Written by Mira Rowan As more state funding flows into private education, new data have raised questions about how these dollars impact public schools that serve primarily Black students. An analysis by the Texas Center for Voucher Transparency and Every Texan reports that 733 Texas school distri...
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Episode: 3430 In which the Social Register summons up memories of a bygone upper class. Today, the Social Register.
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Most first dates follow the same script. Someone picks a restaurant, both people dress up, and the next two hours revolve around appetizers, small talk, and who reaches for the check. That routine rarely shows who a person really is. A shared experience does. Watch how your date ...
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Prairie View A&M coach Tremaine Jackson tends to have a lot to say about a lot of things as it pertains to SWAC football and his program. But in all of his prolific orations like “everybody has a plan until they get punched,” what you won’t hear the second-year Panthers coach eve...
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For 75 years, the Houston (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, has helped strengthen Greater Houston through friendship, community service, advocacy, and a commitment to improving lives. Chartered in March 1951, the historic chapter is celebrating three-quarters of a century ...
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Willie D was 5 years old the first time he saw someone killed. That was Fifth Ward, the Houston neighborhood where William James Dennis grew up and where his toughness was built. More than five decades later, the Geto Boys rapper turned 60 on Nov. 1. He will celebrate the milesto...
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From its rather humble beginnings as Brenner’s Cafe in 1936, Brenner’s Steakhouse has grown to become one of Houston’s most revered restaurants and the city’s oldest steakhouse. A 90th anniversary celebration was in order to celebrate the milestone and the restaurant, now under o...
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As Thanksgiving approaches, the Houston Food Bank says more families across the region are struggling to afford necessities, including groceries, rent and utilities....
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A couple renting a home in Cypress has spent three weeks paying for a hotel while awaiting furniture from Florida, their daughter says, as the wife undergoes treatment for stage 4 lung cancer....
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Clouds and pleasantly cool air stick around Tuesday, with a few sprinkles or light rain at times. The better chances stay south and west, with cool morning temperatures starting off in the 50s....
