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Texas delegation urges Congress to withhold aid to Mexico over water treaty dispute
WASHINGTON — Texans in Congress are threatening federal funds for Mexico, escalating a dispute over Mexico’s obligations to deliver water to the United States. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding House and Senate appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires it to send 1.75 million acre-feet to the U.S. every five years.
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Philadelphia-based Insomnia Cookies to make San Antonio debut later this year
Philadelphia-based Insomnia Cookies will open two new bakeries in Northwest San Antonio in the coming months, slinging warm cookies all day and late into the night, company officials said. The brand — known for serving warm sweets at all hours of the day — will open one bakery near Methodist Hospital and another near the University of Texas at San Antonio. The new locations will mark the first-ever Insomnia Cookies locations in San Antonio and the brand’s 23rd and 24th locations in...
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Swanky San Antonio rooftop bar Lunatique now open at Creamery complex
There's a new rooftop lounge in town, San Antonio. Lunatique, the new bar atop the new-ish Creamery complex, is now open, serving up swanky cocktails, sunset views and garden party vibes. The spot is the latest of five separate concepts to open at the venue, which occupies a former Borden Creamery near the Pearl.
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South San Antonio's Don Benito's Cocina y Cantina permanently closing
Tex-Mex eatery Don Benito’s Cocina y Cantina will close its doors May 19 after three years of serving Southeast San Antonio. The business shared news of the closure on Facebook over the weekend, thanking patrons. The short-lived spot was known for vibrant takes on Tex-Mex classics such as tortilla soup, menudo, tacos dorados and cheese enchiladas.
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San Antonio Library lands $385,000 more for Las Palmas branch renovation
San Antonio Public Libraries received an additional $385,000 in funding for the Las Palmas Branch’s renovation, increasing the total budget for the upgrades to $6.4 million. The additional funding comes from two sources — donations from the H-E-B Foundation and a federal appropriation initiated by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, according to library officials.
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos opens tuition-free pre-school in San Antonio area
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is taking a break from blasting rockets into space to offer free preschool to underprivileged children. And who said all billionaires are evil? Indeed, the high-flying rich dude is opening 23 tuition-free preschools, including nine in Texas and one in the San Antonio area.
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Man's claims of being dumped off Austin bridge could reignite serial killer speculation
A Boston man claims to have survived an attack by an alleged serial killer in Austin, telling British tabloid The Daily Mail he was drugged and pushed off a bridge after a night of drinking. The report comes as a string of deaths around Austin's Lady Bird Lake has fueled online speculation about the presence of a serial killer in the state's capital city. However, police and experts argue the deaths are the result of out-of-towners being unable to hold their liquor and drowning in the...
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San Antonio Spurs get lucky at 2024 NBA Draft Lottery
During Sunday's NBA lottery in Chicago, the San Antonio Spurs weren't as lucky as last year, but the team still managed to secure the No. 4 and No. 8 picks in the upcoming draft. Indeed, the Spurs' luck on Sunday was a best-case scenario. The Silver and Black kept their pick, which landed at No. 4.
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Gov. Greg Abbott balks after White House proposes stricter asylum rules
Anyone needing more proof that Gov. Greg Abbott's pricy border crackdown is more performative than practical got that Friday, when Abbott blasted a White House proposals aimed at more quickly overturning migrants' asylum claims. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled proposals to hasten the rejection of asylum claims for migrants with past criminal convictions. The new rule would allow federal officials at the border to deem migrants ineligible for asylum at their first screening...
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When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison inmates. The devices, TDCJ officials said, would make it easier for state inmates to communicate with loved ones, reduce the amount of contraband entering prisons through...
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Texas’ DEI ban almost ended cultural graduations. Latina students at UT-Austin fought to keep theirs.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Liany Serrano Oviedo crouched in her yellow graduation dress, stared at the mirror and carefully blotted her tears with a wipe. It was a rare moment for the 22-year-old University of Texas at Austin senior to be alone and gather her composure.
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Wembanyama goes full alien and accepts Rookie of the Year award at San Antonio planetarium
San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama is officially an alien. If his intergalactic play this season didn’t have you believing he was from another planet, Wembanyama, the NBA 2023-24 Rookie of the Year (ROTY), accepted the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy on Saturday afternoon at San Antonio College's Scobee Education Center & Planetarium.