall maps from the National Weather Service. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
The University of Texas at San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio officially merged Monday to become the new institution, UT San Antonio. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
Two dead after Sunday storms; Bexar County continues budget talks; Labor groups demand better deal in Project Marvel
HB 1592 creates a statewide alert system for risks to wildlife and crops.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Southwest Airlines against San Antonio. The year-long feud erupted over planned gate assignments at a planned new terminal at San Antonio International Airport. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/transportation/...
UT Health San Antonio Speech-Language Pathology program graduate students are helping local kids at risk for developing a language disorder through a program called LAUNCH.
HB 256 would prevent camps from correcting violations on the spot to avoid state penalties and reduce the number of camps serving on a state panel to a maximum of two.
The Antler players wore helmet decals and game jerseys emblazoned with “Kerrville ISD Strong,” and “TFND” —which stands for "Tivy Fight Never Dies." Across the players’ backs, where their last names would normally appear, read “First Responders.” Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Assistant City Manager Lori Houston has announced she is leaving her position. She is credited for being a key figure in the creation of Project Marvel, the controversial downtown sports and entertainment district. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Bexar County commissioners continue budget discussions during their Tuesday courthouse meeting at 9 a.m. Half of the nearly $3 billion county budget goes to county operations, and half of that is spent on the courts and law enforcement. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
As of Monday, Sept. 1, Texas will have a whopping 835 new laws on the books. With so many changes coming at once, Texans can expect a variety of noticeable impacts on their daily lives, plus shifts in how some state agencies operate. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
On August 25, Governor Abbott sent a directive to the Texas Legislature expanding the call of the second special session to include legislation to “prohibit same-day voter registration in Texas.” Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-m...
This Labor Day Weekend finds the San Antonio area with a healthy job market with an unemployment rate of 3.9%, which is lower than the state and national averages. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/economy-and-lab...
Bruce Springsteen has produced so many albums since 1973. It’s not that easy to rattle off all the titles of the albums and all those songs anymore. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/book-pu...
It was August 29, 2005—20 years ago—when Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating hurricanes on record, roared ashore along Louisiana's Mississippi border. It left more than 1,800 people dead and put 80% of New Orleans underwater. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Mariel and her mother are among those families dragging suitcases and carrying boxes as UT students return to campus the weekend before the first day of class. Until a couple weeks ago, Mariel didn't know if she could go back to school. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/border-immigrat...
Following approval from the Texas State Board of Education in June, school districts across the state now have the option to offer American Indian/Native Studies as an elective course. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/fronter...
TX redistricting lawsuit likely faces challenges ahead; SA council talks public works budget; Texans to see lower gas, hotel, food prices this Labor Day
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has teamed up with the Transgender Law Center and private firm Baker McKenzie to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s new anti-DEI law, Senate Bill 12. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
The debate over what counts as inappropriate material for minors has been a flashpoint at the Texas Capitol — and beyond — for years. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 4 into law Friday, approving a new congressional redistricting map that will create up to five new Republican-held U.S. House seats from Texas. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Vapes containing THC and other hemp-derived cannabinoids like Delta-8 will become illegal to sell in Texas on Sept. 1 under a law passed earlier this year. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-29...
The Texas House on Thursday passed Senate Bill 8, the so-called "bathroom bill" that would restrict access to public restrooms for transgender people. The measure just needs one more procedural vote in the chamber before heading to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
For many who live and work around the San Pedro Creek in downtown San Antonio, there has been a light, intermittent flurry of white particles falling through the air in recent days. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
The National Weather Service reports a cold front will stall north of the Alamo City on Saturday before it punches through to set up slightly cooler weather on Sunday and Monday for the long Labor Day Weekend. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Freedom of information advocates are calling a new policy of the Bexar County medical examiner an "overreaching" interpretation of a new state law and say it is "shutting down the flow" of public information. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-28...
The former Texas Rangers slugger, who is running as a Republican, launched his campaign after incumbent Rep. Chip Roy announced he was running for attorney general.
