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Carol Haddock out as Houston Public Works director in latest change at City Hall
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Montrose residents urge Mayor Whitmire to lift pause on long-planned overhaul of neighborhood’s tree-lined boulevard
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Houston
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Rice University students take part in nationwide pro-Palestinian protests
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- Protests Charges dismissed against 46 arrested during pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin
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