Tag: Houston
Polk Street in downtown Houston to close Wednesday. Will it ever reopen? | Houston Public Media
Dominic Anthony Walsh/Houston Public Media
A section of Polk Street connecting Houston's East End to downtown is slated to close Wednesday — and it's unclear...
Early voting turnout was 8% in Harris County with congressional seat, school board races on ballot | Houston Public Media
Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media
Friday was the last day to vote early for the Nov. 4 election.
A little more than 8% of the...
Harris County drops charges against 4 protesters arrested during rainbow crosswalk removal | Houston Public Media
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On Friday, the Harris County District Attorney's Office dropped the charges against four people arrested earlier this week during a protest...
What’s next for the Blodgett Street bike lanes in Houston’s Third Ward? | Houston Public Media
Dominic Anthony Walsh
The 1.8-mile, $5.6 million bicycle lanes along Blodgett Street next to Texas Southern University are the subject of an ongoing review by...
Whitmire quells concerns about $16 million Houston homeless resource hub during walkthrough | Houston Public Media
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Mayor John Whitmire attempted to quell concerns and misconceptions about a major homeless resource hub during a walkthrough of the...
Thousands march in downtown Houston during another ‘No Kings’ protest | Houston Public Media
Demonstrators outside Houston City Hall for a No Kings protest on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo Credit: Michael Adkison/Houston Public Media)Demonstrators outside Houston City Hall...
Effort to eliminate Houston-based immigrant rights group can continue after appeals court ruling | Houston Public Media
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Texas’ Fifteenth Court of Appeals cleared the way for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to snuff out a Houston-based immigrants’ rights...
Adam Johnson’s ‘The Wayfinder’ charts an Indigenous people before colonial disruption | Houston Public Media
Writer Adam Johnson is coming to Houston for an event Oct. 15 at the Wortham Center as a part of Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown...
East Downtown ‘Superhub’ for homeless proposed by Houston Housing Department | Houston Public Media
AP Photo/Matt Sedensky
The city of Houston's housing department hopes to open a facility with 150 to 225 beds for homeless people in East Downtown...
Texas launches task force to target repeat criminal offenders in Houston area
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