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FULL EXCHANGE: Mayor Whitmire, Councilmember Pollard share heated debate over HISD closures, superintendent’s absence
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (764+ words) HOUSTON " During a tense exchange at Houston City Council, Councilmember Edward Pollard pressed Mayor John Whitmire to bring Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles before council to answer questions about the district's plan to close 12 campuses. MAIN ARTICLE: New pushback emerges…...
Historic Third Ward hospital being restored, but 100-year-old plaque is missing
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (479+ words) HOUSTON " A historic hospital in Houston's Third Ward is getting new life nearly 100 years after it first opened during segregation. Harris County is restoring and expanding Riverside General Hospital originally known as the Houston Negro Hospital a facility created to…...
From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being the designated survivor is like
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1198+ words) WASHINGTON " They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump's State of the Union…...
Momentum is building to meet electricity demand in Texas with small nuclear reactors
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1635+ words) Less than three years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced the creation of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group, Texas has become one of the main testing grounds in the United States for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), a technology…...
TSU professor reflects on life-changing interview with Jesse Jackson and his lasting impact on Houston
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (1100+ words) HOUSTON " As tributes pour in for civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, one Houston journalist-turned educator is reflecting on a moment that helped define her life's work. KPRC 2 anchor Andy Cerota sat down with her to talk about what she…...
TxDOT, UIL launch statewide ‘Saved by the Belt’ challenge after 132 unbuckled teens killed in Texas crashes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (592+ words) Texas " Skipping a seat belt might not seem like a big deal to some teens, but state leaders say the consequences can be deadly. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is teaming up with the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to…...
There was 'a bridge called Jesse Jackson' across decades of civil rights advocacy
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1072+ words) Aaron Morrison And Sophia Tareen CHICAGO " From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle " a movement with much unfinished business " he created a bridge. From the South's…...
Texas labor unions are increasingly divided on which candidate to endorse for governor
1+ week, 5+ day ago (652+ words) A host of labor unions backed Gov. Greg Abbott last week in his bid for reelection, endorsements the Republican governor says represent a historic break from the Democratic Party by organized labor. Teamsters Joint Council 58 and Joint Council 80, representing 40,000 workers…...
In a contest to regulate Texas’s oil and gas industry, one Republican wants to talk DEI and China
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1357+ words) ODESSA " The Republican primary election for a seat on the Texas governing board that regulates the oil and gas industry has oscillated from how the agency should bolster its regulatory force to a proposed crackdown on Islamic and Chinese influence…...
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals primaries: Who is running and what to know
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (335+ words) Fox is a Republican who says she's running to defend the Constitution and protect the rule of law. An active member of the Catholic Church, she also says that "faith and justice go hand in hand " that our legal system…...