Posted on · The Houston area has taken in between 5,500 and 15,000 Afghan refugees since August 2021. Many of them are here as humanitarian parolees, without a clear path to citizenship. Their parole is set to expire within a matter of months.
Posted on · With the takeover coming in a matter of days, questions are swirling about who will lead the state’s largest district — and whether or not they’re prepared. Houston Public Media obtained audio of a two-day training for leadership candidates.
Posted on · To get their own data on what they’re breathing, community groups have been installing air monitors over the past several years, building out a vast network across the region.
Posted on · Two of the state’s largest sinkholes are located about an hour east of Houston.
Posted on · Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan agree on raising homestead exemptions, but they’re diametrically opposed on reducing appraisal cap increases.
Posted on · Advocates tried drumming up momentum to create a school mental health allotment during the 2023 legislative session.
Posted on · Gender-affirming health care is a large focus of this year’s legislative session, with bills like SB 14 that would ban care for minors in the state and penalize doctors offering this care. Families, trans youth and advocates share how it’s felt to live in Texas during this moment of uncertainty.
Posted on · Most bills never get to become laws in Texas. As the legislative session winds down, strategy and the mere brutal passage of time have taken their toll.
Posted on · A bill to give Texas families public funds to avoid integrated schools almost became law in 1957.
Posted on · HB 2127 is just one of more than a thousand state bills that would interfere with local laws, including one regulating how loud a concert can be.
Posted on · Lawmakers are considering a proposal from UTHealth to fund a long-term solution to pervasive staffing shortages.
Posted on · The $34 billion project aims to protect the Houston area from hurricane storm surge. It's been approved by Congress, but still needs to get funded and key questions about how it would impact everything from ship navigation to the bay’s ecosystem will have to be answered before ground is broken.
Posted on · School districts across Texas bring attorneys to meetings with parents of special education students, despite federal guidance opposing the practice.
Posted on · Several Harris County polling locations ran out of ballot paper and had technical issues on Election Day. Some election judges of both parties blame staff layoffs and poor training of Election Day workers for making those problems worse.
Posted on · A five-month investigation by Houston Public Media found there were problems with Harris County’s elections that stretched over multiple years under the leadership of both parties, but little evidence that those problems may have tilted election outcomes.