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"This is not the time to take the masks down," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday, after reporting seven more deaths and 914 new COVID-19 cases in the city. "These numbers are real." He was responding to a question about Texas Governor Greg Abbott's recent statements that he may be...
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Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee announced Tuesday that his office has launched a civil investigation into what caused the deadly power outages that swept over Texas last week. Tuesday also saw the first wave of resignations from the board of ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas), the state’s power...
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On Monday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shared the good news that the massive COVID-19 vaccine super site run by the Federal Emergency Management Association is still set to open this week at NRG Stadium as planned. Meanwhile, Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia asked Commissioners...
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After a weekend of mostly sunny skies, Texans are thankful to be on the other side of a week of devastating cold that brought the state to its knees. Across greater Houston, residents who are glad to have made it through this latest Lone Star crisis are still surveying the...
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With the worst of winter’s wrath finally behind us, most Houston area residents now have power and heat as one of the most trying weeks in recent memory nears its end. However, access to water remains a widespread problem. And as residents begin the long, hard recovery process, the tragic...
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Then Texas Governor Ann Richards famously said that George HW Bush had been born with a silver foot in his mouth. If only she were alive today, she would have been able to witness some of the dumb and downright bizarre statements from Texas politicians in the midst of the...
