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Local Houston ISD students and their families, including those who have struggled to gain access to food during the COVID-19 pandemic, can apply for a benefits program aimed at helping them recover. A June 2 news release from HISD said families can apply for a Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), a one-time benefit for families who temporarily lost access to student meals during the 2020–21 school year due to the pandemic. The program, which was established last year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Texas Health and Human Services Commission to help families buy fo...

First companies join TASE UP tech investment platform The first two companies joined the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's new tech investments platform TASE UP this week with building technology company Veev and venture capital fund Group 11 hoping to raise $150 million. The first two companies joined the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's new tech investments platform TASE UP this week with building technology company Veev looking to raise $50 million and venture capital fund Group 11 looking to raise $100 million. At a webinar to mark the occasion on new investment options for high tech firms, held by acco...

Allow president obama's controversial executive as on item move forward. in february, federal judge sided with texas and 25 other states who sued the federal government, prompting an injunction to place everything on hold. the coalition's argument is that allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the country and obtain work permits would put financial hardships on all 50 states. >> we have health costs, we have education costs, law enforcement costs. and then there's additional costs to the federal government because this is a benefits program for people who are not actually supposed to be here...

Diabetes or obesity. now, we spoke to deborah peel, the founder of the patients privacy rights group. she says even though companies have a natural incentive to reduce health care costs, she says this of course is not the best way to go about it. take a listen. >> there are many companies who want to help their employees get healthier and they do so by giving them rewards. they don't say do it or else i'm going to take money out of your paycheck. i've seen way too many employers that use employee health information to discriminate against them. so even if it's couched as this is -- we're not f...

Program harms the government's ability to marshal its resources. in february, a federal judge sided with texas and 25 other states that sued the feds and that placed everything on hold. the coalition argued that allowing illegal immigrants in country and obtain work permits puts final hardship on all 50 states. >> we have health costs education cost ands law enforcement and this is a benefits program for people who are not supposed to be here. >> the issue sparked protest in the country. people on both sides of the aisle taking to the streets. some say it is amnesty and others support the immi...