Fort Bend DA’s race pits ex-judge, defense attorney
Headshot of Fort Bend DA candidate Cliff Vacek before they meeting with the Editorial Board on Wednesday, Sept.
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As goes the suburbs, so goes the nation?
Suburbs in the United States, often perceived as enclaves of the affluent, are home to nearly 17 million Americans who live in poverty - more than in cities or rural areas - and growing demand for care strains the capacity of suburban health services to provide for them, according to a recent study in Health Affairs. Photo courtesy Kaiser Health News The sound-bite version of American politics tends to come from our dominant media centers on the coasts, while the right-wing counter-culture snarls back from the smaller cities and towns of the heartland.
Primaries pave way for runoffs, General Election
Cliff Vacek, center, poses for pictures with supporters March 6 at his election watch party at Clancy's Public House in Richmond. Voters in Fort Bend County will need to stay sharp as last week's Primary Election has set the stage for several runoff races on May 22. Democrats in particular will have four races to settle, including selecting candidates for Governor, U.S. House, State Senate and Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace.
Abbott names advisor to open spot on Texas Supreme Court
Don Willett testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Willett has been nominated to be United States Circuit Judge For The Fifth Circuit.
Hoax alert: FEMA job alert is too good to be true unfortunately
FEMA is warning everyone about a job scam that appears too good to be true. The scammers wrote the agency was looking for 1,000 workers and was willing to pay them $2,000 a week for 90 days.
The Latest: Mayor imposes curfew in Houston
The director of the National Weather Service is warning that the catastrophic flooding that's overwhelming Houston and other parts of Texas will worsen in the coming days and then be slow to recede once Harvey finally moves on.
Houston endures more rain and chaos; 6 feared drowned in van
Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city's downtown from devastating floods but that could still endanger thousands of homes, even as the nation's fourth-largest city anticipated more rain. Harvey, which made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has lingered just off the coast dropping heavy rain as a tropical storm, sent devastating floods pouring into Houston on Sunday.