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Employees volunteered for charitable organizations across the state

  Despite outcries from Fort Bend County Judge KP George and calls to action from local nonprofit leaders, the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 May 4 to approve the county’s allocation of more than $157 million in state and local COVID-19 relief funds apportioned from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (APRA). The funds are to be split between 2021 and 2022, according to the budget, which is a draft dated April 29 and was the most recent version of the document available...

On March 29, locally based Attack Poverty received a $100,000 donation from Reliant Energy to help Fort Bend Countys ongoing recovery efforts from Winter Storm Uri. According to a news release from Reliant, the donation is aimed at helping to provide funding for plumbing and construction repair costs for 20 damaged homes in Fort Bend County, ensuring they are safe and secure as families continue to recover. “The reality is that most of us were impacted somehow by the recent winter storm an...

Houston businesses helping Houstonians Businesses helping Houstonians with a hot meal FOX 26s Coco Dominguez has more on some Houston businesses who are helping Houstonians struggling from the winter storm by providing them a hot meal. HOUSTON - Houston businesses continue to show compassion to their communities by doing their part to help those in need that have been affected by the winter storm. Cotton Holdings, a Houston-based disaster recovery company distributed free, hot meals Thursday at...

Top 10 most popular articles of 2020 JavaScript in your web browser. Please Go Top 10 most popular articles of 2020 Top 10 most popular articles of 2020 A sign alerts customers that a business in Queens, which has one of the highest infection rates of coronavirus in the nation, is closed on April 03, 2020 in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images The outbreak of a global pandemic and a fiercely divisive presidential election were among the topics that drew the most attention this yea...

The Friends of North Rosenberg Resource Center is one step closer to completion.

Fort Bend County allocates millions to help small businesses and nonprofits KTRK Share: MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- As the deadline to spend COVID-19 relief money approaches, Fort Bend County leaders are allocating millions of federal dollars to help businesses, and nonprofits that serve struggling neighbors. Second Mile in Missouri City said the carts and lines never seem to slow down, especially during the pandemic. Isaac Somiah has found himself visiting the nonprofit during the pandemic....

Opportunity, even if congressman ryan and his fellow republicans think otherwise. joining me now are congresswoman karen bass, democrat from california, and msnbcs krystal ball. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> congresswoman bass, there are some dangerous ideas in this budget. what are you going to do to fight it? >> well, what were going to do is first of all inform everybody about it. remember, now, mr. ryan just put out a plan a couple of mo...

He launched this war on poverty, he specifically talked about urban areas and rural areas. dont forget, he came from a very poor rural area. he was from a home that had no food. that had little clothing. that didnt have proper heat, what have you. so he was thinking about poverty for all americans, not just inner cities, but rural areas and specifically mentioned appalachia. so when he launched this war on poverty, as i look at it now, it was a great vision that he carried out started by preside...