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How ’ s this for some bipartisanship ? The downtown statue of former President George H . W . Bush , a Republican ,
That coastal storm surge work still isn ’ t the Ike Dike . Nor will this funding be enough to implement the sort of resilience that Houston needs to truly survive everything that Mother Nature can throw at us . It soon is going to will flood again be , joined and it will take by more his than Democratic a one-time payment of predecessor $ 5 billion to set things , Lyndon Speaking B of . cash Johnson , Beto . Immigration super-lawyer Charles right .
Foster O ’ Rourke met has with a boatload the . The Democratic editorial candidate board for Senate this raised week $ 10.4 million to in discuss second quarter his of 2018 — and not a single cent from PACs . Ted Cruz , the Republican incumbent , raised $ 4.6 million . plan
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Bagby interesting headline
Street and
memorial heated race but remains
to onetime a depressing reminder
Houstonian about how
LBJ much , of following contemporary politics up is on about his raising monument green instead of talking to about 41 . ways We to ’ make re glad life better to under the red , white and blue . see someone commemorating these Houston greats , but
Cash breeds corruption . Private equity firm EnCap was caught in a pay-to-play scandal in which it gave someone tens of thousands of is dollars missing to Texas politicians from , including the Gov picture . Greg Abbott : , Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan .

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LBJ and immigration super-lawyer Charles Foster

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Happy Bastille Dayffl Our French friends are celebrating their independence day today , so feel free to join in the spirit of egalité , liberté and fraternité — and in cheering while Les Bleus take on Croatia on Sunday in the World Cup final .
Our do-nothing Congress finally did something worthwhile . The first round of post-Harvey infrastructure funding is coming to Houston . Roughly $ 5 billion from the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers will help finish projects on Brays Bayou , Hunting Bayou , Clear Creek and White Oak Bayou , as well as fund work on Buffalo Bayou , Addicks and Barker dams and coastal storm surge protection .
How ’ s this for some bipartisanship ? The downtown statue of former President George H . W . Bush , a Republican ,
That coastal storm surge work still isn ’ t the Ike Dike . Nor will this funding be enough to implement the sort of resilience that Houston needs to truly survive everything that Mother Nature can throw at us . It soon is going to will flood again be , joined and it will take by more his than Democratic a one-time payment of predecessor $ 5 billion to set things , Lyndon Speaking B of . cash Johnson , Beto . Immigration super-lawyer Charles right .
Foster O ’ Rourke met has with a boatload the . The Democratic editorial candidate board for Senate this raised week $ 10.4 million to in discuss second quarter his of 2018 — and not a single cent from PACs . Ted Cruz , the Republican incumbent , raised $ 4.6 million . plan
That makes
for for
a an
Bagby interesting headline
Street and
memorial heated race but remains
to onetime a depressing reminder
Houstonian about how
LBJ much , of following contemporary politics up is on about his raising monument green instead of talking to about 41 . ways We to ’ make re glad life better to under the red , white and blue . see someone commemorating these Houston greats , but
Cash breeds corruption . Private equity firm EnCap was caught in a pay-to-play scandal in which it gave someone tens of thousands of is dollars missing to Texas politicians from , including the Gov picture . Greg Abbott : , Congresswoman
while also providing investment services . The Securities and Exchange Commission slapped the firm with ahalf-milliondollar fine .
Barbara Jordan .
How ’ s this for some bipartisanship ? The downtown statue of former President George H . W . Bush , a Republican , soon will be joined by his Democratic predecessor , Lyndon B . Johnson . Immigration super-lawyer Charles Foster met with the editorial board this week to discuss his plan for a Bagby Street memorial to onetime Houstonian LBJ , following up on his monument to 41 . We ’ re glad to see someone commemorating these Houston greats , but someone is missing from the picture : Congresswoman Barbara Jordan .
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