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After the Houston City Council voted to rename Cesar Chavez Boulevard after claims of sexual assault were made public, Joe Ramirez was chosen for the newly renamed street in east Houston....
Houston Independent School District trustees voted Thursday night to adopt the state’s Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary school students, a move that drew both support and criticism from parents who questioned the role of religious references in public education.The c...
The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible....
Good morning, Houston.☀️Happy Friday! Hope you’re easing into the day (and the heat) with an extra sip of coffee, or tea, or milk, or whatever you’re drinking this morning.We’re in Austin again today. The Texas State Board of Education is expected to make a decision on proposed c...
Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on Thursday....
HISD board members unanimously approved the use of the bible-infused Bluebonnet Learning curriculum.
S&P Global Ratings has revised the City of Houston’s financial outlook from negative to stable, a move Mayor John Whitmire says reflects the city’s recent efforts to strengthen its finances.The revised outlook comes about two years after S&P changed Houston’s outlook to negative,...
The city of Houston’s new Capital Improvement Plan outlines investments in infrastructure over the next five years. But projects in the plan are often delayed — and many Houstonians have trouble getting improvements to their neighborhoods added to the list....
Despite questions over whether he is still the Fort Bend County judge, Daniel Wong and two commissioners voted to keep him on. Two other commissioners argued the vote was illegal....
A dispute over whether Daniel Wong can legally continue serving as Fort Bend County judge brought county business to a brief standstill Thursday after two commissioners walked out of a Commissioners Court meeting, leaving the court without enough members to proceed.The standoff s...
By a 6-3 vote, the high court ruled that federal law allows the government to stop asylum seekers from physically setting foot in the United States, effectively keeping them from applying for asylum....
A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama, sided with a coalition ...
Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday unanimously appointed Marcus Stuckett as the new executive director of the Harris County Flood Control District, making him the first African American to lead the agency.The appointment comes two weeks after former Executive Director ...
The State Board of Education will hold a final vote Friday on incorporating more Christian stories into classrooms and deemphasizing race and cultural diversity in history lessons....
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices peaked, a sign rising costs could pose political problems for President Trump as midterm elections near. The Commerce Department said Thursday that consumer prices rose 4.1% in May ...
Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed.Trump harangued GOP senators face-to-face earlier in the...
Good morning, Houston.☀️Happy Friday Eve! Hope you’re easing into the day (and the heat) with an extra sip of coffee, or tea, or milk, or whatever you’re drinking this morning.We’re in Austin today. The Texas State Board of Education is expected to make a decision on proposed cha...
Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience....
Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed. Trump harangued GOP senators face to face earlier in th...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stepped into the national spotlight this week as an ascendant political force within the Democratic Party. Democratic leaders aren't so sure that's a good thing.As progressives cheered across the nation, some of the most powerful Democrats in th...
Wong’s appointment is tied to a civil lawsuit filed against suspended county judge KP George. The suit was dismissed on June 17. Wong is facing Dexter McCoy in November's election for county judge....
While classrooms are quiet because of summer break, some HISD parents say they won't be silent during Thursday night's board meeting.
A sharp division has emerged within the Harris County Commissioners Court on the eve of a discussion to appoint a new head for the region's embattled Flood Control District....
“Would you really like to know?” Sen. Bill Cassidy asked President Donald Trump.Just hours after refusing to sign a bipartisan housing bill that Republicans hoped would boost their election-year prospects, the president was attending a private lunch Wednesday with the Senate GOP....
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s planned $300 million expansion represents more than just a new facility — it’s a long-term investment in youth, agriculture and the future of the organization, according to Chairman of the Board Wesley Sinor.Speaking with KPRC 2’s Michael Ho...
Commissioner Adrian Garcia says that without a look at a pool of qualified candidates, there's no way of knowing whether potential appointee Marcus Stuckett stands out....
The Dallas congresswoman, Talarico’s erstwhile rival in the Democratic primary, has yet to say whether she’ll campaign for him in the general election against Republican Ken Paxton....
The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees adopted a $1.25 billion budget and staff compensation plan for the 2026-27 school year in a 6-1 vote during its regularly scheduled board meeting June 22. Trustee Christine Kalmbach cast the lone dissenting vote.The general fund budget ...
