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By Anita Miller
Posted September 6, 2016
AARP has announced U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett as a recipient of the 2016 “Champion of the 50+” legislative leadership award for his significant achievements during the 114th Congress that benefit the lives of the 50+ and our families.
Representative Doggett received his award for preserving seniors’ access to healthcare with his sponsorship and support in the passage of the Notice of Observation, Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act.
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.