Texas lawmakers already passed an omnibus bill this year making routine changes to the state's judicial system — but two special sessions later, it's finally one step closer to actually becoming law. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds.
The county budget office and the sheriff's department remain far apart on the number of deputies needed to patrol areas on the outskirts of San Antonio. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-28...
There are few things in life as painful as a mother being separated from her child. It’s a scene that has become increasingly common in an era of mass immigration raids and racial profiling by law enforcement. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/arts-culture/20...
Since the devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 local flood experts have extensively studied the possibility of a multibillion-dollar tunnel system across Harris County, where Houston is located. Now, Elon Musk wants a piece of the project. Read more at TPR.org
At the start of the school year, North East ISD told staff they also must tell students’ parents if the student brings up their sexual orientation or gender identity. Read More 👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
When the North East Independent School District started the new school year Aug. 11, teachers and other staff at the district’s more than 60 schools were given two explicit pieces of guidance to follow that affect every LGBTQ+ student in the district of more than 57,000 students. Read at TPR.org
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced this week it had acquired 1,720 acres of land in Uvalde County for the new Bear Creek State Park. It will be located less than a mile from the popular Garner State Park. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-27...
Two children were killed and 17 people were injured — 14 of them children — in a shooting Wednesday morning at a Minneapolis Catholic school. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-27...
The NAACP's lawsuit joins a long-running federal case filed by the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, in 2021. That case is now targeting the state's newly approved congressional maps. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Senate Bill 17 will bar people tied to China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia from buying most Texas real estate, including farmland, homes and commercial property. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
Bexar County summons around 500 potential jurors every week to be assigned to various courts for criminal and civil legal proceedings. That's where the Daily Docket Cafe comes in. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-27...
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
Redistricting critics warn that efforts to redraw maps mid-decade risks fueling further gridlock in Congress, and ceding more power to the executive and judicial branches.
An investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and 1A in 2024 found that more than 250 workers had died as a result of preventable trench collapses since 2013, and that at-fault companies were rarely held accountable. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/economy-and-lab...
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter fired through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during Mass on Wednesday. The gunman was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
It’s hard to know how many people made Houston their permanent home after the destruction in Louisiana, but they changed the culture in the Texas city. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Temperatures will dip to around 90 on Sunday and Monday, so not huge relief, but better than the near 100-degree temperatures this week in the Alamo City. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
The hotels stand on land that once formed part of the agricultural fields of Mission San Antonio de Valero, the 18th-century Spanish mission now known to the world as the Alamo. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-26...
Day 1 of the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting saw party chair Ken Martin detail how the party is pushing back on Trump administration policies and trying to win back voters.
Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.
The DOL said last year it would phase out certificates allowing employers to pay some workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. That ruling was recently withdrawn but efforts continue. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-22...
East Central ISD is one of three San Antonio area school districts asking voters for permission to increase their tax rate this November in order to access additional revenue. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
The battle between states attempting to redraw congressional maps mid-decade is now being called the “redistricting war.” The results could upend the midterm elections and determine control of the U.S. House. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
The race is on to get humans to Mars. But what will they find? Not little green men, despite that’s what many believed about the red planet. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/the-sou...
Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures from The Wizard of Oz donated by composer Harold Arlen's sister-in-law Rita Arlen.
It's a growing fitness trend. People say wearing a weighted vest when you exercise builds bones, strengthens muscles and improves cardiovascular health. But does research back up these claims?
Kerr County commissioners on Monday voted unanimously to create a team to fast-track implementation of a unified flood warning system in the wake of the July 4th flooding that claimed the lives of more than 100 people. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-25...
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
President Trump suggested he will "straighten out" Chicago next. Mayor Brandon Johnson told NPR that would be "illegal and costly" — but said there are other ways the federal government could help.
President Trump lashed out on social media late Sunday against ABC and NBC, putting the nation's top broadcast regulator once more at the center of his culture wars.
