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Freed-Montrose library open for now; Whitmire wants to find use for historic building
The Montrose-area location in the Houston library system reopened after a brief closure due to safety concerns. Conversations are ongoing about the building's future after the library moves.
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Border
U.S. border arrests decline amid increased enforcement in Mexico
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Houston Matters
Can you bury a word? How about a really, really bad word?
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Police
‘Sovereign citizen’ shot, killed during exchange with Harris County deputies
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Energy & Environment
Survey: Nearly half of Houston-area residents with low-to-moderate incomes consider electricity bills unaffordable
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Healthcare
“Maternal Health Bill of Rights” introduced by Harris County at the second Maternal and Child Health Conference
City of Houston
- Party Politics A look at John Whitmire’s first 100 days as Houston mayor
- City of Houston Houston City Council delays vote on extended parking meter hours
- City of Houston More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater spilled from east Houston treatment facility, cleanup efforts underway
- Transportation Houston City Council members approve three appointments of new METRO board members
- City of Houston Houston City Council to look at solutions for regulating short-term rentals amid resident complaints
Texas
- News South Texas groups sue Texas Parks and Wildlife for pursuing land swap deal with SpaceX
- Texas Stolen 18-wheeler driven into Texas DPS office in Brenham results in one death, ‘multiple serious injuries’
- Politics Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lists housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on campus among 2025 priorities
- Medicine & Wellness Unequal access to health care is having a hefty financial impact on Harris County’s economy, new report says
- Voting Most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools
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- $48 million Hermann Park Commons greenspace, play areas to open Saturday
- Stolen 18-wheeler driven into Texas DPS office in Brenham results in one death, ‘multiple serious injuries’
- Audit of Houston-area USPS facility found 384,000 delayed parcels during January inspection
- Survey: Nearly half of Houston-area residents with low-to-moderate incomes consider electricity bills unaffordable
- Houston area health system defends Memorial Hermann doctor who admitted to manipulating liver transplant data
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- Party Politics A look at John Whitmire’s first 100 days as Houston mayor
- Politics Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lists housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on campus among 2025 priorities
- Houston Matters Political Roundup: Paxton’s latest lawsuit and Mayor Whitmire’s first 100 days
- Politics Congressman Randy Weber: Biden administration’s LNG export freeze threatens investment in Texas’s Gulf Coast
- HISD Concerns about Houston ISD prompt group of Democratic state lawmakers to request public hearing
Education News
- HISD Concerns about Houston ISD prompt group of Democratic state lawmakers to request public hearing
- HISD Behind the scenes of Houston ISD teacher evaluation rollout: TEA called classroom observation approach ‘odd,’ liaison said training sessions ‘much larger than is recommended’
- Fort Bend Fort Bend ISD administrators say they’ve decreased 2023 bond costs by $29 million
- Education News Spring Branch ISD to keep former superintendent’s name on headquarters after public outcry
- HISD Houston ISD grapples with community backlash, educator confusion over new performance evaluation systems
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