This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGeorge Floyd is coming home on Tuesday to be with his mother, “Cissy,” his biggest fan, the center of his world.Floyd missed her last breaths two years ago, while he was living in Minneapolis, trying to get a fresh start. Her name is tattooed on his torso.On Tuesday, after the procession winds through Houston, he will in Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, the same cemetery as his mother.It is a heartbreaking homecoming for who describe Floyd as a dreamer who wanted desperately to be in the NBA, to make it big, to forge a new...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGeorge Floyd is coming home on Tuesday to be with his mother, “Cissy,” his biggest fan, the center of his world.Floyd missed her last breaths two years ago, while he was living in Minneapolis, trying to get a fresh start. Her name is tattooed on his torso.On Tuesday, after the procession winds through Houston, he will in Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, the same cemetery as his mother.It is a heartbreaking homecoming for who describe Floyd as a dreamer who wanted desperately to be in the NBA, to make it big, to forge a new...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAt least three elected officials who oversee the Montgomery County Hospital District are contradicting their own experts by spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on Facebook and questioning the effectiveness of face masks and vaccines, according to a review of their social media posts by the Houston Chronicle.As county health officials stress the importance of masks, social distancing and the new COVID-19 vaccines, their messages are competing on social media with rampant falsehoods about the pandemic.Some falsehoods are being...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAt least three elected officials who oversee the Montgomery County Hospital District are contradicting their own experts by spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on Facebook and questioning the effectiveness of face masks and vaccines, according to a review of their social media posts by the Houston Chronicle.As county health officials stress the importance of masks, social distancing and the new COVID-19 vaccines, their messages are competing on social media with rampant falsehoods about the pandemic.Some falsehoods are being...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateBack in 2017, Cheryl Billings was having a run of bad health, so her trips to Cedar Park Regional Medical Center near Austin have since blurred together. That’s why when she was later served with court papers saying the 108-bed Williamson County hospital was suing her, she had no idea why.The 64-year-old is disabled and lives on about $700 monthly in Supplemental Security Income and other federal assistance. The $5,255 she was told she owed for a hospitalization seemed almost laughable. Almost.“There’s no way I can pay,” she said...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateBack in 2017, Cheryl Billings was having a run of bad health, so her trips to Cedar Park Regional Medical Center near Austin have since blurred together. That’s why when she was later served with court papers saying the 108-bed Williamson County hospital was suing her, she had no idea why.The 64-year-old is disabled and lives on about $700 monthly in Supplemental Security Income and other federal assistance. The $5,255 she was told she owed for a hospitalization seemed almost laughable. Almost.“There’s no way I can pay,” she said...WW…

, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.After Paxton's office refused...…, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.After Paxton's office refused...WW…

6:00 AM on Mar 25, 2021 CDTLeer este reporte en español AUSTIN — The Texas attorney general’s office is attempting to withhold all messages Ken Paxton sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general’s work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public’s right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or are in public officials’ online accounts.After Paxton’s office refused to...…6:00 AM on Mar 25, 2021 CDTLeer este reporte en español AUSTIN — The Texas attorney general’s office is attempting to withhold all messages Ken Paxton sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general’s work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public’s right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or are in public officials’ online accounts.After Paxton’s office refused to...WW…

In the fall of 2018, Dr. John Hellerstedt described a nightmarish scenario for fellow members of a panel tasked with preparing Texas for a pandemic.Before taking over as director of the , Hellerstedt was a pediatrician at a children’s hospital in Austin. He said that as H1N1 swept through Texas in 2009, hospital administrators scrambled to erect tents outside to treat patients, fearing they’d be overwhelmed.Luckily, the virus proved mild. But what if a new and far more dangerous bug arrived? One that jumped easily from person to person?“That’s the thing that we all fear,” he said.Would...…In the fall of 2018, Dr. John Hellerstedt described a nightmarish scenario for fellow members of a panel tasked with preparing Texas for a pandemic.Before taking over as director of the , Hellerstedt was a pediatrician at a children’s hospital in Austin. He said that as H1N1 swept through Texas in 2009, hospital administrators scrambled to erect tents outside to treat patients, fearing they’d be overwhelmed.Luckily, the virus proved mild. But what if a new and far more dangerous bug arrived? One that jumped easily from person to person?“That’s the thing that we all fear,” he said.Would...WW…