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Gene Green

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Healthcare for Homeless Head Meets Michelle Obama, Gets Big Surprise Check

    As founder and president of Healthcare for the Homeless -- Houston (HHH), Dr. David Buck is a busy man. So busy, in fact, he was taken aback when his office got a voice message from U.S. Representative Gene Green's wife Helen saying that she would like Dr. Buck to attend the Centennial First Lady's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Houston's Nine Members of Congress: Net Worth of Almost $400 Million

    ​Welcome to Congress!​The Center for Responsive Politics has put out its list of the net worth of every member of Congress, and the Houston delegation are no slackers. The nine representatives have a net worth estimated to be $392.4 million, which is a pretty impressive figure. Actually, m ... More >>

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Entitled to What?

    The Ochoas are hardworking, taxpaying U.S. citizens who have taught their kids English. Why, they ask, should they be penalized for that?

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Tommy Lee Jones For Senate: Congressman Gene Green Says Why the Hell Not?

    Senator Tommy Lee Jones?​Geoff Berg, host of KPFT's Partisan Gridlock show is leading the improbable battle to draft Tommy Lee Jones as a Democratic candidate for the Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison. They've got a Facebook page and everything, including a petition with an op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Gene Green: He's Got Everyone Wondering What He'll Do About Latest Clean-Air Bill

    Gene Green: Which way will he go?​Health and safety advocates will be watching U.S. Congressman Gene Green closely tomorrow, when his colleagues on the House Energy & Commerce committee are expected to introduce a bill intended to reduce the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products, such as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    GHASP Takes On Toxic Chemicals In...Well, Just About Everything

    Photo courtesy GHASPThat is, indeed, a large duck​Standing in front of an 20-foot-tall pseudo-rubber ducky, local public health advocates on Friday morning threw their support behind recently proposed federal legislation to update and upgrade the laws governing toxic chemicals used in consumer pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Hey Texans -- You Can't Disappoint Us If We Don't Have High Hopes

    ​In our cover story this week, we take a look at the Houston Texans' brief-but-tangled history of breaking our hearts. A franchise that seems to begin each year riding on seemingly reasonable hopes of improvement consistently ends it with waves of disappointment.We also rounded up some predictions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Gene Green And The Town Halls

    ​Among the local Congressional delegation, probably no one's run into more rambunctious Town Hall madness than Gene Green. Sheila Jackson Lee has had some of it, of course, but as long as the cameras are running she's happy.Green's town halls, which usually attract a couple of dozen people, are no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Want To Attend A Gene Green Town Hall? Bring A Photo ID

    ​Town Hall meetings for members of congress have gotten pretty heated lately, as the president's health-care proposal has, it's safe to say, riled up some on the right. Houston congressman Gene Green's office is doing something about it -- they're requiring that people present a photo ID proving t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Obama Inauguration Tickets -- Hotter Than Hannah Montana and The Jonas Brothers Combined

    ​Town Hall meetings for members of congress have gotten pretty heated lately, as the president's health-care proposal has, it's safe to say, riled up some on the right. Houston congressman Gene Green's office is doing something about it -- they're requiring that people present a photo ID proving t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Feds Uncover Reason For Plant Explosion

    ​Town Hall meetings for members of congress have gotten pretty heated lately, as the president's health-care proposal has, it's safe to say, riled up some on the right. Houston congressman Gene Green's office is doing something about it -- they're requiring that people present a photo ID proving t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    East End Doesn't "Explode" Metro

    ​Town Hall meetings for members of congress have gotten pretty heated lately, as the president's health-care proposal has, it's safe to say, riled up some on the right. Houston congressman Gene Green's office is doing something about it -- they're requiring that people present a photo ID proving t ... More >>

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Texas Air National Guard Boots Sick Soldier

    Jason Franco now struggling in civilian life

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    Chuck Rosenthal: So Tough on Crime That a Suspect Goes Free

    The DA doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

  • News

    October 11, 2007
  • Blogs

    July 31, 2007

    Oops. Delete! Delete!

    Galveston escapes with a close call

  • News

    June 21, 2007
  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Too Late, Baby

    The zoo waited too long to feed at the trough

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    A Moon Swoon

    One Houston preacher gave up the cross for the cult

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    One Houston preacher gave up the cross for the cult

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Eckels: The Son Also Rises

    The county judge comes into his own on Commissioners Court

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Moving Target

    The city is rolling out the welcome mat for CITGO. But many workers want the company to get lost.

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

    Houston's sweet-and-sour inaugural

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Fresh Starts

    For two Houston politicos, 2003 brings big changes

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Going off the Rails

    A proposed line into the Bayport Industrial District has residents from Clear Lake to the East End vowing to stop the "toxic train" in its tracks

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Smackdown at City Hall

    Candidates clash in a castaway district, exes attack, and Bell wringers rumble for a final round with Brown. Voters, pick your fight.

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Austin Shocker

    Congressional redistricting: Dem disaster or Trojan horse?

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Paying the Price

    Hospital district officials wanted a simple one-sentence policy on immigrant health care. What they got instead was a criminal probe and plenty of politics.

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Gene Green

    U.S. representative from the 29th Congressional District of Texas

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Cracking the Club

    Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    La Revolución Will Not Be Covered

    Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Shaping the Council to Come

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    The Insider

    Time to pull out those election wish lists

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Going Through These Things Twice

    tuck inside of Hotel Six with the Houston blues again

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Horror Show

    Ruben Guerrero's plans to be a judge again are dashed, as local Democrats continue their inept ways

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    A Family Affair

    Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    The Insider

    Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but

  • News

    April 3, 1997

    The Insider

    Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    What's Driving Miss Shelia?

    With her frenetic grandstanding, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has irritated her staff, her colleagues, and even the president. she says she speaks for her constituents. But will anyone listen?

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    The Insider

    With her frenetic grandstanding, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has irritated her staff, her colleagues, and even the president. she says she speaks for her constituents. But will anyone listen?

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Unembraceable You

    When it comes to AIDS funding, process takes precedence over children in Harris County

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    The Insider

    When it comes to AIDS funding, process takes precedence over children in Harris County

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    The Insider

    When it comes to AIDS funding, process takes precedence over children in Harris County

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Coffee with Betti and the FBI

    Lightning strikes the ReBates Hotel; death toll unknown

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    In Denial

    As HIV spreads among blacks and Hispanics, agencies that serve those communities say they're being shortchanged

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    The Insider

    As HIV spreads among blacks and Hispanics, agencies that serve those communities say they're being shortchanged

  • News

    July 13, 1995
  • News

    May 4, 1995

    Twilight of El Jefe

    As HIV spreads among blacks and Hispanics, agencies that serve those communities say they're being shortchanged

  • News

    March 16, 1995

    Party of Insiders

    As HIV spreads among blacks and Hispanics, agencies that serve those communities say they're being shortchanged

  • News

    December 29, 1994

    The Year of Living Anxiously

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

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