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San Antonio Archives " Texas Monthly
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (1128+ words) The Monarch, mere steps from the River Walk, is riding a wave of new development in the Hemisfair area. Mexico Ceaty, chef Jason Dady's new food hall and market in San Antonio, has a tortiller'a, a panader'a, a speakeasy, and…...
The Texas GOP Has a Plan to Make Part of New Mexico New Texas
3+ week, 5+ day ago (329+ words) Here we answer your most pressing questions, such as "Why?" and "Can they do that?" Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Last week, the Texas House of Representatives published the interim…...
Lives May Have Been Saved: Trump Hiring Freeze Zapped a Key Role in Texas Emergency Response
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (105+ words) Months before the Central Texas floods, the National Weather Service selected a meteorologist to embed with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, but they never assumed the job." Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors. This week, media outlets…...
The Story of Texas in More Than 100 Maps
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (988+ words) Cartographers have spent half a millennium tracing the development of what is now Texas'and changed our history along the way. To the extent that they think of it at all, Texans probably associate the state's General Land Office with the…...
Emma Balter and Jack Sullivan Join Texas Monthly
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (217+ words) Balter will be the new senior editor for travel, outdoors, and service, and Sullivan is the new culture and history associate editor. Texas Monthly is excited to announce two new members of the editorial team: Emma Balter, who comes to…...
Photos: "No Kings" Day Protests Across Texas
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (237+ words) As part of nationwide protests against Trump administration policies, Texans hit the streets in at least sixty cities. As President Trump's multi-million dollar military parade and festival commenced in Washington, D. C. , on Saturday, "No Kings" day marches'billed by organizers as a…...
We've Named Texas's Best and Worst Legislators for Fifty-Two Years. This Year We Can't.
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (734+ words) Since our founding, we've wrapped each legislative session with two lists. In 2025, we decided we couldn't anymore. Christopher Hooks writes mostly about Texas politics and occasionally about more serious subjects. Key to understanding the Eighty-Ninth Legislature, and the state of…...
He Predicted the 2008 Housing Market Crash. Now He's Betting Big on Nature.
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (1328+ words) Writer Russell Gold was born somewhere east of the Sabine River, but has lived in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio since 1996. He has spent most of that time writing about energy in its many forms. He has dodged polar bears…...
These San Antonians Have Kept a Beloved South Side Flea Market Alive for 40 Years
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) It's a small stall, yet it feels like a slice of South Side San Antonio. A sign overhead reads, "Albert's Mexican Products," with "Mexican" painted in the colors of the flag. Each of the the silver stars to the left…...