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Crackdown on student protests (Feb. 6, 2026) | Houston Public Media
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Voters with disabilities sue Harris County for allegedly lacking inclusive vote-by-mail options | Houston Public Media
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A group of Harris County voters with disabilities filed a class action lawsuit against the county's election administrator, accusing the county of discriminating...
Dallas man charged with aggravated kidnapping after police find missing 12-year-old in Galveston hotel | Houston Public Media
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A Dallas man was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping for ransom or reward in Galveston after police allegedly found him...
Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated | Houston Public Media
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Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her...
Texas faith leaders divided over school prayer, Bible reading periods as deadline for SB 11 approaches | Houston Public Media
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Texas public school boards and charter school governing bodies have until March 1 to decide whether to set aside time for...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says she always planned to endorse Al Green in TX-18 election | Houston Public Media
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she had always planned to endorse Congressman Al Green for Texas’ 18th Congressional...
Amid financial crunch, Houston police and fire projected to overshoot OT budgets by more than $50 million | Houston Public Media
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As the city of Houston faces a $127 million budget deficit, three departments are overshooting their overtime budgets by more...
Colin Allred blasts James Talarico over TikTok allegation that he called him a “mediocre Black man” | Houston Public Media
In a scathing video Monday, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred ripped state Rep. James Talarico for allegedly calling him a "mediocre Black man" and...
Houston voters will finally pick the next representative in the 18th Congressional District | Houston Public Media
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The long wait to fill the vacancy in Texas' 18th Congressional District is coming to an end Saturday. That’s when voters...
At least 13 dead in Texas, nearly half of them children, as winter storm grips state | Houston Public Media
At least 13 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, as a winter storm continued to grip the state Thursday.
Among the...
