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Posted by Miles Bloxson on Feb 26, 2021 Jake Lloyd grew up in Round Rock, Texas just 20 minutes outside of Austin in a musically inclined family.  His father and grandfather sang in the church and his grandmother was a professionally trained organ and piano player. Growing up Jake listened to eclectic artists like Rick James and Prince, which would later shape his one-of-a-kind sound. In 2010, Lloyd met producer and future bandmate Danny Saldivar II known as DSII. The two would continue to collaborate and create their own unique sound by fusing multiple genres together.  In 2018, the singer...

December 18, 2020 at 11:06 AM Despite the difficulties and hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Speedway Children’s Charities – Texas Chapter was proud to present grants to 17 organizations totaling $250,000. The grants will benefit more than 10,000 children in need in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. A video presentation of the grant program will be played on Big Hoss TV, the world’s largest HDTV, at Texas Motor Speedway prior to the Dec. 18 showing of Elf, the 2003 New Line Cinema comedy feature film starri...

When JaeHee (Melanie) Chung-Sherman checked her email on Oct. 12, 2020, she couldn’t believe her eyes. Sitting in her inbox was a message from Will Francis, the executive director for the National Association of Social Workers, Texas Chapter (NASWTX). The subject line: “Loss of Discriminations Protections.”  At a routine meeting of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, which regulates social work practice, an eleventh-hour rule change from Governor Greg Abbott’s office was accepted into the Social Work Code of Conduct. “We will fight this,” read Francis’ email, “and ...