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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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."
Tech companies are scrambling to respond to the fallout from one of the most tumultuous debates in modern history.
FORT HOOD, Texas — Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia filed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to rename the post office located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, in honor of Houston-native and former Fort Hood Soldier Vanessa Guillén.
Vanessa Guillén was born on Sept. 30, 1999 and Wednesday would have been her 21st birthday.
ATLANTA — A House delegation that traveled to south Georgia on Saturday to inspect the contentious Irwin County Detention Facility described "misery" among detained migrant women, fearful of seeking medical care from a doctor
Officials at the United States Postal Service told members of Congress in Texas that voting groups are allowed to leave voter registration and absentee ballot applications at post offices.