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Trump's new drug pricing plan isn't "the best deal" for patients

Within days, President Trump will unveil a new plan to reduce drug prices.

Animal Rights Groups Choose Coronavirus over Your Safety

Top U.S. health officials recently delivered a sobering message: Americans must prepare for the inevitable spread of the coronavirus within the United States. So far in the U.S., 11 people have died. The virus has claimed the lives of more …

Governor Abbott Releases 2020 Report To The People Of Texas

Governor Greg Abbott today released his “2020 Report to the People of Texas,” looking back at all that was accomplished by and for the people of Texas over the previous year and sharing his vision for the year ahead. This …

Black Leaders Call Out Big Insurance Over Surprise Medical Billing

Prominent figures in the African-American community are calling on Congress to rein in large insurance companies as lawmakers look to address an increasingly urgent problem in the health care market that falls especially hard on working families, including African-Americans.

Mobile Mondays w/T-Mobile: Protect Yourself from Tax Season Scam Calls

Tax season has become a prime time for phone scams. Of the almost 9.6 billion robocalls that have already been placed nationwide this year, more than 40 percent have been scams. These phone scams are run by fraudsters armed with …

Houston Mayor Turner Endorses Joe Biden

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner today announced his endorsement of Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential race.

No, President Trump, the Never-ending War in Afghanistan Is Not Ending

Don't fall for the hype. That is the one lesson that we all should have learned about Donald Trump. He's a salesman, not a statesman. He offers up fantasies, not facts. The most recent agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan …

Union Pacific to Provide Kashmere Gardens Cleanup Plan By Summer

The company that owns a contaminated Kashmere Gardens railyard will submit a cleanup plan to the city this summer, after higher rates of cancer were found in the community last year, officials announced Monday. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality …

Black and Hispanic Homeownership Rates in Texas Still Lag Behind White Families, Study Finds

Black families in Texas own homes at a rate far below that of white families, a new study from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) finds.

Kappa Alpha Psi Member Fired for Embezzling More Than $1 Million

According to Philadelphia Magazine, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity member and former finance director, Curtis Anderson has been caught in a financial scandal after admitting that he embezzled over $1 million funds. Anderson, who served as a finance director at the …

Congressman Al Green Supports House and Senate Passage of $8.3B Emergency Coronavirus Spending Package

On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Congressman Al Green released the following statement regarding the House and Senate’s passage of emergency supplemental funding that will help protect Americans against the spread of coronavirus:

Joe Biden Wins Texas, Demonstrating Strength in the South

Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in Texas, notching a surprising first-place finish in a contest that Bernie Sanders was expected to take and adding the delegate-rich state to the former vice president's streak of victories in the South on …

Michael Bloomberg Ends His Presidential Bid

ABCNews.com is reporting that Michael Bloomberg is ending his bid for President of United States after poor showing in primaries. Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, a centrist billionaire who launched a White House bid after years of flirting …

Texas Voter Says He Waited 'a little bit over six hours' to Vote On Super Tuesday

A Texas man said he waited for "a lit bit over six hours" at a polling center to participate in Super Tuesday, holding that although the long line deterred other voters, he felt it was his duty to cast a …

Texas Primary Election Results

President Candidate J. Biden (D) 34% B. Sanders (D) 30% M. Bloomberg (D) 15% D. Trump (R) 94%