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HOUSTON — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from a report on an Humble man who ran out of his heart medication after his package was delayed by USPS.
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia hosted a today along with other local labor leaders on crisis involving the United States Postal Service.
HOUSTON — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia hosted a today along with other local labor leaders on crisis involving the United States Postal Service.
Garcia and USPS labor leaders were joined by some of their constituents who will share their stories on how the crisis of receiving mail on time has impacted their lives.
HOUSTON – The U.S. Postmaster General announced Tuesday he will halt operational changes at the United States Postal Service until after the 2020 election.
Some Texas congressional members called for legislation to prevent the postmaster from doing another about-face.
Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday that he'll wait until after the November election to make operational changes at the USPS. DeJoy said retail hours won't change, mail processing equipment and collection boxes will stay where they are and overtime for employees will be restored.
Following days of mounting public pressure, U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he would halt all operational changes he's made to the postal service in recent months, including major cutbacks, until after the November election.
Mail delays caused by the pandemic have reportedly worsened across the country since President Donald Trump appointed DeJoy, a new postmaster general with no previous experience in the field.
Texas Democrats are not used to having such a small role during a Democratic National Convention.
In an event that features dozens of prominent prime time speakers, no Texans were on the initial schedule aside from The Chicks, the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks who will perform on Thursday night just before Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination for president.
"I don't understand that," Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa told NBC affiliate KXAN in Austin. "Somebody messed up. Somebody dropped the ball."
No party should take for granted the votes of any group tied together by race, ethnicity, gender or religion. And yet for all the focus they've put on diversity in recent years, Democrats appear to be doing just that as they gather virtually beginning tonight for the party's four-day online convention.
HOUSTON, Texas -- After an emotional public memorial celebrating Vanessa Guillen, she was remembered in a private funeral service.
Guests stood outside Holy Name Catholic Church, where American flags lined the street.
HOUSTON — Flags from the U.S., Texas and Mexico flew at half staff Friday as a white, horse-drawn carriage embellished with white flowers brought in the custom green casket that carried the remains of a slain soldier.
Vanessa Guillen, who was last seen on April 22, was memorialized nearly four months after she is said to have been killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas. Mourners gathered at Cesar Chavez High School in Houston, where Guillen grew up playing soccer and dreaming of joining the military.
As President Donald Trump rails against the idea of expanding mail-in voting, resists new funding for the U.S.
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