Alief volunteers embark on parks cleanup published Mar 3, 2011 – Story by Scott Gordon Alief residents volunteered to plant 200 trees in Hackberry Park in January, and cleaned up in Alief Community Park on Saturday, Feb. 26. Alief Super Neighborhood Council President Barbara Quattro hopes volunteer parks projects like these can start happening [...]

  City of Houston Redistricting 2011    The City of Houston Charter requires that the Houston City Council expand to eleven single-member districts at such point that census data demonstrates that the City’s population exceeds 2.1 million residents. With the much anticipated release of the 2010 U.S. Census, the City will begin the process of redistricting in [...]

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act involves sweeping changes to health insurance and health care that will significantly alter the way employers insure their workers, the way hospitals and doctors deliver health care, and the prices and quality of health care and insurance for all Americans. Join us as we consider the implications [...]

  In a recent Department of Justice blog, Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson highlights the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s partnership with Facebook that allows users to receive AMBER Alerts through the Facebook Web site. By becoming a “fan” of the Amber Alert page, Facebook users can receive AMBER Alerts issued in their [...]

      New Energy Efficiency Incentive Program Launched Now Accepting Applications The City of Houston (COH), in conjunction with the Green Office Challenge, has launched the City’s first Energy Efficiency Incentive Program (EEIP) for commercial buildings. The EEIP will provide a financial incentive to help office building owners, property managers, and tenants located in [...]