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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
By Stephanie Koithan on Sat, May 31, 2025 at 8:16 am
On Friday, just two days after plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers
drew national attention by conducting arrests outside a downtown immigration court, the agency undertook another San Antonio enforcement action.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
No, you're not experiencing déjà vù. We've been here before. After similar legislation failed to pass in 2017, the Texas GOP's bathroom bill redux has died in the Texas House as this year's session sputters to a close. The bill, which would have barred transgender Texans from using bathrooms that don't align with the gender they were assigned at birth, fizzled in the lower chamber, turning months of rabid Republican grandstanding into much ado about nothing.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
click to enlarge Shutterstock / Geoff Nelson A monument displaying the Ten Commandments stands at the Texas Capitol Building. The ACLU and other civil liberties organizations said Thursday they will sue Texas over Senate Bill 10, a controversial measure that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
The death of Texas Renaissance Festival founder George Coulam earlier this month made national news, as much for his complicated legacy as his auspicious end. On Wednesday, authorities revealed that the theme-park titan — who insisted on being known as "King George" — died by his own hand, the Houston Chronicle reports, adding a new layer of intrigue.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
The session will conclude June 2, prompting a mad dash to get bills passed before deadline. Time is already up, not just for the aforementioned bills, but for a number of proposals that never were never scheduled for a vote.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
A subsequent post was captioned "We had a beautiful run but now it is over. Thank you. Take care of yourselves and each other."Loyal customers expressed shock and dismay in the comments of the posts. Many thanked the restaurant for the memories, while others begged for its famous chili-sauce recipe. Others stated that they'd dined at the location for more than 30 years — since they were children — and had continued the tradition with their own kids. "This is a sad day," one person wrote.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
Two restrictive bills targeting voting rights and abortion have run out of time for passage by the Texas Legislature this session, thanks to stalling by House Democrats over the weekend. Senate Bill 2880, which would have allowed anyone to be sued for $100,000 for helping others access abortion information or pills, has run out of time to get on the schedule for a vote on the House floor. Similarly, voter-suppression measure Senate Bill 16 ran out of time to be brought to the floor for a vote.
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2 weeks ago | 
sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
click to enlarge Jaime Monzon Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn is the only founding member of the band, which has undergone yet another drastic lineup change. Shortly after unveiling a new lineup of Black Flag in which founding Greg Ginn is joined by musicians who appear to be a fraction of his age, the pioneering LA punk band has released dates for a 2025 tour. Those include a Friday, Aug. 29, stop at San Antonio's Paper Tiger.
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2 weeks ago | 
sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
"King George," the controversial mastermind behind the Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) — reportedly the world's largest such fantasy gathering — has been found dead at the age of 87,
the Austin-American Statesman reports. The Grimes County Sheriff's Office revealed that a housekeeper found George Coulam's body in his home, located across the street from the festival grounds and enclosed behind an elaborate golden gate. His cause of death is so far unknown.
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sacurrent.com | Stephanie Koithan
click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Lone Star Brewing Aaron Peña also owned the St. Mary's Strip institution Squeezebox. Aaron Peña, owner of bars Gimme Gimme and Amor Eterno, will host a benefit Sunday to raise funds for his treatment following a cancer diagnosis. The entrepreneur was diagnosed with testicular cancer in April and begins chemotherapy in June.
