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. . 9.1 Police services 1943 1944 1945 onwards, Oil Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats Much of the city's wealthier areas vote Republican while the city's working class and minority areas vote Democratic According to the 2005 Houston Area Survey 68 percent of non-Hispanic whites in Harris County are declared or favor Republicans while 89 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the area are declared or favor Democrats About 62 percent of Hispanics (of any race) in the area are declared or favor Democrats the city has often been known to be the most politically diverse city in Texas a state known for being generally conservative. As a result the city is often a contested area in statewide elections in 2009 Houston became the first U.S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor by electing Annise Parker. . On the morning of January 10 1901 Anthony F Lucas an experienced mining engineer drilled the first major oil well at Spindletop a small hill south of Beaumont Texas the East Texas Oil Field discovered on October 5 1930 is located in east central part of the state and is the largest and most prolific oil reservoir in the contiguous United States Other oil fields were later discovered in West Texas and under the Gulf of Mexico the resulting Texas Oil Boom permanently transformed the economy of Texas and led to its most significant economic expansion after the Civil War. Finnish machine gun nest aimed at Soviet Red Army positions during the Winter War February 1940. US Marines during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific theatre 1942, New land use policies drafted during the administration of Governor John Ireland enabled individuals to accumulate land leading to the formation of large cattle ranches Many ranchers ran barbed wire around public lands to protect their access to water and free grazing This caused several range wars. Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross guided the Texas Legislature to reform the land use policies, Obesity has quickly become a major health issue in Texas in 2017 33.6% of Texas adults were obese as compared to 29.9% of U.S adults in 2000 21.7% of adults were obese and in 1990 only 10.7% of adults were obese in 2016 33% of 10-17 year olds in Texas were obese. When separated out by gender 34.6% of Texas females and 32.8% of Texas males were obese. When separated out by race 31% of White adults 41.7% of Black adults and 37.8% of Hispanic adults were obese in Texas in 2016. Research shows that an increase in household income is correlated with a decrease in obesity rates in 2014 Comptroller Susan Combs found that there are educational achievement patterns as well - 39% of the Texas population with less than a high school education was obese while only 23% of college graduates were obese. Living in a rural area in Texas is also correlated with higher obesity rates; .

Energy 127 Dan Huberty Republican 2010 Humble Kingwood Lake Houston Atascocita Crosby Wallisville Further information: Runaway Scrape. The Emperor commissioned bishop Pedro de la Gasca to restore the peace naming him president of the Audiencia and providing him with unlimited authority to punish and pardon the rebels Gasca repealed the New Laws the issue around which the rebellion had been organized Gasca convinced Pedro de Valdivia explorer of Chile Alonso de Alvarado another searcher for El Dorado and others that if he were unsuccessful a royal fleet of 40 ships and 15,000 men was preparing to sail from Seville in June.[clarification needed]. As of 2012 Vietnamese were the largest group of Asians in Harris County As of 1995 most Vietnamese Filipinos and Chinese stated that they were Republicans while most Indians and Pakistanis stated that they were Democrats in 2012 Indians and Pakistanis continue to identify as Democrats while Chinese Filipinos and Vietnamese were increasingly identifying as independents or Democrats. . Post-war border changes in Central Europe and creation of the Eastern Bloc, Houston Texas Business Directory, In June 1940 the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the disputed Romanian regions of Bessarabia Northern Bukovina and Hertza Meanwhile Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic co-operation gradually stalled and both states began preparations for war. The bicameral Texas Legislature consists of the House of Representatives with 150 members and a Senate with 31 members the Speaker of the House leads the House and the lieutenant governor the Senate the Legislature meets in regular session biennially for just over 100 days but the governor can call for special sessions as often as desired (notably the Legislature cannot call itself into session) the state's fiscal year spans from the previous calendar year's September 1 to the current year's August 31 Thus the FY 2015 dates from September 1 2014 through August 31 2015, District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented, the Mississippian culture also known as Mound Builders which extended along the Mississippi River Valley east of Texas; and. ESD Type Provider Sales Tax Rate (2015) Property Tax Rate per $100 Valuation (2015), At least five million Chinese civilians from northern China and Manchukuo were enslaved between 1935 and 1941 by the East Asia Development Board or Koain for work in mines and war industries After 1942 the number reached 10 million in Java between 4 and 10 million romusha (Japanese: "manual labourers") were forced to work by the Japanese military About 270,000 of these Javanese labourers were sent to other Japanese-held areas in South East Asia and only 52,000 were repatriated to Java, The City of Houston operates the Houston Fire Department which provides fire and emergency medical coverage to the City of Houston.