Mary Carmen Garcia, 27, and Daniel Guardiola Dominguez, 28 of Monterrey, Mexico, were apprehended trying to enter the US at the Anzalduas International Bridge border crossing with 96 fraudulent credit cards in their possession. McAllen police authorities and the Secret Service identified Garcia and Dominguez from surveillance footage at area retail stores. The suspects gained […]
The Texas Department of Insurance recently issued regulations for health care “navigators,” the workers who assist people seeking health insurance in the federal marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act. The regulations broadened the definition which allow more organizations beyond those which received federal grants to hire and train navigators. The rules require 20 hours […]
Houston resident and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis alleges New Jersey governor Chris Christie called Lewis to dissuade him from running for a state senate seat against a Republican ally. According to Lewis, Christie told him a fitness program they had been developing would not happen if he decided to run. Christie’s popularity inside […]
The nation’s uninsured rate dropped in January as the major coverage expansion under President Obama’s health care law got underway. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January, to 16.1 percent. The biggest change was for the unemployed, a drop of 6.7 percentage points. […]