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The region’s lawmakers and advocates for the elderly began this year’s Texas legislative session with optimism that change might finally be possible. After all, the spirit of reform was in the air as ...

Seniors at a Houston apartment complex say they’re being hit by repeated car thefts and break-ins, including an SUV stripped ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As noon — lunchtime — rapidly approaches, it is somehow both hot and muggy ...

Rosie Powell is 71 and she said she hasn’t had AC in her apartment since June 7. She lives in Palisades of Inwood, a senior living complex. Rosie Powell is 71 and she hasn't had AC in her apartment ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's a very exclusive group of people, those who have lived to be 100 years old and older. Nonetheless, it's one of the fastest-growing segments of the population in the U.S.

Nettie Carlisle, a cook at Ella Springs Senior Living Community, an assisted living center in Houston, holds open the empty freezer on July 12, 2024. All the food had to be thrown out after the ...

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