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4 min read 2021-12-07 18:01:23

Justice Department sues Texas over redistricting maps

Add it to the queue. The Department of Justice is suing Texas over its new redistricting maps, alleging that lawmakers intentionally discriminated

1 min read 2021-12-07 17:45:46

It was always just a matter of time. Texas has identified its first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant, a strain flagged as potentially more

2 min read 2021-12-07 17:37:03

This story is actually about the judge who will be presiding over winter storm cases, but it caught my eye for a reason that will be

2 min read 2021-12-06 18:01:01

Not bad, actually. Nearly three months after Mayor Sylvester Turner signed an executive order requiring Houston’s 21,000 city employees to get

2 min read 2021-12-06 17:53:47

Memories. It was hailed as the most innovative company in America, a hometown energy giant whose name graced one of Houston’s skyscrapers and

2 min read 2021-12-06 17:45:10

Congratulations, Buck O’Neil and Minnie Minoso, and the four other new Hall members. Six candidates earned election to the National Baseball Hall

2 min read 2021-12-06 02:56:59

“Every age group in Vermont has seen cases rise in the past couple of weeks, with one exception: senior citizens. They’ve actually seen cases

2 min read 2021-12-05 18:02:33

It’s also a campaign theme. Texas Democrats want to talk about the power grid. Specifically, they want to talk about how it failed in February,

2 min read 2021-12-05 17:53:34

It’s still a big problem, in case we haven’t forgotten. Omicron’s arrival in the U.S. came as no surprise to federal health officials and

3 min read 2021-12-05 17:44:36

We’ve done pretty well, actually. Since more than $65 million in COVID-related funding has poured into Houston and Harris County’s coffers, they

3 min read 2021-12-04 18:08:41

She has filed for re-election, in case you had thought there was some other possibility. Judge Lina Hidalgo Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

2 min read 2021-12-04 17:52:59

This is in response to that recent Fifth Circuit ruling about mask mandates in schools and whether Greg Abbott’s ban on them violated the Americans

1 min read 2021-12-04 17:43:57

One small bit of reassurance in these uncertain times. The Houston Health Department is testing the city’s wastewater for the new COVID

4 min read 2021-12-03 18:01:08

Brace yourself for a lot of stories like this in the coming months. Beto O’Rourke In the first days of his campaign for governor, Beto O’Rourke

2 min read 2021-12-03 17:53:28

Another piece of crap from the special session. A new law limiting the use of abortion-inducing medication in Texas goes into effect Thursday. The