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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 62-year-old physician from Baton Rouge was experiencing "mild symptoms that began this morning," his spokesperson Cole Avery said.
HOUSTON, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) will be donating 10,000 N95 masks to Harris Health's Strawberry Health Center, this is a part of her ongoing efforts to ensure everyone in the Texas 29th Congressional District and the greater Houston region has access to the protective equipment they need to stay healthy and safe during this ongoing pandemic. Dr. Esmaeil Porsa, CEO of Harris Health, and Dr. Glorimar Medina, Executive Vice President for Ambulatory Services will be present to receive the N95 masks.
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.
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.
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.
Houston, TX – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Al Davison (President of APWU Local 185), Rickey Dueboay (Vice-President of NALC Local 283), Pat Claiborne (Financial Secretary of NALC Local 283), and Linda Morales (Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation) will host a press conference across the street from the USPS Processing Center located at 4600 Aldine Bender Road to sound the alarm on the Trump Administration's troubling attacks on the United States Postal Service (USPS).
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 — 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.