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Congressman Al Green Secures $1,000,000 in Federal Funding for Legacy Community Health Clinic to Better Serve Constituents in Need of Healthcare

On Friday, February 3, 2023, Congressman Al Green will present a symbolic check in the amount of $1,000,000 to Legacy Community Health for the upgrade of their electronic medical records software. The upgrade of technology equipment is essential for Legacy …

Houston Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Alief Robbery and Murder

A Houston man was sentenced to 45 years in prison this week after pleading guilty to murder for robbing and shooting a man in Alief in 2018, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

Treasurer Schroder launches the Unclaimed Property Great Employee Give Back of 2023 at Baton Rouge General

To celebrate National Unclaimed Property Day, State Treasurer John M. Schroder launched the Great Employee Give Back of 2023, a pilot program with Baton Rouge General, by handing out 572 unclaimed property checks totaling more than $42,000 to employees of …

Texans Back Easing State Restrictions on Marijuana

Texans overwhelmingly support proposals to ease state restrictions on both the medical and recreational use of marijuana, with 82% supportive of legislation that would legalize marijuana for a wide range of medical treatments.

Unaffordable rental costs now plague 44 million people in every state Economic inequality places most risk of eviction on Blacks and the poor

For the first time in more than two decades of research, every state now has renters who are nearing a financial breaking point in housing affordability. New research released by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), and Moody’s Analytics …

USS Charleston conducts live-fire exercise in the South China Sea

Mineman Seaman Zachary Obert, from Houston, fires an M-2 HB 50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) in the South China Sea, Jan. 26.

The coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England as the deadly ice storm in the South leaves more than 400,000 without power

Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees below zero will blast the Northeast while parts of the South struggle to thaw from a deadly ice storm.

College Board unveils official framework for new AP African American studies course

The College Board released Wednesday the official framework of a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier denounced for imposing a "political agenda."

House passes resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Meta wowed Wall Street, but investors remain skeptical about tech

Thursday afternoon will round out what has so far been a sobering earnings season for the Big Tech giants.

AAMA Teams Up With DePelchin Children’s Center to Offer Free Mental Health Support for Students at its Charter Schools

This month, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) partnered with DePelchin Children’s Center to provide mental health services to students at George I. Sanchez Charter School’s two campuses in Houston. Through this new collaboration the two nonprofit …

We cannot accept mass murder

Once more the horror. Three mass shootings in California – 11 killed at a ballroom dance hall in Monterey Park, seven killed at Half Moon Bay, and a week earlier, a 16-year-old mother and four others shot in a California …

3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say

Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday.

McCarthy hopeful after first meeting with Biden on debt limit: 'I think that at the end of the day, we can find common ground'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus …

Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in AlaskaBiden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in

The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved.