San Antonio Current

One of rock’s biggest acts will steamroll into San Antonio next summer as part of a tour that’s taken it to 26 countries since April 2023. Metallica will bring its M72 World Tour to the Alamodome on Saturday, May 22, 2027, with nu-metal act Limp Bizkit and Swedish melodic death metal group Avatar in the […] The post Metallica bringing its M72 World Tour to San Antonio’s Alamodome next summer appeared first on San Antonio Current.

With debate over the city’s budget reaching a crescendo this week, District 8 Councilwoman Ivalis Meza Gonzales proposed an amendment that raised eyebrows among some City Hall staffers. As the City of San Antonio considers raising property taxes to deal with a $158 million budget deficit, first-term councilwoman Meza Gonzalez suggested implementing a smaller tax […] The post San Antonio councilwoman proposes smaller increase in property taxes to deal with deficit appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones on Tuesday floated her latest proposal to fix the city’s $158 million budget deficit. The components of that plan include shifting funds to reduce the deficit while also saving programs she deems necessary for low-income San Antonians. Specifically, Jones is proposing to save $9 million from the General Fund by sunsetting […] The post ‘No Sacred Cows’: Mayor wants to cut Ready to Work, Fiesta and Siclovia funding as $158M deficit looms appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging the Texas Water Development Board to enforce penalties against data centers that fail to respond to a state inquiry into their water usage. “Major water users, including data centers, appear to have committed civil and criminal violations by failing to provide the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) with information […] The post Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ‘legal consequences’ for data centers that fail to disclose water usage appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Homegrown music-education nonprofit High Voltage Music is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a night of dancing, bingo, raffle prizes and a silent art auction. The festivities will take place 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cherrity Bar, 302 Montana St. For the first two hours, attendees will be able to enjoy vinyl spins from DJ […] The post San Antonio music-education nonprofit High Voltage celebrates 10 years with fundraising party appeared first on San Antonio Current.