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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.


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.


October 1, 2020

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


September 30, 2020

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.


September 26, 2020

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, fearf


September 22, 2020

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.