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You run into H-E-B for a few things and somehow leave $80 lighter, and the light bill, the property-tax notice and the school down the street raise the same question: who actually has the power to change this? “Follow the Power,” a feature in our 2026 Voters’ Guide, traces five everyday concerns, from groceries and health insurance to electricity, property taxes and public schools, back to the officials who influence them and the races on your ballot this November. Early voting is underway through Oct. 30. The printed Voters’ Guide has sold out at most pickup spots, but limited copies remain at the Forward Times office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, including tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21. Read the full feature via the link in our bio. 🔗 🗣️ Forward Fam, which everyday cost do you most want your elected officials to answer for? Tell us below. ⬇️ _____________ #ForwardTimes #HoustonVotes #VotersGuide #EarlyVoting #GoVote

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Campaign ads travel fast, and the record behind them takes longer to read. Our latest feature compares what ads aimed at James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa claim with what the record shows, then looks at where candidates stand on issues that reach your medical decisions, your tax dollars and your household budget. It also makes the case for finishing the whole ballot, including the judicial races that touch people at some of the hardest moments of their lives. Early voting runs through Oct. 30, and Harris County allows handwritten notes and printed sample ballots, so bring your plan. Read the full feature by Lenora Small, Forward Times Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, via the link in our bio. 🔗 🗣️ Forward Fam, which issue are you researching most before you cast your ballot? Tell us below. ⬇️ ____________ #ForwardTimes #HoustonVotes #Midterms #EarlyVoting #TexasElection

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@vp wright wrote many of her teenage poems inside the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth in Midtown, and on Oct. 13 she sat in the St. John’s Downtown sanctuary as Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland returned to Houston to celebrate what the fire-scarred building has become: 31 permanent homes. Beyond the homecoming, her story looks at what stable housing means for the neighbors who receive their keys on Nov. 1, and at her own experience of being unhoused as a mother who had to rebuild. Read the full story by VP Wright, Creator of “For the Culture” in collaboration with @dnglyfe , and Forward Times Writer, via the link in our bio. 🔗 _________ #ForwardTimes #KnowlesRowlandHouse #BreadOfLife #HoustonHousing #Beyonce