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Paid maternity leave could be coming for Alabama teachers, giving hope to pregnant Houston County educators
The state of Alabama could soon ease the burden for expecting mothers in education while trying to eliminate any hardships they may face before or after birth.
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Millions could come to Houston County Sheriff’s Office from congress
The Houston County’s Sheriff’s Department could potentially be getting the financial help they’ve been asking for from an ...
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US sues Georgia's Houston County, says it violates Black voters' rights
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of ...
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Justice Department sues Georgia county, saying elections violate rights of Black voters
alleging that its method of electing county commissioners discriminates against Black voters. Houston County, home to 163,000 people south of Macon, uses countywide elections to fill each of its five ...
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Justice Department sues Houston County over allegedly discriminatory voting practices
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black ...
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College basketball grades: Houston earns 'A', Alabama gets 'C-' in report card heading into weekend
Life is tougher in the Big 12, but you wouldn't know it from watching Iowa State and Houston. Outside of an overtime road win against Texas tech, Iowa State has won its other four conference games ...
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'Luckiest dog I've seen' | Vet says bullet narrowly missed K-9 Rocky's spine when suspect shot him
HOUSTON — The U.S. Marshal K-9 shot by a wanted ... RELATED: 'A dedicated public servant' | What we know about the Brazoria County deputy shot and killed while serving a warrant K-9 Rocky ...
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Joe Mixon, Azeez Al-Shaair on Texans’ injury report before Divisional Playoff game vs. Chiefs
in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith) Woods did not practice all week, sitting out with a hip injury. Al-Shaair, who returned to the Texans two weeks ago from a three-game suspension ...
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Houston police shoot dead gunman wanted in death of sheriff’s deputy serving warrant
Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz said earlier in the day that Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas was killed after being shot in the head while ...
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A disease is killing ducks and birds across Houston and Harris County. Pets can become infected too.
A highly contagious disease is killing ducks and other birds across Harris County and Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department warns. Department officials are urging people to put their ...
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Suspect at center of Brazoria County deputy's death has been shot and killed, HPD says
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Police Department said the suspect accused of shooting and killing Brazoria County Deputy Jesus Vargas was shot to death, ending an hours-long manhunt.