The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) celebrated its 27th anniversary Saturday with a space-themed Annual Gala & Awards Banquet at Hilton Americas–Houston, on Aug. 29, bringing together elected officials, business and community leaders, entrepreneurs and corporate partners to honor the strength of the Houston–India relationship.
With the theme… Read more »
Several new sidewalk areas are planned in the Heights after the Memorial Heights Redevelopment Authority secured an $850,000 federal grant to improve mobility and pedestrian safety.
The gist
MHRA was approved for the grant secured through U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher’s office, with the funding going toward sidewalk improvements, safer connections and improved access for students and… Read more »
Two Texas lawmakers are seeking a comprehensive review of the nation’s aging Strategic Petroleum Reserve as the emergency oil stockpile sits at its lowest level since the early 1980s.
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, a Houston Democrat, and Rep. August Pfluger, a San Angelo Republican whose district includes much of the Permian Basin, introduced the 21st Century Strategic Petroleum Reserve Act on… Read more »
Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D) and August Pfluger (R) introduced a bipartisan bill directing the Department of Energy to study ways to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as U.S. oil inventories reach their lowest level in decades.
Bipartisan push to strengthen the SPR
Reps. Fletcher and Pfluger introduced the 21st Century Strategic Petroleum Reserve Act, legislation… Read more »
Houston Jewish communal leaders held an important dialogue with elected officials Aug. 20 to share a mutual understanding and strengthen relationships amid the continuing rise of antisemitism.
The Houston Jewish Community Leadership Forum and Elected Official Meet and Greet was put together by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, in partnership with local leaders of the… Read more »
Bipartisan furor has erupted over the arrival of federally contracted construction crews in Big Bend National Park last week as the Trump administration’s pursuit of a border barrier in the park is making its way onto the midterm campaign trail.
On Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas became the highest-ranking Republican official to speak out, asking Homeland Security Secretary… Read more »
A federal judge has ruled Houston's minority business contracting program unconstitutional, declaring city officials will no longer be able to take race into consideration in the awarding of city contracts.
The Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprise program is designed to even the playing field for these businesses.
Houston since 1984 has set goals to give certain percentages… Read more »
ICE says the Transportation Security Administration is sharing data that’s essential to immigration enforcement at airports across the country, and some immigrant attorneys in Houston are now advising clients to avoid travel.
What families and attorneys are seeing at Hobby
At Houston’s Hobby Airport, immigration attorney Dalya Alabbassi says she’s handled a case in which a father… Read more »
Like many rising high school seniors have done this summer, Alim Garipov packed his bags and headed to Hobby Airport on Friday, July 17, preparing to set off on a series of college tours. As an "A" student with ambitious goals, he had his sights set on several top schools, including the Ivy League universities Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
But the trip would never take off. Instead, he… Read more »
Democratic members of Houston’s Congressional delegation called for a major overhaul of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s tactics and cautioned that immigrants are being “hunted down” during an oversight forum Friday.
The panel was spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, in the aftermath of the July 7 fatal shooting by ICE agents of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican… Read more »
