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Lina Hidalgo says Houston won't need federal help ahead of 'No Kings' protest. What other leaders say.
Judge Lina Hidalgo rejected U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt's offer for federal assistance ahead of large-scale protests planned for ...
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Houston’s Annise Parker, a gay mayor in a red state, ponders political future
HOUSTON — Annise Parker keeps a leather-bound journal on the desk in her wood-paneled office in City Hall. If it had a title, she says, it would be: "Would This Have Happened to Another Mayor?" ...
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166 LGBTQ candidates won elected office in November. Meet the woman behind the wave.
by Elliot S. Henney TOPICS: WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Annise Parker made worldwide headlines in 2009 when Houston voters elected her as the city’s first openly gay mayor. Houston became the largest ...
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Parker: Citizens to shape city's future
In her inaugural speech to a packed audience at the Wortham Theater Center, Houston Mayor Annise Parker asked her fellow citizens for their prayers, their patience, their perseverance and ...