After years of planning, a slew of phone calls, repeated trips to City Hall, organizer trainings, exhaustive blog posts and countless closed-door meetings with Council Members, citizens finally found a voice when the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was passed on May 28th. The new law instituted an historic new level of protections for all Houstonians, and for many was a cause for celebration.
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Though the Houston area may be infamous for it's sprawling neighborhoods of suburban-style detached housing, that character, especially for the inner city, is changing rapidly. Here's more from Nancy Sarnoff of the Houston Chronicle...
Sales of townhouse and condominium properties in the Houston area grew faster than the single-family market during the first five months … Continue Reading ››
If you're a top ticket candidate for an election, it's pretty easy to grab the spotlight and make your voice heard on the issues. For that year, your nomination to run for the state's highest office gets a lot of focus from the press, and is typically accompanied a healthy dose of funding resources.
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Greg Abbott is against birth control, and he's not trying to hide it from anyone.
After yesterday's SCOTUS decision ruling that Hobby Lobby did not have to sponsor contraception healthcare for its employees, the Republican Gubernatorial candidate immediately rejoiced at the notion of a legal company gaining the right to discriminate against women on "religious … Continue Reading ››
After lauding the Supreme Court's decision last week to protect digital privacy rights, it's quite ironic that today they've dealt an insurmountable blow to individual rights while favoring corporate intransigence. From the Chicago Tribune, here's the story...
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that business owners can object on religious grounds to a provision of … Continue Reading ››
In a landmark ruling this week, the United States Supreme Court has taken a bold step to protect 'digital privacy' rights in the United States. Here's the story from the New York Times...
With such prosperous growth as has been seen in contemporary Houston, it makes sense that eventually we would have to start running out of stuff as well. Being a flat (and endangered) prairie the region still has plenty of land to use and misuse. With the subtropical climate and proximity to the Gulf, the region is once … Continue Reading ››
