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https://www.fogolf.com/us/14245/ Memorial Park Golf Course ready for Texas Children’s Houston Open after damage from derecho, Hurricane Beryl – Houston Public Media #Beryl #CityOfHouston #derecho #Houston #HoustonDerecho #HoustonOpen #Hurricane #HurricaneBeryl #local #MemorialParkGolfCourse #News #Sports #Texas #TexasGolf #weather

https://www.fogolf.com/us/11088/ Hermann Park Golf Course expected to close temporarily for development work #CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #HermannPark #HermannParkGolfCourse #Houston #Texas #TexasGolf

https://www.europesays.com/3264567/ After delay, Houston officials to vote on $150 million grant tied to ‘immigration law enforcement’ – Houston Public Media #CityOfHouston #doj #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonPoliceDepartment #ice #immigrant #Immigration #ImmigrationEnforcement #LawEnforcement #News #USDepartmentOfJustice #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

The World Cup promised an economic bump in Houston. Hoteliers and renters say they overpromised – Houston Public Media

Michael Adkison/Houston Public Media Hotel ZaZa, a historic hotel in Houston’s Museum District, decorated for the FIFA World…
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire to propose $5 ‘administrative fee’ tied to garbage service – Houston Public Media

Dominic Anthony Walsh / Houston Public Media A newly purchased recycling truck unloads at the city’s recycling plant…
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Hype for the Future 162K: Greater Houston 🇺🇸

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Black History Month events celebrate more than 100 years of contributions across Houston region – Houston Public Media

Melissa Enaje/Houston Public Media At City Hall in Downtown Houston, Ashley Turner Captain, center, …
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Black History Month events celebrate more than 100 years of contributions across Houston region – Houston Public Media https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/765782/ #Arts&Culture #BlackHistoryMonth #CityControllerChrisHollins #CityOfHouston #CongressmanSylvesterTurner #Football #FortBend #FortBendCounty #HBCUs #history #Houston #HoustonCityHall #HoustonTexans #HoustonTexans #Local #news #NFL #Texans #WalterMosesBurton

Harris County Democratic Party reprimands Houston Mayor John Whitmire, withholds future endorsement – Houston Public Media https://www.byteseu.com/1628581/ #CityOfHouston #CongressmanDanCrenshaw #endorsements #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyDemocraticParty #Houston #HoustonMayor #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonPolitics #local #News #Politics

https://www.europesays.com/2633821/ Harris County Democratic Party reprimands Houston Mayor John Whitmire, withholds future endorsement – Houston Public Media #CityOfHouston #CongressmanDanCrenshaw #endorsements #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyDemocraticParty #houston #HoustonMayor #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonPolitics #local #News #Politics

Mayor John Whitmire attempted to quell concerns and misconceptions about a major homeless resource hub during a walkthrough of the city's planned East End facility on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/10/20/533777/whitmire-quells-concerns-about-16-million-homeless-resource-hub-during-walkthrough/

#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #HomelessSuperhub #HoustonHomelessness #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonSEastEnd

Harris County's health department has launched a new online dashboard to track human cases of mosquito-borne illnesses. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/10/20/533799/mosquito-borne-diseases-houston-harris-county-public-health-online-dashboard/

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Montrose's rainbow crosswalks are on their way out. Houston-area leaders warn the removal of more roadway murals and artwork could be coming.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/10/16/533544/black-lives-matter-murals-rainbow-crosswalks-houston-galveston-txdot/

#ArtsCulture #ArtsCulturePolitics #CityOfHouston #Galveston #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Transportation #BlackLivesMatter #IndependenceHeights #Juneteenth #RainbowCrosswalk #Txdot #YatesHighSchool

After months of contentious community engagement, the Houston City Council took the first of two votes that would lead to the closure of a two-block section of Polk Street.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/10/16/533562/polk-street-closure-houston-first-city-council-george-r-brown-convention-center/

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The executive director of a local immigrant rights organization was removed from a Houston City Council meeting after suggesting that city officials lied about the recent detention of a 15-year-old boy with autism.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/16/533504/fiel-houston-city-council-hpd-boy-with-autism-federal-custody/

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For the second time in as many years, the Houston City Council granted Mayor John Whitmire’s request to not raise the city’s property tax rate — this time, despite unanswered questions and opposition from a handful of council members. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/15/533498/houston-property-tax-rate-city-council-budget-deficit/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #Politics #CityControllerChrisHollins #CityOfHoustonBudget #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonPropertyTaxes #PropertyTaxRate

A proposal by the city of Houston to operate a “superhub” for homeless people in East Downtown was delayed after Mayor John Whitmire’s administration pulled the $16 million purchase of the facility from the city council agenda. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/15/533482/houston-homeless-superhub-east-downtown-delayed-community-pushback/

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire called the removal of Montrose's rainbow crosswalks "a manufactured issue" in his first public comments about the controversy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/15/533402/houston-mayor-john-whitmire-rainbow-crosswalk-removal/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #HoustonMayor #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Transportation #AbbieKamin #GovGregAbbott #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #Metro #Montrose #RainbowCrosswalk

Houston’s new 26-unit apartment building for people with mental health disorders to help combat homelessness – Houston Public Media https://www.byteseu.com/1452212/ #CityOfHouston #CriminalJustice #HarrisCenterForMentalHealthAndIDD #HarrisCounty #Health #HealthScience #Healthcare #HomelessInHouston #Housing #Houston #HoustonHomelessness #HoustonHousing #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #local #MentalHealth #News

Houston's Emancipation Park is undergoing a multi-million dollar expansion over the next several months.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/14/533382/houstons-emancipation-park-to-expand-with-new-performance-stage-cultural-center-remodel/

