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Houston’s Toyota Center to undergo $180 million in renovations – Houston Public Media https://www.rawchili.com/nba/706071/ #Basketball #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #Houston #HoustonComets #HoustonRockets #HoustonToyotaCenter #HoustonHarrisCountySportsAuthority #HoustonRockets #Infrastructure #Local #NBA #News #Rockets #Sports #TilmanFertitta

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/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #Traffic #Transportation #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirstCorporation #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

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

The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

#Business #Local #News #CostOfLiving #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkerStrike

The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

#Business #Local #News #CostOfLiving #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkerStrike

The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

#Business #Local #News #CostOfLiving #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkerStrike

The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

#Business #Local #News #CostOfLiving #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkerStrike

The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

#Business #Local #News #CostOfLiving #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23 #WorkerStrike

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

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/

#Business #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23

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/

#Business #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23

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/

#Business #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23

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/

#Business #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23

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/

#Business #CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HiltonAmericasHouston #HiltonAmericasHoustonStrike #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #UNITEHERELocal23

With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirst #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

Houston First’s controversial plan to sever an artery connecting the East End to downtown will have “no adverse impact,” according to a traffic study shared with Houston Public Media ahead of a community meeting on Tuesday evening.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/07/01/525393/houston-firsts-traffic-study-of-contentious-polk-street-closure-finds-no-adverse-impact/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Traffic #Transportation #EastDowntown #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonEastEnd #HoustonFirstCorporation #PolkStreet #PolkStreetClosure

Contention over the planned closure of a thoroughfare connecting the East End to downtown Houston continued this week as community members spoke out against the proposal and the area’s council member promised further engagement in July. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/06/20/524562/contention-over-planned-polk-street-closure-continues-as-community-meetings-resume/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Traffic #Transportation #CommunityEngagement #EastDowntown #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonEastEnd #PolkStreet

Comicpalooza, an annual pop culture convention that features comics, celebrities, cosplay, games and more, returns to Houston this weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/06/19/524400/comicpalooza-pop-culture-festival-returns-to-downtown-houston/

#ArtsCulture #ArtsCultureBusiness #Events #Houston #Local #News #PopCulture #Comicpalooza #ComicpaloozaHouston #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #ThingsToDoInHouston

Residents in Houston's East End have decried a lack of community engagement about the proposed closure of Polk Street for a convention center expansion project. The public comment deadline is Thursday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2025/04/28/519973/east-end-residents-want-more-engagement-about-polk-street-closure-as-public-comment-deadline-approaches/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) is relaunching a direct bus route between downtown Houston and Bush Intercontinental Airport, with service beginning this Sunday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/04/11/518593/bus-iah-houston-downtown-metro/

#Airports #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #GeorgeBushIntercontinentalAirport #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonBuses #HoustonMetro #HoustonSMetropolitanTransitAuthority #Metro

Energy trading between the United States and Canada -- and how Texas factors in -- has been a point of discussion this week at a global energy conference in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/13/515853/energy-trading-between-u-s-and-canada-discussed-at-ceraweek-in-houston/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #International #Local #National #News #CanadianCrude #CERAWeek #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasOilAndGas #TrumpTariffs

As the Houston First Corporation pushes to obtain and close a section of Polk Street, East End residents are concerned about losing a critical east-west connection — and they say they’ve been left out of the process.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/03/12/515865/houstons-east-end-residents-concerned-about-closure-of-polk-street-for-convention-center-expansion/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonEastEnd #HoustonFirstCorporation #NorthHoustonHighwayImprovementProject #PeopleForPolk #PolkStreet

A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonFirst #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonFirst #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonFirst #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonFirst #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #EastEnd #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #HoustonFirst #HoustonFirstCorporation #I45Project #PolkStreet

Even if you don't have a ticket to the big game, there are plenty of free events for people of all ages to enjoy this weekend for the College Football Playoff Championship.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2024/01/05/473623/college-football-playoff-championship-houston-events-things-to-do/

#Economy #Houston #HoustonMatters #Local #News #Shows #Sports #CollegeFootballPlayoffNationalChampionship #GeorgeRBrown #GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter #NRGPark