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Harris County to spend $3M on community safety programs leaders say have driven down crime
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. HOUSTON — As executive director of the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Barbie Brash...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2460: The Singing Nun
Episode: 2460 In praise of the City: A fine piece of the natural world. Today, another look at form and function.
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Rice gives QB Jacurri Brown the perfect landing spot
Jacurri Brown can’t help but feel a sense of freedom. He is free to be himself. He is free to test the limits of his game. He is free to be the leader he has wanted to be. And probably the biggest freedom of all is the freedom to be the starter. It hasn’t been easy for the Rice O...
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Stop measuring Black success through white eyes
For generations, Blackfolk have been handed a peculiar measuring stick: Whiteness. Measure your career against white success. Your intelligence against white scholarship. Your beauty against white features. Your speech against white accents. Your spirituality against white religi...
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Robert Hodge champions Black art ownership
Robert Hodge wants Black Houstonians to stop just admiring Black art and start owning it. The Third Ward native, multidisciplinary artist and curator, opened his latest solo exhibition, Frequency , on Sept. 12 at Redbud Arts Center’s West Gallery. The show features new paintings ...
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Talarico campaign hires new members to Black voter engagement team
As the midterm elections near, the Texas Senate race is heating up with James Talarico and Ken Paxton’s campaign teams strategizing to garner more voters. While Black voter turnout remains a concern for many, the demographic holds crucial voting power that could affect the race’s...
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Diesel prices hit record high in Texas, putting pressure on truckers and consumers
Diesel prices have hit a record high in Texas, topping $6 a gallon and putting a significant financial strain on truck drivers and small trucking companies....
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Tierra Walker’s family sues Texas officials, doctors, alleging abortion ban contributed to her death
Tierra Walker died after suffering multiple health problems, including seizures, blood clots and dangerously high blood pressure during the first four months of her pregnancy....
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Houston Best Dressed Luncheon Sets National Records With $1.4 Million Raised, Tables Galore and Sweet Runway Walks
It was a blockbuster PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Houston Best Dressed luncheon on Tuesday with records shattered on several levels. More than 800 beautifully dressed women and a sprinkling of men filled the Post Oak Hotel ballroom to its limit — the largest number of guests...
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Texas City PD identifies 2 possible instances of misuse of automated license plate reader technology
The Texas City Police Department has updated their policy concerning Flock cameras and automated license plate reader technology after identifying two instances of possible misuse. The policy updates come at the direction of Interim Chief James Patterson after the department cond...
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Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to pledge $2 million amid Macklemore controversy
Robert Kraft is pledging $2 million toward humanitarian relief after revealing that Ed Sheeran personally called and asked him to commit the donation. The move comes amid the growing controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from Sheeran’s tour....
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These are the states with the most unclaimed tax refunds per 100,000 residents
Millions in potential tax refunds are going unclaimed across the U.S. See which states have the most money left on the table, according to new data.