The Alamo Colleges District has joined a network of 55 community colleges focused on expanding enrollment in programs that provide students access to high-wage, in-demand careers. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
His announcement comes after fellow Democrat Lloyd Doggett said he would not run for reelection if the redrawn map is upheld, avoiding a showdown over the new District 37 seat. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
The cactus has been used in indigenous religious practices for centuries, but habitat loss and over-harvesting have impacted its availability. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
Reports of a 10% drop in San Antonio home sales last month are a bit skewed because of a big decline in just one key sector: New construction sales were down 32%. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/economy-and-lab...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.
Dubbed a "parent rights" bills, Senate Bill 12 bans DEI programs in K-12 schools — and prohibits clubs LGBTQ+ students say are vital resources. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
The Double Up Food Bucks program can cut produce costs in half, up to a $60 total value, for SNAP recipients at participating grocery vendors and farmers markets. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
At a summit meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday, the U.S. and South Korean presidents will discuss modernizing their 71-year-old alliance and fleshing out a trade deal reached last month.
In the real world, events happen in a linear order - but in the movies, they don't have to. A look at the Rashomon effect, and how films handle complicating the narrative.
Combined, there are around 150,000 college students in the San Antonio area. Alamo Colleges, Texas A&M San Antonio, Trinity University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio welcomed students for the fall semester today. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led recovery efforts as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, urges people to be prepared for future disasters.
Dozens of immigration courts across the country have become epicenters of the Trump administration's efforts to increase the rate of immigration arrests.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joins "The Source" to discuss whether the city should have its own referendum to commit public funds to Project Marvel, a proposed downtown development that would include a new home for the San Antonio Spurs. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/the-sou...
A federal EV tax credit worth up to $7,500 ends Sept. 30. But the IRS has just clarified that shoppers don't need to actually have the keys in hand by the deadline to get the credit.
An expectant mom got a $750 bill for a blood test to check for genetic abnormalities in her baby. Then she tried to figure out why it was so high.
Small-town life is upended when 17 schoolchildren suddenly vanish without explanation in the middle of the night. Weapons is a spooky thriller that invites deeper interpretation.
Residents say they support the goal of reducing violent crime. But after seeing teams of federal agents sweep in to arrest people off the street some are afraid to venture outside.
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut in the months to come, sending stocks sharply higher.
The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.
The Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers the connections between his recent Sly Stone documentary and his own life story.
The changes are in response to new state laws seeking to limit faculty’s influence and put guardrails on campus demonstrations.
A federal judge has granted a temporary halt to a new Texas law that requires the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. He found that it was a violation of the freedom of religion. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-m...
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales dropped all charges against a parent activist arrested Tuesday at an Edgewood Independent School District board meeting. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...
Maxwell spoke with top DOJ officials over the course of two days in late July. Asked about President Trump, she said she had never witnessed him "in any inappropriate setting in any way."
The term sheet outlines how a new $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion Spurs arena on the site of the former Institute of Texan Cultures in Hemisfair would be paid for, who would own it, and how nearby development would be built. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/government-poli...
The national murder rate last year was about five victims per 100,000 people. Here in San Antonio, it was about eight victims per 100,000 residents. But in Laredo and Brownsville, there were about 2 murder victims per the same population group. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-21...
'Sex Work: It's Just a Job' profiles sex workers who are fighting stereotypes and struggling to decriminalize their trade. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/public-health/2...
Here’s where the proposed laws to address camp safety, flood warnings and emergency response stand in the Legislature.
The FBI says its search of Bolton's home was authorized by a court but declined to provide further details. Bolton is a frequent critic of the president.
Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.
The band's frontman John Rzeznik talks about their new EP Summer Anthem and how, as he approaches 60, he might consider taking guitar lessons.
New Braunfels dedicated a new city park on Wednesday. Parks and Recreation’s Executive Director Ken Wilson said Willard Canyon is near downtown, at Beverly Lane, just off North Walnut and Wood Road. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...
The world's largest retailer — like many others — has been absorbing most of the increased costs, but raising prices of some goods.
San Antonio Congressman JoaquĂn Castro released this week his fourth annual list of Latino film nominations for consideration to be inducted into the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/arts-culture/20...
