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Cecilia Muñoz: Lessons from the Obama White House
The former senior staffer reflects on eight years in the White House, place-based policy and optimism.
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Houston Solutions Lab Pairs Academics with City
Three projects were selected in the first round of funding, including two for flood research.
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Harvey Reflections: A Tech Community Comes of Age
"We were prepared. We were ready to work for 48 hours."
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FEMA Applications Show Need in the Wake of Harvey
More than 436,000 valid individual assistance FEMA applications were submitted in Harris County.
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Harvey Reflections: Opening Homes for Disaster Relief
The government response was critical during Harvey. But Ed Pettitt, who hosted evacuees in his Third Ward home through Airbnb, said citizen response was the most impressive.
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