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New Texas Laws Proposed for 2021
Over 3,700 Texas bills have been filed so far during this year's legislative session. Let’s take a look at some of the more-interesting ones.
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'Tiny Free Pantry' fuels kindness, feeds neighbors in southwest Houston
Julie and Todd are here to remind us that just because we can't be near each other, doesn't mean kindness has to be far away.
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Texas court says photographer has no recourse against university copyright infringement
The University of Houston got a big win this week when a state appeals court agreed to reverse a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Houston photographer to sue the university for using an aerial photograph the university used to promote its business school. By L.M. Sixel.
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Proposed New Laws for Texas in 2019
There have been 8,942 bills filed during the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019. Since the deadline for new bills has passed, we wanted to provide a small sample of some of the bills which may soon become law when the legislative session concludes on May 27th, 2019.
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Ode to Joy
The elderly residents of a Houston retirement home make the best of their remaining days by playing in a kazoo band.
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Houston officials temporarily prevent robot brothel from opening
A robot brothel expected to open in Houston this month has been temporarily stymied by building inspectors, according to local media. The temporary halt comes after a spirited wave of opposition following a social media announcement by Canadian company KinkySDollS that the company was planning to import its robot brothel concept to Houston.
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600 homes repaired, 26 million meals served and thousands helped through JJ Watt's relief fund
Houston Texans star and Pewaukee native J.J. Watt provided a one-year update on the funds donated to victims of Hurricane Harvey and the numbers are astounding. Hurricane Harvey, which struck Houston on the morning of Aug. 26, quickly became the most deadly and costly hurricane in American history after inflicting nearly $200 billion in damages and taking an estimated 88 lives.
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Houston woman sentenced for trying to sell daughter for sex
A Houston woman accused of offering to sell her 2-year-old daughter for sex at a cost of $1,200 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Sarah Marie Peters was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to charges that include promotion of prostitution.
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Suspicious gym bag in Houston turned out to be bag of cats
The Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's Office didn't know what to expect when they were called to inspect a suspicious gym bag abandoned on the side of the road earlier this week. But they definitely didn't expect the contents to be so adorable. A caller notified authorities about a bag left in the median of a West Memorial neighborhood and noted that the bag was "moving." When authorities inspected the bag, three starving kittens were inside.
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Man dead after drive-by leads to shootout in southeast Houston
One man is dead and another injured after a shootout in southeast Houston Thursday. According to police, three men shot at a car carrying another group of men who were driving down Northridge street around 7:30 p.m. shooting one of the men. The shooters sped off and were followed by the other group to an apartment complex at 5050 Sunflower street.
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Houston police chief: Vote out politicians only 'offering prayers' after shootings
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo slammed elected officials for inaction on the state and federal levels in response to repeated shootings at schools across the country. His comments come in the wake of the latest school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas that left 10 people dead. Appearing on CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Acevedo said that political leaders are failing to heed the will of the voters when it comes to gun regulations and reforms.
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Houston lawmaker: 'Y'all been sending thoughts and prayers for two freaking decades'
A state representative from Houston is asking for more than just sympathy following the mass shooting in Sante Fe, Texas on Friday. "Y'all been sending thoughts and prayers for two freaking decades now," tweeted Rep. Gene Wu, who represents the Gulfton area. "Time to try something new. At least nine people are dead and 12 others injured after a gunman opened fire in Santa Fe High school, local authorities report.
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Police in Houston say a man who had an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, handgun, and ammunition in his hotel room on New Year's Eve had no intention to use them
Police in Texas arrested a man on charges of unlawfully carrying a weapon after they found an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, handgun, and ammunition in his top-floor hotel room at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston.
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Alive Inside: How a Houston hospital restores patients with severe brain injuries
Across the country, thousands of people with severe brain injuries are wrongly labeled as unconscious each year. Among them, a small number make it to a Houston rehab hospital, where those with even the worst injuries get a shot at recovery. By Mike Hixenbaugh.
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Still a Workhorse but Now an Astro, Justin Verlander Gets Set for Yankees
In effect, Verlander is a holdover from an earlier era of baseball, when starting pitchers took pride in piling up a huge amount of innings.
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If It Keeps on Raining
It was the swift and anomalous conduct of wildlife that got to me initially, the ants in particular, which had been observed floating in odd heaps throughout the city, each insect clasped to one another, thousands of them, like some kind of freakish, buoyant phalanx... By Micah Fields.
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Calling Red Cross 'inept,' Houston councilman urges Harvey donors to send money elsewhere
A Houston councilman discouraged residents from donating to the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Harvey at a council meeting Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle reports. Council member Dave Martin, who represents the Kingwood area of Houston, begged residents "not to give a penny" to the Red Cross, but to give money instead to "another cause." "They are the most inept, unorganized organization I've ever experienced," Martin said.
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Houston residents confront officials over decision to flood neighborhoods
Angry Houston residents shouted at city officials on Saturday over decisions to intentionally flood certain neighborhoods during Hurricane Harvey, as they returned to homes that may have been contaminated by overflowing sewers.
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Scores Of Roads Closed. 50,000+ Displaced. Houston Still Has A Long Way To Go
As some residents of South Texas begin to dry out their homes and belongings, significant challenges lie ahead as the city of Houston and others in the affected area look to recover and rebuild. Congress is fast-tracking billions of dollars in recovery funding. But just because that down payment on Harvey recovery is on the way, that doesn't mean the rebuilding of Houston and other areas hammered by the storm's high winds and historic rains will go quickly or smoothly.
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Southwest Airlines Just Flew A Cabin Full Of Animals Out Of Storm-Hit Houston
It was wheels up for around 80 orphan dogs and cats this week as they were flown from overcrowded shelters in storm-hit Houston to new lives in California. Dozens of animal crates packed the cabin of a donated San Diego-bound Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday, thanks to volunteers with the airline and various animal rescue groups.
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