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Houston City Council moves forward with Galveston Bay Park Plan | #citycouncil

At a Jan. 18 meeting, members of the Houston City Council passed an agreement between the city of Houston and Rice University’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disaster Center—known as the SSPEED Center—for the planning of Galveston Bay Park. The Galveston Bay Park Plan entails the design of a set of barrier islands […]

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Houston residential buffering code changes considered by city council – Houston Public Media | #citycouncil

Florian Martin FILE: The Market Square Tower apartment building under construction. The Houston City Council delayed proposed changes on Wednesday to its Residential Buffering Code for newly constructed commercial developments. The proposed changes would provide protection to Houstonians living in residential neighborhoods as it relates to commercial buildings, like high-rises, close to single family homes. […]

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Mayor’s priorities for his final year (Jan. 6, 2023) – Houston Public Media

Houston Matters begins at 9 a.m. CT on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Friday’s show: Mayor Sylvester Turner is entering his final year in office. What are his plans and priorities for that time? And we learn more about Pres. Biden’s upcoming visit to the border. Also […]

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House speakership fight puts Houston Republican Dan Crenshaw’s chairmanship dreams at risk – Houston Public Media | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The fight over the speakership of the House is keeping two Houston Republicans from taking up leadership posts. The contest could cost one of them a desired and high-profile committee chairmanship. Congressman Michael McCaul is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He’s likely to get that chairmanship whether […]

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Houston City Council advances flood control plans, including new agreements with Harris County along Brays Bayou | #citycouncil

The city of Houston has entered an agreement with Harris County regarding flood planning and protection for residents at several sites along Brays Bayou and its tributaries. The Harris County Flood Control District will establish three stormwater basins on city property along the bayou as part of the plans. The basins will be located at […]

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Houston City Council approves ordinance to provide protections against contaminated groundwater on northeast side – Houston Public Media | #citycouncil

Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media Houston City Council member Tarsha Jackson speaks during a council meeting on June 2, 2021. Houston City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance that prevents the use of groundwater on five acres of land on the northeast side due to previous contamination. The area will now be classified as […]

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Houston Mayor Sylvester shares details about cancer diagnosis

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For more than four months, the mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest city let few people know he had been diagnosed with bone cancer. Not even his 35-year-old daughter was aware. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner publicly […]

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Mayor Sylvester Turner says he was diagnosed with cancer, underwent radiation over summer – Houston Public Media

Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media Mayor Sylvester Turner announced sweeping new police reforms at a City Hall press conference on April 29, 2021. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that he was treated for osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer – in his jaw this summer. Turner told the audience gathered for the […]

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Houston mayor: Chemicals in soil in Fifth Ward will change cleanup plans

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said a plan submitted to Texas environmental regulators to remediate legacy rail yard contamination in a north Houston neighborhood won’t be sufficient after the city’s health department found toxic chemicals in […]

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Houston City Council approves new lower property tax rate for 2023 – Houston Public Media | #citycouncil

Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media The Houston City Council voted on Wednesday to lower the city’s property tax rate. It’s the eighth time in nine years that the city has lowered the tax rate below the Voter-Approval Tax Rate. The proposed property tax rate is $0.533640 per each $100, a decrease from the current […]