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Houston and Harris County leaders are considering a lawsuit over the upcoming removal of Montrose's rainbow crosswalks.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2025/10/14/533361/rainbow-crosswalk-houston-montrose-potential-lawsuit/

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Houston and Harris County officials on Monday celebrated the opening of a $12 million, 26-unit apartment building for people with serious mental health illnesses. It's part of efforts to address homelessness.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/10/14/533356/houston-housing-homeless-mental-health/

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Housekeepers, laundry attendants, and stewards at Hilton Americas-Houston will see their minimum wage rise from $16.50 to $20 an hour, and then to $22 by the end of their new contract.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/10/533145/striking-hilton-americas-houston-workers-negotiate-agreement-to-immediately-raise-minimum-wage-to-20/

#Business #CityOfHouston #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkersStrike

Houston Police confirm they're searching for another body in a Houston-area bayou, the seventh in the last month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/10/08/532888/another-body-found-in-houston-area-bayou-police-confirm/

#CityOfHouston #Local #News #Bayou #HoustonPoliceDepartament #WhiteOakBayou

As the roughly 400-worker strike at the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel stretches towards the 40-day mark, about 100 of their fellow union members employed in food and beverage services at the neighboring George R. Brown Convention Center could soon join the picket line. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/10/07/532871/george-r-brown-convention-center-workers-to-take-strike-vote/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #UNITEHERELocal23 #UNITEHERELocal23Strike

Despite a projected budget deficit of about $128 million and a chronically declining savings account, Houston Mayor John Whitmire wants to keep the property tax rate flat heading into 2026. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/07/532804/houston-mayor-john-whitmire-apposes-property-tax-increase-despite-over-100-million-deficit/

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With less than a month until the special election to fill an open at-large seat on the Houston City Council, trial attorney Alejandra Salinas continued to lead the 15-candidate field in fundraising as of the most recent campaign finance reporting period. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/07/532742/alejandra-salinas-dwight-boykins-lead-houston-city-council-candidate-field-in-fundraising-endorsements/

#CityOfHouston #Elections #Local #News #2025NovemberElection #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonCityCouncilRunoff #LetitiaPlummer

The city of Houston’s housing department hopes to open a facility with 150 to 225 beds for homeless people in East Downtown sometime in early 2026. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/10/06/532729/east-downtown-superhub-for-homeless-proposed-by-houston-housing-department/

#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #Local #News #EastDowntown #Homelessness #HoustonHousingDepartment #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire

On the first day of the long-awaited, highly publicized sprint to collect more than 63,000 signatures within 30 days, only one person canvassed at the main signature collection event.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/06/532723/uphill-effort-to-recall-whitmire-kicks-off-with-single-canvasser-misspelled-signature-forms/

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A section of the I-10 Katy Freeway will be reduced to two lanes beginning later this month until mid-2026 as the TxDOT continues work on the I-10 White Oak Bayou Elevation Project.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/10/06/532681/stretch-of-i-10-katy-freeway-to-be-reduced-to-two-lanes-until-mid-2026/

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An apparent explosion at a downtown Houston high-rise has injured several people, according to the Houston Fire Department. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/10/02/532477/downtown-houston-high-rise-apparent-explosion-injures-several-according-to-hfd/

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In the two months following the Houston City Council’s vote to expand the so-called civility ordinance, the Houston Police Department issued more than 500 tickets to homeless people — marking the highest two-month rate of citations since Mayor John Whitmire took office last year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/10/01/532418/exclusive-houston-ramps-up-citations-of-homeless-after-july-civility-ordinance-expansion/

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Houston Public Media has an exclusive look at the fee structure paid to Hilton, the operator of the Hilton Americas-Houston, by the city’s Houston First Corporation, the owner of the building. Hotel workers have been on strike since Sept. 1.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/09/26/532075/exclusive-how-much-money-does-hilton-americas-houston-make/

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For the sixth time in less than two weeks, a dead body has been discovered in a Houston-area bayou.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/09/26/531967/another-dead-body-was-found-in-a-houston-bayou-marking-the-sixth-in-less-than-two-weeks/

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Houston city officials appeared skeptical about the idea of implementing new safety protocols or infrastructure surrounding local bayous after five dead bodies were pulled from the waterways by police last week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/09/24/531826/houston-leaders-indicate-they-wont-implement-new-safety-measures-around-bayous-following-deaths/

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Approximately 100 unionized workers at the George R. Brown Convention Center will take a strike vote, they announced on Wednesday. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/09/24/531782/union-workers-at-houstons-george-r-brown-convention-center-to-take-strike-vote/

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Harris Health's board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with eminent domain proceedings to acquire part of Hermann Park for the future expansion of Ben Taub Hospital. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2025/09/23/531662/harris-health-board-moves-forward-with-hermann-park-eminent-domain-proceedings-for-hospital-expansion/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Healthcare #Houston #Local #News #BenTaubHospital #BenTaubHospitalExpansion #HarrisCountyEminentDomain #HarrisHealth #HermannPark

Repairs are beginning on a pedestrian bridge along the MKT trail several months after it was found to have "severe structural damage," according to Houston Public Works.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/22/531505/houston-begins-1-million-project-to-repair-mkt-trails-hogan-bridge/

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The city of Houston plans to open a “superhub” for homeless people as part of Mayor John Whitmire’s initiative to address street homelessness in the city. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2025/09/19/531432/exclusive-superhub-for-houstons-homeless-people-in-the-works/

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Striking hotel workers at the downtown Hilton Americas-Houston plan to remain on the picket line through Oct. 12, marking the second significant extension of a “historic” labor action initially slated to end Sept. 9. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/09/19/531403/hilton-americas-houston-workers-strike-extended-through-mid-october-as-officials-postpone-events/

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