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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.
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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.
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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.
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A decrease in passengers traveling through Houston's airports this year reflect an overall downturn in airport traffic across the state.
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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.
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The Montrose bridges that extend across Interstate 69 in Houston will be illuminated again after nearly $50,000 in repairs.
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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.
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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.
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Restaurants in Houston and four other Texas cities are being reviewed by The Michelin Guide, a prestigious culinary rating system that later this year will announce its first-ever selections for the Lone Star State.
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More than 51 million people visited Houston last year, up more than 5% from the year before, according to early projections from the Houston First Corporation.
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