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By Lora-Marie Bernard
Senior Correspondent

A University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston research team has cloned the Zika virus to help them find a vaccine to fight it.

Pei-Yong Shi, who works on the team, recently spoke to Guidry News about the new development in the mosquito-borne disease. The latest results of the man-made virus are available in the publication, Cell Host and Microbe.

“We genetically-engineered the Zika virus, which represents one of the most powerful virology tools to study the virus,” Shi said. “And that wil...

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Contributor

Opened in 1911 in Galveston, Texas, by San Giacinto Gaido, Gaido’s Restaurant was already famous for its impeccably fresh seafood and sophisticated Old World service when Charlton Heston strolled in late one evening in the ’70s looking for a table. Benno Dietz, the dining room manager, told the actor that, unfortunately, the kitchen had already closed, and a hungry Heston walked away. (A few days later, Dietz would send his best waiter, Clary Milburn, to serve Heston in his hotel room as a mea culpa.)

By Lora-Marie Bernard
MuniMedia Principal Consultant

A digital communication plan uses every online tool a city has to its potential. It leverages, coordinates and organizes them to create a communication loop that serves the needs of its varied taxpayers, residents, businesses and stakeholders. It has several parts uniq...

The return on investment for governmental social media outreach operates quite different than it does for businesses. An old adage says that governments can operate like businesses. The truth is that it can do that only to a...

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Field Correspondent

Donald Trump played the immigration card in Texas as thousands cheered, "Build the wall."

By Lora-Marie Bernard

AUSTIN (Talk Media News) – Donald Trump wants to give Texas its independence again.

Playing off the state’s revolution from Mexico, Donald Trump told an enthusiastic crowd at the Luedecke Arena in Austin he would protect Americans from a litany of issues. These included rising crime at home and abroad, unfair trade agreements, rising taxes and veteran neglect.

Fire marshals estimate...

An ebook to navigate the maze during first term as an elected official. Covering a variety of topics, such as crisis communication and television interviews, in plain English.

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Field Correspondent

HOUSTON — Neck-deep in water Kingsley Blancher hoped he was walking on the street in Dickinson, Texas as rain pelted him in the face on Saturday night.

"You have to watch,” he said. “We were walking close to the bayou so you don’t want to fall in and when you are that deep, you have to watch for mailboxes; they can cut you.

"You have to watch for bubbling water because it means a manhole cover comes up. If you step on it, it’s over,” he continued. “You won’t stop going down.”

As Hurricane Harvey...

A collection of long-form articles and stories from Lora-Marie Bernard about Texas and its people.

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Guest Correspondent

About 200 chamber of commerce and government representatives participated Wednesday in the first Galveston County Legislature Day at the Texas Capitol.

A collection of papers, long-form stories and articles written during courses at Harvard. Includes news, opinion and commentary pieces by Lora-Marie Bernard

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Field Correspondent

As the nation braced for violence and uproar during the convention to nominate the controversial presidential candidate Donald Trump, no major outbreaks, fights or riots had occurred by Wednesday afternoon.

By LORA-MARIE BERNARD

CLEVELAND (Talk Media News) – Arrests at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland have been scant and local officials credit the large police presence for keeping the calm.

As the nation braced for violence and uproar during the convention to nominate the contr...

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Field Correspondent

WASHINGTON – Hours before President Donald J. Trump took office Friday morning, thousands of people made the walk to the Mall lined by protesters who at times protested each other.

At the L’Enfant Plaza metro stop, hundreds were in line watching a long line of protesters hoisting 10-foot signs into the air. They proclaimed the need to seek forgiveness from Jesus, resist homosexuality and stop immigration. A sign that read “Christ has a pressure-cooker for Muslims” incens...

GALVESTON, Texas — One of the most closely watched races in Tuesday’s midterms is the Senate race in Texas, where incumbent Republican Ted Cruz is fighting to keep his seat from challenger Beto O’Rourke.

Cruz readily admits he is being outspent 3-1 and gives his opponent credit for raising a historic $70 million war chest.

By comparison, Cruz has raised $40.2 million to date. For Cruz’s 2016 presidential bid, he raised $94.3 million.

“Beto O’Rourke is the number one Democratic fundraiser in t...

By Lora-Marie Bernard
Field Correspondent

Rep. Beto O'Rourke shook up the status quo in Texas politics with his down-home, grassroots campaign. Can the Democratic Party in Texas reinvent itself and find more Supermen or Superwomen who can deflect GOP kryptonite?

HOUSTON — A Houston mural of Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke shows the Senate challenger bursting his shirt open to reveal a T-shirt that sports the State of Texas over his chest.

His coiffed hair and confident smile lead to a chiseled chin. A pastel rainbow creates a glow around hi...

A hardcover tabletop book written by Lora-Marie Bernard and Frank Staats about the historic development of a prominent part of downtown Houston.

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