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Governor Abbott Presents 2018 Star Of Texas Awards
Governor Greg Abbott today presented the 2018 Star of Texas Awards to peace officers, firefighters and first responders who demonstrated heroism in service to their communities and the State of Texas. The Star of Texas Awards were created in 2003 by the Texas Legislature to honor the men and women who have been killed or sustained injuries in the line of duty.
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No More Flat Irons: Houston Celebrates Its First World Afro Day
The Afro Chicks 5K Run Celebrates Curly Girls around the Nation
It’s a great day to be a curly girl loving her hair and partaking in Afro excellence. Launched In Europe to encourage normalization and aspiration towards Afro hair, culture, and identity, Houston celebrates World Afro Day with its first Afro Chick 5K Run this Saturday, September 15th at TC Jester Park located at 4201 T C Jester Boulevard Houston, TX 77018 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Presented by IAmQueen and MAD Movement, sponsored by KIND Bars, Proceeds of this event will be donated to The Rose Houston to help provide free mammograms and treatments for uninsured women.
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Gates Open at Lake Houston Spillway
Council Member Dave Martin would like to make Lake Houston Area residents aware all gates on the Lake Houston Spillway Dam are open due to the current inclement weather threat to our area. The gates will remain open until a lake level of 41.5 feet is achieved or the weather threat to our area is lifted.
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Hurricane Florence, already a monster, is due to strengthen as 1 million people are told to flee the US East Coast
Hurricane Florence has potential to cause "massive damage" to parts of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States -- and not just in the coastal areas where the storm aims to make landfall Thursday night, officials warned.
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Governor Abbott Attends Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For New Cognizant Regional Technology And Service Delivery Center
Governor Greg Abbott today attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Cognizant's new regional technology and service delivery center in Irving, Texas. Announced in November 2017, this new 50,000 square foot facility will create over 1,000 new jobs and $8 million in capital investment. Cognizant currently employs approximately 4,100 people in Texas, including the company’s U.S. operations headquarters located in College Station.
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DiverseAbility Forum Addresses Hiring and Retaining Individuals With Disabilities
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), in partnership with the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, University of North Texas and Texas Workforce Solutions-Vocational Rehabilitation Services (TWS-VRS), will host area employers, human resource professionals and employment stakeholders at a DiverseAbility Forum at Embassy Suites in Frisco on Aug. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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9/11: 'A gray cloud of debris rolled violently toward us...'
Three-hundred and forty-one New York City firefighters. Twenty-three New York City police officers. Thirty-seven Port Authority police officers. Three court officers. Two EMS workers. Thousands of innocent civilians. Numbers alone, of course, cannot do them justice.
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Beyond the Rhetoric: Minority Business Programs – How Much is Fake?
Since I was in high school my conscience was about bettering the lives of fellow African Americans. As a teenager I would work at housing construction sites. Spotting drywall and clean up were my niche. At the same time, I would recruit my friends and relatives. Most of the guys would lay around during the summer but I convinced them to make that extra change. Construction bosses loved it because they would pay us less than normal wages even though we could do the work equally as well as grown men. In retrospect, I would wonder how many husbands and fathers we were keeping from making income. That part I regret. We were cheating or as they say now “fronting”.
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Mason Park Pedestrian/Bike Bridge Unveiling Set for September 22
As part of Bayou Greenways 2020, this iconic 485-foot bridge will connect communities along Brays Bayou in the East End
Houston Parks Board and its partners are pleased to announce the Mason Park Bridge Grand Opening event slated for Saturday, Sept. 22. Community members along Brays Bayou and across the city are invited to celebrate the official unveiling of Mason Park Bridge with Houston Parks Board, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Harris County Flood Control District, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Kinder Foundation and Council Member Robert Gallegos. Event partners include Houston Area Road Runners Association, The Houston Wellness Project, Houston Marathon Foundation, Houston Dynamo, Bayou Preservation Association, Houston Public Library, East End Management District, Nature and Eclectic Outdoors (NEO), Telemundo Houston and various community organizations.
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Residents who live in Naco, Arizona, near the border point of entry, are being asked by Cochise County to prepare to leave their homes Sunday …
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Republicans hope strong blue-collar jobs numbers can stem November losses
Republicans face a host of headwinds heading into November's midterm elections: Democratic messaging in suburban and swing districts has put control of the House in play, there is a narrow path for the party to take control of the Senate and President Donald Trump continues to fume about issues that some Republicans believe are unhelpful to their midterm efforts.
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Dallas police officer could face stiffer charge for killing unarmed neighbor, DA says
A Dallas police officer stands charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man she mistakenly thought was in her apartment, but a prosecutor would not rule out a more serious charge Monday.
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Larry Fedora Of North Carolina Is The SwampButt Underwear College Football Coach On The Hot Seat For Week Two
Larry Fedora of North Carolina is the SwampButt Underwear (www.swampbutt.com) ‘College Football Coach On The Hot Seat’ for week two of the college football season. Fedora overcame stiff competition from Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin who two weeks running lost to ‘the cougars’; the first from BYU and the second belonging to Houston. The ‘quality’ of competition put Fedora over the top.
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Here's a little secret about the Texas Senate race
It feels like this past weekend is when the GOP political world finally realized something: Beto O'Rourke isn't going away.
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Man fatally shot by police officer mourned from Texas to St. Lucia
Botham Shem Jean, 26, was fatally shot by a police officer in his Dallas apartment.
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Hurricane Florence upgraded, on track to hit East Coast as major storm this week
Grocery stores are restocking shelves with water and bread, and supply stores are selling a lot of plywood and generators Monday as East Coast communities prepare for Hurricane Florence to strike hard later this week.
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Dallas police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed neighbor
A Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man in his apartment after mistaking it for her own was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter charge, the Texas Rangers said
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Woodward's revelations raise disturbing questions about Trump
Bob Woodward's charges that top national security staff find themselves compelled to protect the world from President Donald Trump should, in any normal time, precipitate an almost unprecedented national emergency.
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Gordon could be hurricane when it hits Gulf Coast Tuesday night
Tropical Storm Gordon, which may ramp up to become a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall late Tuesday, brought tropical-storm force winds to the Alabama and western Florida Panhandle coasts.
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'ER' actress Vanessa Marquez killed in California police shooting
Vanessa Marquez, an actress best known for her recurring role as a nurse on the NBC drama "ER," was shot and killed by police in South Pasadena, California on Thursday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
