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Post-Harvey Legal Aid, E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce, Restoration Grants From BP’s 2010 Oil Spill, And More
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
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Health Officials In U.S. And Canada Warn About E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce
Posted on · The outbreak has sickened 32 people in 11 states in the U.S. and 18 people in Canada.
Education News
Texas Education Board Moves To Reinsert Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller Into Curriculum
Posted on · The State Board of Education is meeting this week to finalize changes to social studies curriculum, part of an effort that began 10 months ago in response to teacher feedback that the standards included too much material to cover in a school year.
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US Immigration Officials Move To Restrict Asylum At Border
Posted on · New regulations will block migrants from claiming asylum if they do not come to an official border crossing.
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Trump Says He’ll Send As Many As 15,000 Troops to Southern Border
Posted on · The original plan to send about 5,000 troops to the border was announced Monday
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US Troops Deployed at Border Limited in What They Can Do
Posted on · The troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs from smugglers or have any direct involvement in stopping the migrant caravan
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Part Of Immigration Law
Posted on · The court declared a clause in the Immigration and Naturalization Act, mandating the deportation of immigrants convicted of some crimes, as unconstitutionally vague
Houston Matters
How Will Renegotiating NAFTA Affect Houston Industry?
Posted on · Houston Matters takes a closer look at the renegotiation of NAFTA with Dr. Adrian Duhalt from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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Texas National Guard Starts Sending Guardsmen To The Border
Posted on · The plan is to deploy 250 troops as an "initial surge"
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Former Ambassador Tony Garza Applauds Greg Abbott’s NAFTA Advocacy
Posted on · The Texas governor supports continued negotiation of contentious NAFTA issues, including rules of origin, and investor state provisions
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AP-NORC Poll: Americans Open To Trump’s Planned North Korea Talks
Posted on · Only 13 percent think the country shouldn't consider a deal with North Korea at all
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Crew Of Upcoming Mission To International Space Station Highlights Experiments About Cleaner Energy
Posted on · NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Russian astronaut Oleg Artemyev are scheduled to go to the ISS next March
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A Timeline — And Questions — About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops
Posted on · Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers
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US Tourist Fears He Was Hit In Cuba, Years Before Diplomats
Posted on · The State Department has received reports of several citizens who visited Cuba and say they've developed symptoms similar to what embassy victims experienced
Houston Matters
What Debt Ceiling Crisis Could Mean for Houston
Posted on · U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is warning lawmakers that unless Congress raises the debt ceiling by next Thursday, he cannot promise any payments to anyone, including social security recipients and U.S. bondholders. What was once seen by many as a rubber stamp vote in Congress has become a line in the sand for some Tea Party-backed Congressional […]