Author: Chris Mathews

The efforts come as part of JPMorgan Chase’s $30 billion commitment to advancing racial equity, which was unveiled last fall.

Dr. Doug Lawson, CEO of St. Luke’s Health, said he intends to reach out directly to Cigna this week in an attempt to facilitate a negotiation to keep the nearly 70,000 patients in the Houston region in-network with St. Luke’s Health and Baylor College …

B1bank has a presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, but the bank does not currently have a footprint in the Houston market.

Carolyn Rodz, co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice, said that Black-owned businesses are one of the fastest-growing groups seeking its services, accounting for 44% of the business owners on the platform.

David Gow, who serves as chairman and CEO of both the SPAC and Houston-based Gow Media, said the blank-check company was born out a confluence of three things: belief in sports tech, interest in SPACs and the board’s deep sports business and corporate …

TUTS will continue to hold its main stage professional productions of Broadway shows at the Hobby Center, but it will build a Midtown facility to offer space for students, artists, nonprofit partners and more.

The Ion, the “innovation hub” that opened in Midtown earlier this year, is partnering with one of Austin’s most active startup accelerators and venture capital investors to provide resources to local technology entrepreneurs.

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The lawsuit seeks to enjoin the Texas DSHS from enforcing action against any business or individual in possession of Delta-8 or other hemp derivatives.

Delta-8-THC, a natural, psychoactive chemical compound extracted from hemp, has been growing in popularity in Texas, a state with some of the nation’s most restrictive cannabis regulations.

The pandemic’s impact on loss of employment and income for workers in Harris County has added to a housing “affordability crisis,” per the study.