Local attorneys team up with equity coalition to fight ‘tampon tax’ – theleadernews.com
… related to products purchased in 2021 by Sahar Punjwani, a Sugar Land resident and member of the coalition being represented by the firm.
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Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
… related to products purchased in 2021 by Sahar Punjwani, a Sugar Land resident and member of the coalition being represented by the firm.
Read MoreIn the first quarter of 2022, Harris County Flood Control District spent a total of $84 million. That brought the total of flood mitigation spending since 2000 up to almost $3.8 billion. For the first time since ReduceFlooding.com started tracking these numbers via Freedom of Information Act requests, spending in the Hunting Bayou watershed led […]
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Read MoreIn the rush to mitigate flooding after Hurricane Harvey, most people agreed that we should attack the areas with the worst flooding first. While almost everyone agreed with the “worst first” mantra, no one defined it – until after the flood bond passed. Alternative Ways to Define “Worst First” How would you define the “worst” […]
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Read MoreThe City of Houston is launching its “Equity Indicators” project by asking for your comments to one important question: What makes a community equitable? Reflecting Houston’s Diversity Houston is the most diverse city in the nation, but despite the strength of our diversity and multiculturalism, Houstonians experience vast racial and ethnic disparities. The Equity Indicators […]
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Read MoreTonight, members of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force will vote whether and/or how to recommend changes to the equity funding formula for the third time in three years. On the table for discussion: partnership dollars. One of the proposals under consideration is NOT to consider potential partnership funding. Said another way, taxpayers […]
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Read MoreShannon Bradley, Asstistant Vice President of DEI for Houston Health Care Association in their Houston office on Thursday, Dec. 2,
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Read MoreOn the Harris County Commissioner’s Court agenda for today are two Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) “transmittals.” One will update commissioners on flood-bond spending to date. The other will update commissioners on the progress of new flood maps (the MAAPnext program). They are items 269 and 270 on today’s agenda. Transmittals are reports by […]
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