Edelle Delantar 
Texas’ rule on informing people who get mammograms on their breast density recently became a federal regulation. The higher someone’s breast density is, the more likely cancer can be overlooked in mammograms. Source link
Cancer Moonshot is a program the Biden Administration revived in 2022. It has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into cancer research. President-elect Donald Trump has not yet addressed the fate of the initiative during his second term in the White House. Source link
Policy experts discussed a range of issues they hope legislators consider next year, including child care, early childhood education and chronic school absenteeism. Source link
Reyes began his nonprofit, Pancho Clause, 44 years ago. Donning a bright red suit and in a sleigh of lowriders, the Houstonian delivers thousands of toys to underserved children across Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. Source link
Edward Pollard said he sent a letter to Mayor John Whitmire and the city’s firefighter union president, Marty Lancton, asking them to consider adding a rule in the settlement regarding misconduct complaints. Source link
Two runoff elections in Harris County over the weekend received a low turnout of voters. Just over 2,000 voters cast a ballot for Baytown’s mayoral election. Source link
Firefighters are three times more likely to die by suicide than to die in the line of duty, according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Locally, among Houston’s 3,600 firefighters, around 300 contacted the department’s clinical psychologists this year. Source link
Residents were disappointed that state representatives Dennis Paul and Mayes Middleton, whose districts include Clear Lake, did not attend. They both were invited months in advance. Source link
Fourteen nursing homes and 30 assisted living facilities lost power after Hurricane Beryl last summer. Source link
A new bill has been introduced in the Florida Senate to enhance penalties for animal cruelty that occurs during states of emergency. This bill aims to upgrade the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony. Senator Don Gaetz, a Republican from Niceville, recently presented SB 150, a bill aimed at toughening penalties for animal cruelty … Read more