Express Briefing: Texas Republicans push ahead with voting bills, despite backlash
April 6, 2021
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As businesses and professional sports organizations boycott states that adopt restrictive voting legislation, Republicans in Texas are fighting back.
Gov. Greg Abbott turned down an invitation to throw out the Texas Rangers’ first pitch at their home opener a punishment for Major League Baseball’s decision to move its annual All-Star Game out of Atlanta over statehouse changes to voting rules there.
Express Briefing: $500M safari park envisioned for South Side
April 1, 2021
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Exotic-animal breeder Brian Gilroy, CEO and co-founder of WildLife Partners, which breeds and sells nonnative livestock, said his “ultimate ambition” is to build a 1,000-acre safari park on land just north of Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Express Briefing: How a Trump-supporting Texan became an ISIS recruit
March 12, 2021
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When the FBI arrested Gonzales County resident Jaylyn Christopher Molina, 22, in September on a charge that he conspired to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS, it seemed incredible to some that a young man who backed then-President Donald Trump and his “America First” mantra had been online with other ISIS supporters discussing plans for violent attacks on American targets, including the White House and Trump Tower.
Express Briefing: H-E-B, other retailers face challenge without mask rule in Texas
March 9, 2021
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After Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that he would lift Texas’ mask mandate, H-E-B initially said it would “urge” customers to continue wearing masks in stores while requiring employees and vendors to do so.
Express Briefing: Maskless visitors will test S.A. s tourist attractions
March 5, 2021
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At many of San Antonio’s busiest tourist attractions, the rule won’t change face masks required. But Gov. Abbott’s order abolishing the state mandate to wear face coverings in public places, effective March 10, will put workers and managers in a difficult if not impossible position when guests insist on going bare-faced.