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METRO Hears Calls for More Frequent Routes, Share Your Vision Now
METRO is reminding everyone not to miss this opportunity to get in on the ground floor of crafting the region's new transit plan. The authority wants to know what types of transit improvements and upgrades you would like to see in your community.
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10-Year Old Entrepreneur, Bullied for Her Dark Skin, Launches "Flexin' in My Complexion" Apparel Line
Kheris Rogers, a 10-year old girl who was being bullied for her darker skin, has turned the opportunity into a smart and successful business idea. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Kheris has recently launched her very own unapologetic clothing line called Flexin’ in My Complexion.
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North Texas Police Chief Under Investigation After Arrest of Beauty Queen
Miss Black Texas 2016 Carmen Ponder said she experienced road rage from the police chief of Commerce Kerry Crews. While driving her vehicle Ponder passed a vehicle that was driving erratically. I
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Numerous Sponsors Drop From Puerto Rican Day Parade Over Honoring Oscar Lopez Rivera
Several sponsors, including Goya Foods, AT&T, Corona, Coca-Cola, JetBlue, the Yankees and television stations Univision, Telemundo and NBC-TV, have pulled out of this year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade set to take place in New York City on June 11th, following the parade’s decision to honor Oscar Lopez Rivera with a National Freedom Award.
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Parents, Alumni Push HISD Board To Revisit HSPVA Naming Rights
Ever since the Houston school board approved the naming rights to its flagship arts high school last fall, a vocal group of parents and alumni have opposed the deal. It let the Kinder Foundation add its name to the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, commonly called HSPVA, in exchange for $7.5 million.
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Southwest Airlines First African American Pilot Retires
When 25-year-old Louis Freeman started as a pilot for Southwest Airlines in 1980, he didn’t know he was the first black pilot hired by the airline (he later became the first black chief pilot at a major American airline).
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Flier at Bus Stop Encourages Gay People to Commit Suicide
A flier recently posted at a Houston bus stop used a slur and statistics to encourage gay people to commit suicide, according to a report by Outsmart Magazine.
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Houston Ranks No.1 for Minority Entrepreneurs
Prominent local business leaders said Tuesday it's nice to see the rest of the country take note of something they've felt for quite a while: Houston is the best place in the nation to be a minority entrepreneur.
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Houston Votes to Join Other Texas Cities in Lawsuit Over New Immigration Law, Senate Bill 4
The largest city in Texas will join San Antonio, Dallas, Austin and other local governments in a lawsuit against the state’s new immigration enforcement law. The Houston City Council voted 10-6 to join the lawsuit, which was filed last month against Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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NAACP Stages Sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ Office to Protest of His Nomination as Attorney General
Donald Trump wants Jeff Sessions to be attorney general and the NAACP isn’t having it.
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Sandra Bland’s Mom Returns to Texas to Urge Police Reforms
The mother of a black woman who died in a jail near Houston following a confrontational traffic stop in 2015 returned to Texas to back a sweeping police reform bill named after her daughter that influential law enforcement groups are fighting. The “Sandra Bland Act” as drafted would revamp racial profiling laws, officer training and other police accountability measures.
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Governor Abbott Extends State Disaster Declaration For COVID-19
Governor Greg Abbott today extended his Disaster Declaration for all Texas counties in response to COVID-19. Originally issued on March 13th, the Disaster Declaration provides the state a variety of resources to effectively serve Texans as the Lone Star State continues to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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Jay-Z Invests $3M to Help Launch Criminal Justice App
This week rapper and media mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter launched a new app aimed to improve the United States criminal justice system. He has invested $3 million to help launch the mobile app.
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GM VP Alicia Boler-Davis Wins Black Engineer of Year
Alicia Boler-Davis had been thriving at General Motors for more than 15 years when she faced her most daunting challenge yet: manage an assembly plant and work as vehicle line director and chief engineer for North America small cars.
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Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Could Outsell Kylie Cosmetics & KKW Beauty
Despite her appeal, beauty brands are definitely feeling the pressure considering Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty brand is out to get their money. Beauty brands owned by the Kardashians are particularly feeling the heat with the rise of Fenty Beauty.
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Texas Woman Dies of Flesh-eating Bacteria Caused by Hurricane Harvey
A 77-year-old Houston woman died earlier this month from a flesh-eating bacteria, which she contracted after falling into Harvey floodwaters in her home, authorities said. Nancy Reed, of the Kingwood area of northeast Houston, died on Sept. 15 of flood-related necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly referred to as flesh-eating bacteria, after she fell into contaminated flood water in her home, the Harris County medical examiner's office ruled.
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Texas Grants First Drilling Permit to Mexican Oil Company
For the first time ever, Texas authorities have issued a drilling permit to a Mexican company for gas and oil extraction in the state.
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Mexican Woman Admits Illegally Selling Prescription Drugs in Houston
A Mexican woman was convicted Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States, and receiving and delivering misbranded drugs with the intent to defraud. This guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez, Southern District of Texas.
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Houston’s Small Businesses Rebounded Quickly After Harvey – But Those Hardest-Hit Are Still Rebuilding
Harvey’s impact can be felt across Greater Houston – it flooded thousands of homes. But it also damaged and destroyed businesses, and among the hardest hit were small businesses, which make up the vast majority of Houston companies.
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Whataburger — a Texas Staple — Accused of Whites-Only Hiring in Florida
A former manager for an out-of-state Whataburger restaurant believes she was forced to quit because she wouldn’t follow through with directions from higher-ups to only hire white workers. Now the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has jumped into the case, filing a lawsuit in Tallahassee against the Texas fast food chain.
