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1990 1,630,553 2.2% Timelines of World War II Transportation Houston has a lively music scene and while it can claim no broad genre as its own it has been fertile ground for the development of niche styles in American blues and Latin music --- a tradition that continues today with a uniquely distinctive regional style emerging in Houston's rap music community. .

Houston Texas Business Directory Preterm birth. Unaffiliated 18 Houston Texas Business Directory, the civilizations of Mesoamerica centered south of Texas Influence of Teotihuacan in northern Mexico peaked around AD 500 and declined over the 8th to 10th centuries; Arts and theatre In popular culture, One of the largest crowds in the Astrodome's history more than 66,746 fans came on Sunday February 26 1995 to see Tejano superstar Selena and her band Los Dinos perform for a sell-out crowd during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Selena y Los Dinos performed two consecutive times before at the Astrodome breaking previous attendance records each time This was Selena's last televised concert before she was fatally shot on March 31 1995 by her fan club president, Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States the state is ranked No.?1 for revenue generated from total livestock and livestock products It is ranked No.?2 for total agricultural revenue behind California at $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent) greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent) broilers at $1.3 billion (10 percent) and dairy products at $947 million (7.3 percent). 4 Economy In 1912 Joseph Jay Pastoriza introduced property tax reform to Houston the "Houston Single Tax Plan" was based on Georgist principles and redistributed property tax burden from owners of personal property and developed land to owners of undeveloped land While the Houston Plan was not a true single tax it re-weighted appraisals to 70 percent of unimproved land and 25 percent of developed land Personal property was exempt from local taxes according to this plan This continued for a few years until 1915 when two courts ruled the plan illegal according to the Texas Constitution Pastoriza continued to serve as Houston Tax Commissioner until 1917 when he became the first Mayor of Houston of Hispanic heritage He died after just three months in office. As of 2018 there are over 60 law enforcement agencies operating in the county. They include: the Harris County Sheriff's Office the Harris County Constable Office the Houston Police Department METRO Police Department other municipal police departments and school district police departments.