Houston’s highest-paid city council staffer has continued to collect his $119,600 salary despite being at a U.S. Army military law training program since January. |
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The ruling came days after the city sent Prop B-adjusted paychecks to some firefighters and three weeks before the Houston city council is scheduled to consider approving the city’s budget for the 2020 fiscal year. |
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The court led by Chief Justice John Roberts is more likely to chip away at the constitutional right to abortion than to overturn it outright. It will have plenty of opportunities to do so.
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A group of friends who knew Maleah’s mom growing up organized the event in the missing girl’s honor. They wore pale blue T-shirts with the image of Maleah’s face. |
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The crowd gathered at the behest of Houston-based rapper Trae Tha Truth and civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who said they were saddened and outraged after watching the now-viral video of Turner’s death. |
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The city bought ads on the social media site for a campaign during Fair Housing Month in April highlighting the seven classes protected under the Fair Housing Act of 1968: race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status and national origin. Facebook allowed five of the seven ads. |
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The survey found that 41 percent of the homeless people in the Houston, Pasadena, Harris County, Fort Bend County and Montgomery County areas were living on the streets. The rest were in shelters. |
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ReNew: Health, wellness, nutrition and fitness |
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It is time for the firefighters’ union to stop fighting over Prop B and for the mayor to make good on his promise to fund meaningful raises. |
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The future may not be ours to see, but Doris Day demonstrated that the future can be made better. |
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The layoffs announced Wednesday mean KMCO is reducing its workforce of almost 200 employees at the Crosby plant by nearly 20 percent as a result of the fatal incident on April 2 and a subsequent reorganization. |
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850 million. That’s how many metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions are expected to be released by the plastics industry this year. That’s the equivalent air pollution of 189 coal-fired power plants, according to a new report. |
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The Texas Legislature has passed a bill that would support a fledgling industry that aims to reduce waste by returning plastic back to its original chemical components, which can then be reused for fuels and feedstocks of new plastic products. |
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During a congressional hearing Wednesday, the FAA official, Daniel Elwell, also stood by the agency's decades-old policy of using employees of aircraft manufacturers like Boeing to conduct inspections on their own companies' work. |
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The righthander threw for seven stellar innings in his return to Comerica Park.
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The Dynamo's BBVA Compass Stadium unbeaten streak continues. |
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Rockets don’t need a coaching search but instead need their cool and wise coach to prove doubters wrong. |
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With his leap of faith to the SEC 400 hurdles title, the junior has given the Aggies’ track program national attention. |
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Carmen Morgan, whose chiseled body would make even J.Lo jealous, makes simple, easy-to-follow exercise videos. |
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Chef Jonathan Jones started dieting in August and by November, he had lost 60 pounds. Now he’s dropped more than 100 pounds. Instead of wearing a 4X shirt, he is down to an XL for the first time since high school. |
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Working out has been shown to not only reduce anxiety and depression, but it makes people happy and more resilient.
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When does simply being tired turn into something more serious? |
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