Articles in Community & Politics
Mexico is Houston’s largest trading partner. Houston’s Mexican-American population is the largest in Texas and the third largest in the United States. Houston has more nonstop destinations to Mexico than any other U.S. gateway and is also a primary gateway to Latin America. This MOU will connect the City of Houston [More...] and ProMexico, the trade promotion agency of the Federal Government of Mexico, creating an invaluable channel with which to jointly identify business opportunities and economic development possibilities.
The Houston Public Library invites teens to join celebrating Teen Tech Month with plenty of free, creative and entertaining programs and events for the beginner to the advanced. If teens are not able to make it to one of the many programs scheduled, that’s OK because they can use the library’s technology resources.
Most observers predict that the five person right-wing majority of a divided Supreme Court will overturn hundreds of local laws and decades of precedent to rule that cities cannot regulate the ownership of guns.
All this month we will see thousands of college students — from coast to coast, north to south, east to west — jumping up and down, yelling, screaming, pumping fists, sleeping outside in tents and painting their faces. This is all a result of the usual frenzy surrounding March Madness.
During the recent Congressional hearing to discuss what many contends is an insufficiently funded Black advertising campaign of Census 2010; the U. S. Census Bureau’s media-buying agencies were blistered by a charge that they allegedly played unfair politics with Black newspaper publishers.
Paula, you’re another fine example that money doesn’t buy good sense! Your recent backwoods comment regarding Lil’ Wayne was ignorant and thoughtless. Suggesting that you should make the rap star “collard greens to clean out his butt” before he went to prison wasn’t funny! Turnabout is fair play.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker presented an official proclamation to five-time Olympic medalist and Spring resident Chad Hedrick, who distinguished himself recently at the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, winning a bronze medal in the 1000m speed skating event and a silver medal in the Team Pursuit event.
A celebration welcoming the arrival of the Easter Bunny, including a free kids craft, Easter eggs stuffed with candy and special offers, face painting, balloon artists, music and more.
As Cablevision and the Disney Corporation work through the terms of their latest retransmission consent agreement, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) is asking the Federal Communications Commission to protect consumer welfare by ensuring that coverage of WABC-TV will continue during the companies negotiations.
Kicking off Discovery Green’s Screen on the Green spring movie series, H-E-B is proud to present “Julie and Julia” featuring Meryl Streep’s award-winning performance as Julia Child. Free to the public, the movie will screen on the AnheuserBusch Stage on Friday, March 19 at 8 p.m.
We believe that he should serve the remainder of his term until he and his family decide otherwise or until he is specifically prohibited from remaining in office.
Any Houstonian could have predicted the unusual amount of criminal activities occurring in the Midtown community, it’s not a surprise to the police either. Think about it, citizens living in the Midtown district are probably from other parts of the United States, and not aware of the area long vibrant history of crime.






