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Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury EV Crosses Crucial Development Milestone
Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ — a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. By confirming that all components and technologies are at or beyond 80 percent, engineers can now focus on fine tuning LYRIQ prior to production.
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Support local stores and restaurants on Small Business Saturday
Small business is the beating heart of Texas's economy. The national chains seem to get most of the attention, but small businesses account for an incredible 99.8% of all businesses in the state. Small businesses do a lot throughout the year to help their communities.
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Giving Thanks
“In everything give thanks.” That Bible verse can be hard to put into practice. Just by being alive we can be sure of having moments of sadness as well as happiness. When you’re active in politics, you experience both wins and losses. Sometimes it can be hard to feel grateful.
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Cadence Bank Announces Business Relationship with Atlanta-Based Real Estate Brokerage Norman & Associates
Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE) announced today its business agreement with Atlanta-based Norman & Associates, one of the largest minority-owned luxury real estate brokerages in the United States.
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The Redneck Shop was a hub for the KKK. Years after the store's closure, a Southern city is reckoning with this history
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The suspect in the Waukesha parade tragedy was out on bond after allegedly running over a woman earlier this month
The man accused of careening his SUV into a Wisconsin parade, killing five people and injuring 48 others, was a registered sex offender in Nevada and had an active arrest warrant in that state, court records show.
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Vice President Harris Announces Historic Funding to Bolster Equitable Health Care During Pandemic, and Beyond
$1.5 Billion Investment in National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps Will Expand and Diversify the Health Workforce and Improve Critical Clinical Care in Underserved Communities
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Green Joins President Biden for Signing of Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
On Monday, November 15, 2021, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) released the following statement:
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Veterans Day Legislation Targets GI Bill Racial Inequities
For Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black service members who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war.
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Federal judge rules Texas school mask ban violates Americans with Disabilities Act
A federal judge has ruled that Texas' ban on mask mandates in schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to court documents filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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How 'Passing' and similar stories force us to reckon with identity
There's a scene in Rebecca Hall's film "Passing" in which the character Irene Redfield vents to her husband about a childhood friend.
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Casting Black actors in period pieces isn’t diversity. It’s history.
There is a moment in “The Harder They Fall” that director Jeymes Samuel can’t stop smiling about. It arrives with a locomotive around the end of Act 1 and subsequently barrels through every preconceived notion of what a western is supposed to be.
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Ted Cruz Calls Out Big Bird from Sesame Street for “Spreading Government Propaganda”
Texas’ stellar Senator continues his strike of questionable statements, first, he defended using a nazi salute as a sign of protest in a school board meeting, now he’s fighting a classic children’s character: Big Bird from Sesame Street.
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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Will Set Aside About $35 Billion for Texas Projects
The White House estimates that Texas will receive about $35.44 billion over five years for roads, bridges, pipes, ports, broadband access and other projects after federal lawmakers passed a long-anticipated national infrastructure bill on Friday.
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Children’s Museum Houston channels the force with intergalactic appearances Saturday, Nov. 20, beginning at 10 a.m.
Sponsored by H-E-B In partnership with Causeplay Alliance Project
No need to wait until Thanksgiving to celebrate this November! Embrace your inner-Wookiee and commemorate Star Wars “Life Day” at Children’s Museum Houston. But if you’re not familiar with “Life Day,” fear not. “Life Day” debuted in 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special; like many Earth holidays,
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Society for the Performing Arts Presents: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Astronomy Bizarre
Explore cosmic quandaries with astrophysicist and host of FOX’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) welcomes the return of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, on Monday, January 17, 2022, 7:30 PM at Jones Hall. The theme of the evening’s program will be “Astronomy Bizarre.”
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Will Smith’s book tour kicks off with Queen Latifah and DJ Jazzy Jeff in Philadelphia
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.
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O'Rourke Announces Bid to Take On Greg Abbott in 2022 Texas Gubernatorial Race
Beto O'Rourke, the former congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday launched his campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.
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It's Time for President Biden to Deliver
Listen up Democrats in Washington - from the White House to the Senate to the Congress: it is time to deliver. Biden's popularity among African Americans is slipping. Blacks provided the president with 22 percent of his votes in 2020, putting him into the White House. African American turnout, particularly in Georgia, was crucial to the Senate victories that brought Democrats a 50-50 split. In his campaign, Biden named systemic racism as one of the fundamental crises facing the country.
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Reginald DesRoches Named 8th President of Rice University
One hundred and nine years after its founding and 56 years after the first African American graduate, the prestigious Rice University has named its first African American president. How ironic that a university established by a white rich slave owner would now have at the head an African American from one of the poorest countries in our nation. Talk about progress and achieving the American dream.

