BILL WHITE, former Houston Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate, visited Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston and participated in a student round table discussion with Reverend TJ Martinez, SJ, President of Cristo Rey Jesuit on the school’s innovative educational model which includes a mandatory work-study program.

Today, President Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which delivered a significant down payment on the President’s ambitious agenda to make higher education more affordable and help more Americans earn a college degree.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine issued the following statement after President Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. The bill, which authorizes the largest investment in higher education in American history.

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, was briefed Monday on collaborative homeland security efforts by public and private industry partners along the Houston Ship Channel. Thompson also toured the Port of Houston Authority’s Emergency Mobile Command Center.

TSU and HISD, with funding from Chevron, are collaborating to create the TSU Back to Basics Summer Institute. This initiative is a pilot program to provide teacher training and direct student support to increase college readiness for gifted HISD high school students and to equip them with those skills necessary to lead productive lives.

Medical records showed Michael Jackson’s heart beat briefly at a hospital emergency room, but he was “long gone” by then, a lawyer for Jackson’s father said.

Census Bureau Director Robert Groves noted today that some areas are lagging behind the rest of the country in terms of mailing back their 2010 Census forms. With Census Day on April 1, parts of Texas still have some of the lowest rates of mail participation.

While many Houstonians were dodging frigid and rainy weather, I had the opportunity to partake in one of the most memorable events this weekend. The JW Marriott Camelback Resort and Spa was the location for the 16th annual “Celebrity Fight Night” Gala to raise money and awareness of Parkinson Disease. This event, since its inception honors “The Greatest”, Muhammad Ali with a live musical montage by many of today’s stars, silent auction, and night filled with star studded celebrities and professional athletes.

The debut of Houston’s newest theatre -The Midnight Theatre Company – is set to take place at the Midtown Art Center on May 14 & 15 at 8:00p.m., with an additional Sunday showing May 16th at 3 p.m.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reiterated her long-time commitment to Texas children and nutrition by praising Texas PTA for teaching children healthy habits and making continued efforts to educate parents about health problems posed by the childhood obesity epidemic.

Simon Fashion Now™ presented by Cadillac, a free, high-energy celebration of style at all price points, will make a stop at The Galleria on April 8, 9 and 10. Spotlighting must-have trends for spring from fashionable Galleria retailers, Simon Fashion Now is bringing the drama and excitement of haute runways shows to stylish shoppers in Houston.

Thurgood Marshall, Hattie McDaniel, the Tuskeggee Airmen and Walter Morris — all African-Americans who made history breaking the color barrier.

A new City of Houston payment kiosk debuts today at the 1400 Lubbock Municipal Courts building. Procured by the City of Houston Municipal Courts Administration Department to reduce citizen wait time, the payment kiosk is the first of many the City wants to procure and place throughout Houston by the end of 2010.

The location-based feature, hinted at in a post on Facebook’s blog, would give the social network’s 400 million-plus members a function that has been popularized on newer “location-based” Web sites like Foursquare and Gowalla.

After many months of legal wrangling, Gilbert Arenas was sentenced today to two years probation for the felony of carrying a pistol without a license, according to the Twitter of Craig Stouffer of the Washington Examiner.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine visited Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston and participated in a student round table discussion with Reverend TJ Martinez, SJ, President of Cristo Rey Jesuit on the school’s innovative educational model which includes a mandatory work-study program.

Divas’ Song Salon Series is a uniquely modern expression of the 19th century European tradition of classical music programming. Music and intellectual inquiry are integrated by combining musical performance, a short lecture and an interactive conversation with the audience and artists.

When young Charlotte Bryant entered the seventh grade she began a practice that has since become a tradition for her. She began to spend a lot of time at the Houston YWCA. First introduced to the organization by her science teacher at Crawford Junior High.

I’ve met Chief McClelland on several occasions in my law enforcement career for various reasons, and I can say we don’t attend social events with each other, however, he was always professional and down to earth. As I viewed and listened to his answers to some of the public safety issues asked by members of the communities.

Termetrice Gibbons was born into a family of child care entrepreneurs, making it almost a given that she’d pursue self-employment after college. But this MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series and Business Plan Competition grand prize winner took things a step further, using her passion for education to launch a completely new business concept.