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A Movie Theater for My Neighborhood
The Old Sharpstown Mall, now known as PlazAmericas, seems to be making a comeback. No, it’s not your usual shopping mall with the snootiness of Needless Mark-up and other high-end stores, but it...
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Koch Brothers Attempt Takeover of CW-39
This was quite the shocker. Right-wing funders, the Koch Brothers, are attempting to buy a local television station–the CW Channel 39. Dozens protested at the Southwest Houston TV station today to...
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Gallego Wants An Update to Immigration Impact Study
Congressman Pete Gallego (D) Alpine sent a letter to State Comptroller Susan Combs requesting an update to a study that her predecessor did in 2006. In it, Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn that the...
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Whole Foods Says “Oops!”, Changes Policy
I’m still trying to figure out this policy change. At first, workers were told not to speak Spanish to each other or to customers, and now… Under the new policy released Friday, employees who speak...
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Action Alert: Make Voices Heard For Wage Theft Ordinance
From our friends at the Fe y Justicia Worker Center: Make Your Voice Heard!Houston City Council’s Public Safety Committee to Accept Public Comments on Proposed Wage Theft Ordinance TOMORROW - Tuesday,...
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City Council Approves Group Home Rules; Favorable Toward Wage-Theft Rules
Well, a couple of items in which I’ve been interested saw some action this week at City Hall. City Council unanimously approved regulations for group homes which house 3 to 16 people. According to...
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Mayor Signs Executive Order to Expand Access to Information for Diverse...
I got this in the inbox today and I must say that this will do a lot to make services more accessible to Houston’s diverse communities, especially in my part of town, where I’m pretty sure that those...
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Kroger’s, Macy’s Opposed Equal Pay Law; Sen. Garcia Cancels Macy’s Appearance
It was quite disappointing to hear that two of my favorite stores, Kroger’s and Macy’s, lobbied and sent a letter to Rick Perry asking him to veto the Equal Pay bill passed by a bipartisan Texas...
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Where Are We On Wage Theft?
My friend Texpate gave us an update from what appeared in the Chron on the latest regarding the proposed wage theft ordinance. Texpate seems to think that the ordinance is on life-support, even in its...
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Down With Wage Theft Rally – 9/19 [HOUSTON]
Filed under: 2013 Categories, Accion, City of Houston, Las Mujeres, Local Business, Local Politica
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Mayor Parker Proposes Payday Lending Regulations
This is something I had been awaiting for a while. Here are the specifics. With support from other major Texas cities and numerous advocacy groups, Mayor Annise Parker today unveiled proposed...
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Another Delay for Payday Lending Regs
Looks like a payday lending ordinance was delayed for a week at Houston City Council by Andrew Burks and Jerry Davis today after they tagged it, as reported by Laurie Johnson at KUHF today. The bigger...
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Council Should Vote For Payday Lending Regs
It’s just the right thing to do. But if there are members of City Council who want to talk about “free markets” or claim they haven’t heard anything from the community, Lisa Falkenberg at the Chron has...
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Tweet of the Day: Payday Lending Ordinance Passes
I’ll give the big prize to Mike Morris of the Chron. Payday lending ordinance passes easily, 15-2 #houcouncil — Mike Morris (@mmorris011) December 18, 2013 PDiddie has more.Filed under: 2013...
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Boycotting Buc-ees
Won’t gas up there anymore since they support a fear mongering immigrant basher. “@KoltenParker: Buc-ee’s endorses Dan Patrick for Lt. Gov. — Joaquin Castro (@Castro4Congress) March 10, 2014 I guess...
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3rd Centavo ~ Tameez: Give Up The Green
My friend, Mustafa Tameez, among the best political strategists out there and whose opinion I trust, had a pretty thought-provoking piece in the Texas Tribune’s Tribtalk. It’s about giving up grass....
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Rally to Raise Houston – Friday May 27
Ten years ago, Houston Janitors won a courageous battle for better wages and working conditions. Ten years later, the Janitors are fighting to to get ahead and to achieve a new contract with major...
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12/8/2016: Panel Discussions on US-Mexico Business Environment
PLEASE RSVP BY CLICKING HEREFiled under: 2016, Cultura, DC Promo, Local Business, Sensible Immigration Reform, Uncategorized
View ArticleA Weekend of Voting and Cultura
Click to view slideshow. It was a pretty active weekend of voting and culture this past weekend. Early Voting Sabado was huge and I got to experience a part of it by spending some time at Moody Park...
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Do Your Part and Report Violations of Greg Abbott’s Order
UPDATE 3:15pm – 5/4/2020 — ABC13 reports that during Day 1 of this reporting portal, over 450 businesses have been reported by your fellow Harris Countians for violating Greg Abbott’s order. If you see...
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