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October 21, 2020

The Houston City Council approved a property tax rate on Wednesday that will increase taxes beyond the 3.5 percent limit set by the Texas Legislature in 2019.


October 21, 2020

Advocates for immigrants say they still have not found the parents of 545 minors who were separated from their families starting three years ago during President Trump's immigration crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.


October 20, 2020

The Texas State Board of Social Workers last week voted unanimously to remove disability, sexual orientation and gender identity from the nondiscrimination clause of its code of conduct.

This week, there's backlash.

Texas advocacy groups and lawmakers are demanding that health officials reverse their decision, which was based solely on a recommendation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, and criticizing the board for proceeding without seeking input from social workers.


October 19, 2020

HOUSTON – As HISD's schools begin their in-person school year Monday, ‘Safe Walk Home' Northside continues its mission of making the community safe for students who walk to and from school.


October 13, 2020

When Sylvia Garcia arrived in Houston in 1972, she was intent on finding a way to help people. She'd just graduated from Texas Woman's University in Denton and had driven down in her blue Volkswagen Beetle stuffed with every single thing she owned.


October 7, 2020

Washington, DC, Oct. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) are teaming up to host a non-partisan Virtual Candidate and Legislative Forum.


October 5, 2020

Fernando Ramos arrives late to the community center, wheels in, and picks up a guitar, joining his voice with the others: Entre tus manos, está mi vida, Señor. From his wheelchair, Noé Ramirez directs the group. Francisco "Pancho" Argüelles strums a guitar as he stands. Others sit in their wheelchairs and play instruments. A couple of the women sing—Hay que morir, para vivir—their voices clear and powerful, if slightly off-key.


October 1, 2020

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October 1, 2020

HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to limit mail ballot drop-off locations to one site per county has sparked a flurry of angry responses.

The Harris County clerk calls a proclamation from Gov. Greg Abbott that limits where mail-in ballots can be dropped off as being "prejudicial and dangerous."


October 1, 2020

Tech companies are scrambling to respond to the fallout from one of the most tumultuous debates in modern history.