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34 charges filed as Houston PD wraps up review of suspended sex assault cases
Investigators completed a months-long review of all 4,017 sexual assault crime reports that were suspended because of an internal code used to indicate a lack of personnel, according to the Houston Police Department.
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Harris County
Texas judge rules against AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit that would halt Harris County guaranteed income program
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Hurricane Harvey
Houston, Harris County get two year extension to distribute Hurricane Harvey relief funding
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Events
Earth Day 2024: Houston area offers variety of ways to celebrate the planet
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HISD
As STAAR testing is underway, some Houston ISD parents are opting their children out
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Houston Matters
Is it already feeling like summertime? Houston seeing warmer temperatures this April
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- Houston Matters How much does parking affect where you go in Houston?
- Houston Freed-Montrose library open for now; Whitmire wants to find use for historic building
- 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
Texas
- Texas Law enforcement officials in 4 states report temporary 911 outages
- Election 2024 Molly Cook, Jarvis Johnson squaring off in back-to-back elections with eyes on vacant Texas Senate seat
- Texas Texas held in contempt over child welfare failures
- Energy & Environment Survey: Nearly half of Houston-area residents with low-to-moderate incomes consider electricity bills unaffordable
- Healthcare “Maternal Health Bill of Rights” introduced by Harris County at the second Maternal and Child Health Conference
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- Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project seems to be gaining momentum
- Man accused of murdering five in Cleveland mass shooting pleads not guilty
- Houston Texans’ new alternate uniform apparently leaked on social media
- Humble ISD superintendent up for job in Nevada in wake of Title IX investigation into her husband
- Trump leads Biden in Texas by 12 points head to head & multicandidate race with RFK, Jr., poll finds
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- Election 2024 Molly Cook, Jarvis Johnson squaring off in back-to-back elections with eyes on vacant Texas Senate seat
- Polls Trump leads Biden in Texas by 12 points head to head & multicandidate race with RFK, Jr., poll finds
- 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
Education News
- Education Humble ISD superintendent up for job in Nevada in wake of Title IX investigation into her husband
- 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
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