Posted on · An investigative story by the LA Times reports the space agency offered to deploy a sophisticated airplane to monitor pollution levels over the area the hurricane impacted. The TCEQ says the data it would have collected wouldn't have been useful because it wouldn't have been gathered at ground level.
Posted on · The church’s General Conference has also approved a plan to define marriage as the union of man and woman. It also adds more punitive accountability measures regarding officiating same sex marriages.
Posted on · Brian Middleton says the site with the remains of whom are believed to be 95 African-American inmates that were forced to work in sugar cane fields should be a landmark.
Posted on · Special Assistant County Attorney Douglas Ray says they are also closely monitoring the lawsuits over the advisory from the Texas Secretary of State.
Posted on · Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher says she’ll use her seat on the House Transportation Committee to help get the agency federal support and funding to expand public transportation for Greater Houston.
Posted on · The freshman U.S. Representative is not in favor of trade tariffs nor pulling U.S. troops out of Syria.
Posted on · About 85 percent of those arrested on misdemeanors would be released on cash free bonds.
Posted on · The presidents of the Texas State Teachers Association and the Houston Federation of Teachers also criticize merit based pay in public education.
Posted on · More than 70 percent of respondents think Muslims are making positive contributions to the country, but 31 percent believe they are sympathetic to terrorist attacks.
Posted on · Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz says Trump didn’t convince him. McAllen Mayor Jim Darling notes the President referred to the humanitarian aspect of the situation at the border.
Posted on · Protecting Houston from negative economic repercussions of a potential shutdown of the border and accelerating the use of federal funds for Harvey recovery are up on her list.
Posted on · One of the highlights is proposing to reform the state's recapture system.
Posted on · The Chronicle and ProPublica have also reported problems with the heart transplant program. St. Luke’s says they meet national standards for transplants of liver and lung.
Posted on · A report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families found that the number of uninsured children in the US has gone up for the first time in nearly a decade.
Posted on · Kristie Tingle, a research analyst with the Center for Public Policy Priorities, highlights the need to reform the school finance system and the importance of the 2020 Census.