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Ethel Minor, Ella Austin, Ruth Jones McClendon, Mayor Ivy Taylor, Artemisia Bowden, and Myra Davis Hemmings are all important figures
By Shari Biediger
If the young Army Air Corps cadets who once flew training missions out of Brooks Air Field in 1917 could do so in 2017, they would have a bird’s eye view of San Antonio’s newest park taking shape.
Not that this is just another place to picnic.
A groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning kicked off construction on The Greenline, a brand-new linear park, that will eventually connect the Southeast Side development that is Brooks City Base to the San Antonio River via a 43-acre urban green space.
It’s the kind of park worthy of its historic setting.
AP: FDA advises Zika screening for all US blood centers
By Matthew Perrone
Posted 10:35am | Updated 11:16am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.
Austin and HUD leaders announce end of veteran homelessness
By Ashley Goudeau, KVUE News
Posted August 19, 2016 6:57pm
Patricia Castillo, the founder of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, joined me at the National Speak Out Against Gun Violence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol yesterday evening. The moving stories of those lost remind us of the real costs of inaction.
The Washington Post today writes about how pharmaceutical company Gilead is a world leader in tax dodging and price gouging of Americans. While exporting drug patents and profits to Ireland, it continues to charge Americans about twice as much as the Irish on at least one of its major drugs. As I told the Post, Gilead’s formula for success: prices up, profits up, tax avoidance up.
Maker of $84,000 drug avoided $10 billion in U.S. taxes, report says
By Renae Merle and Carolyn Y. Johnson July 13 at 6:00 AM
A year ago, America made a momentous decision concerning the best way to deal with Iran, a dangerous, authoritarian regime with a history of promoting terrorism. We chose diplomacy over war. Today, I spoke on the House floor against Republican bills designed to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement.