Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner hopes Deshaun Watson sticks with Texans
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Even in the mayor s office.
On Sunday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted that the city loves Watson and the Texans and as the mayor, I pray we move forward together.
Later in the day, Turner followed that by tweeting he values Watson as a player, but he respects him even more as a person. I know he loves this City because I have seen how much he has given of himself and his treasure to people in this City, Turner tweeted. I am humbled to be his Mayor. I hope that won t change anytime soon.
Houston Health Department opens first drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site
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HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Monday that the Houston Health Department has opened its first drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site.
The standing clinic, located at the Delmar Stadium, is expected to provide 1,000 vaccinations of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine a day by appointment only.
Turner said the drive-thru clinic will operate Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., thanks to the city’s partnership with the Houston United Memorial Medical Center.
“Our work to vaccinate as many people as possible based on supply. I know there is a lot of anxiety in the community because people are worried, they cannot get an appointment scheduled. We know that demand is higher than the supply of vaccine,” Turner said.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) For more than a year, ABC13 has been following the plight of people in Houston s Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhood.
A 2019 state report showed the city s first cancer cluster that many believe is due to creosote contamination from a nearby railyard.
This week, the state came back with another report, saying they found higher than normal leukemia rates in children.
One of the area s residents, Diane Cormier, is all too familiar with obituaries and death. Miss Rodriguez over here in the yellow house, someone in their house died from cancer, she said. Mr. and Mrs. Martinez died from cancer. My mom died from cancer. My mom and my two brothers.
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‘We have the infrastructure’: Mayors eye larger role in vaccination effort under Biden
POLITICO talked to the leaders of four major cities as part “The Fifty” series highlighting political trends outside of the Beltway.
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Big-city mayors across the country are begging for more authority to address Covid-19 and other pressing issues.
Their level of autonomy varies state to state, but by and large, cities have their hands tied in some fashion by superseding governments. And with the vast majority of cities represented by Democratic mayors, tension has built in some states where Republican elected officials have clashed with city leaders over pandemic restrictions and responses.
Looking back on deadly blast that rocked Houston 1 year ago KTRK
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It has been one year since a northwest Houston explosion shook the area and killed three people. We re taking a look back at the shocking event that rattled homes as far away as Kingwood.
The explosion happened Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, around 4:25 a.m. in the 4500 block of Gessner Road at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, a machining and manufacturing company. A home security camera captured the moment of the blast.
The explosion gave residents a rude awakening as some reported it was felt for miles, as far as the west side of town.