The 49th WorldFest is 4 Days Away!
Opening night celebration for WORLDFEST-HOUSTON the 49th Annual Houston International Film Festival is Friday, April 8th WORLDFEST is proud to book-end the festival with 2 Houston, Texas productions...
View ArticleUSDA Invites Applications to Fund Community Facility Projects
USDA Rural Development in Texas currently has over $68 million in funding to be dispersed for community facility projects throughout Texas during the current fiscal year. Funding is authorized through...
View ArticleUSDA Seeks Grant Applications to Provide Development Support to Rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that $5.8 million in competitive funding is available nationwide to help start, improve or expand cooperative businesses in rural areas....
View ArticleTxDOT TO REDUCE THE PRICE TRUCKS PAY FOR TOLLS AS PART OF CONGESTION-RELIEF...
Discounts up to 75 percent aim to divert trucks away from I-35, onto SH 130 The Texas Transportation Commission today voted to give trucks a break on the cost of tolls when they drive on State Highway...
View ArticleTHE TEXAS CORVETTE ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING THE 24th ANNUAL OPEN CAR SHOW...
24th Annual Fundraiser and Official Fiesta® San Antonio Event to be Held Saturday April 16, 2016 at the Main Square in Boerne, TX The 24th Annual Open Car Show hosted by the Texas Corvette...
View ArticleNCJW Co-Sponsors Interfaith Anti-Human Trafficking Seder
As part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Houston Section, along with Harris County AFL-CIO, The Jewish Labor Committee and Chapelwood United Methodist...
View Article51fifteen To Relaunch In The New Saks Fifth Avenue, Houston Galleria
Chef Stefon Rishel, Formerly with Max’s Wine Dive in Fort Worth, Appointed Exec Chef Executive Chef Stefon Rishell and General Manager Chad Wherry. Photo by Kimberly Park After successfully serving the...
View ArticleTexas Workforce Commission Statement on Passing of Former Labor Commissioner...
AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Chairman Andres Alcantar, TWC Employer Commissioner Ruth R. Hughs and TWC Labor Commissioner Julian Alvarez today released the following statements on the...
View ArticleCornyn Files Amicus Brief in Support of Texas Challenge to President’s...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 42 other Senate Republicans today filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of the State of Texas’ challenge to the Obama...
View ArticleCornyn: White House, Allies Won’t Stop Voters from Having a Say on the...
‘Here we are, several weeks after the President announced his nominee, and nothing has really changed. All the money and the consultants in the world aren’t going to change the fact that the American...
View Article3-year-old special needs child wanders off from pre-school
by: Dennis Spellman @ Covering Katy The Katy Learning Center, 24811 Westheimer Pkwy. – Courtesy Google KATY (Covering Katy) – Texas Child Protective Services is investigating a local school for...
View ArticleDoes Your Child Need a Booster Seat?
Statistics show less than half of Texas children are using booster seats By Appointment Only WHERE: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Fort Bend County 1402 Band Road, Suite 100 Rosenberg, Texas...
View ArticleDedicated Caregivers Fleeing Underfunded Texas Nursing Homes
Turnover rate one of highest in the nation, Medicaid reimbursement one of lowest Dedicated caregivers are fleeing low-pay, high-stress jobs in Texas nursing homes at record rates, a long-term care...
View ArticleTexas Seaport Museum To Hold Lecture And Concert In Conjunction With 2016...
Galveston Island, Texas, March 21, 2016 – For a ship over 138 year’s old, venturing into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico is reason enough to celebrate. For Galveston Historical Foundation’s Tall Ship...
View ArticleReps. Poe, Olson To Host Summit On Encryption At Rice University
Representative Pete Olson On Monday, April 11th at 10:00 AM, Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) and Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) will host a summit on “Encryption: Balancing the Needs of Law Enforcement and...
View ArticleSafety Festival
The Safety Festival’s purpose is to familiarize residents with vital safety precautions, as well as the daily tasks of ESD 48 and other neighboring fire and EMS departments through a variety of fun and...
View ArticleSenator Cruz Joins Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Challenging Obama’s...
‘Congress has never given the Executive unchecked discretion to rewrite federal immigration policy’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined an amicus brief on...
View ArticleSocial Security Launches 3rd National my Social Security Week
Close-up of businesswoman smiling with colleagues standing in the background Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, welcomes everyone to celebrate the third National my Social...
View ArticleState Conference Draws Emergency Management Leaders
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Division of Emergency Management’s annual conference gets underway today and runs through Friday in San Antonio at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention...
View ArticleState Sales Tax Revenue in March Totaled $2.2 Billion
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that state sales tax revenue in March totaled $2.17 billion, up 2.1 percent compared to March 2015. “The modest growth in sales...
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