The rise of Abelardo de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer set to be Colombia's next president, is raising questions about whether political shifts underway across Latin America could reshape the future of the Amazon rainforest.The Colombia election result comes as Peru appea...
The Constitution "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections," the judge wrote.
Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Prestage says he will preside over Thursday’s Commissioners Court meeting after county officials concluded that Daniel Wong’s appointment as interim county judge expired following the dismissal of the civil lawsuit that led to his ap...
Progressive candidate Iván Cepeda on Wednesday conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider who was endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump.Election results showed de la Espriella, a businessman and lawyer who had never run for of...
When Varun Venkatesh cast his ballot in New York’s primary this week, he thought about “a good litmus test for me as a voter.” He wanted to know what the candidates are doing for the Palestinian cause. The 27-year-old Brooklyn resident decided to support Claire Valdez, who was ba...
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here.Texas lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Texas Secretary of State’s Office for assurances that ...
Hundreds of Catholic devotees wrapped themselves in dried banana leaves and covered their bodies with mud on Wednesday in the Philippine village of Bibiclat, taking part in a display of faith honoring St. John the Baptist. The Taong Putik, or Mud People, festival is held annually...
University of Houston point guard Kingston Flemings and forward/center Chris Cenac Jr. became First-Round picks with their selections during the 2026 NBA Draft inside Barclays Center on Tuesday night.Flemings was taken with the #8 overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks while Cenac was...
Fort Bend County Interim Judge Daniel Wong is no longer legally the county judge, according to Commissioner Dexter McCoy.
The National Hockey League has taken a major step toward expanding into Texas, with Houston and Austin emerging as the leading candidates for a new franchise.Following Tuesday’s NHL Board of Governors meeting in New York, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the league has app...
Longtime public official Jane Nelson is stepping down as Texas’ top election officer later this summer, after more than three years at the helm. As rumors swirl about who Gov. Greg Abbott will appoint as the next secretary of state, TribCast dives into the challenges Nelson has f...
The expansion will be discussed at the NHL board of governors meeting in New York this week.
The latest round of primary elections gets underway Tuesday in four states: Maryland, New York, South Carolina and Utah.The midterm elections in November will determine control of both chambers of Congress and will also see the election of dozens of governors and other state and ...
For the 10th time, the Senate will vote on a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to fund.The outcome Tu...
Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that "there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections....
Trump's trip to the Allentown-area business comes as he works to try to put the Iran conflict - and the higher gasoline prices it caused - in the rearview mirror as November midterm elections draw closer....
A Travis County judge sided with a McLennan County Justice of the Peace who refused to marry gay couples and sued the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for disciplining her for her choice....
Hundreds of Indigenous people have testified. They’ve sobbed, cursed and laughed in spite of it all. Many told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally able to begin recovering from childhood trauma.An oral history project led by ...
After a contentious primary, Texas Democrats will host their state convention in Corpus Christi this week and look to rally the party behind their ticket ahead of what they hope will be a midterm election that turns a cascade of seats blue.In what’s being billed as the largest ga...
Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics.The U.K. is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country voted 52%-48% to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership. Conservative Prime Minister Da...
Two opposing factions in the artificial intelligence industry square off in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tests his political clout by backing fellow democratic socialists. And President Donald Trump, after two of his chosen candid...
South Carolina voters return to the polls Tuesday to finalize the Republican nominee for governor in a runoff election that has become a bruising grudge match between two of the state's leading politicians.President Donald Trump initially endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over stat...
An American Airlines flight descended into chaos Sunday morning after a passenger was accused of biting another traveler and attempting to fight others onboard....
This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletters here.A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of an immigration ver...
Mayor Whitmire claimed it was a fair use of the money because the buildings were attracting illegal dumping and clogging ditches, but critics worried it could set the city up for legal repercussions....
Summer travel is in full swing, and cruises are one of the season’s biggest draws. Travel expert Jeanenne Tornatore joined Houston Life to explain why more Americans are choosing to set sail, what’s new onboard this year and how some sailings are marking America’s 250th anniversa...
A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used....
A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s election integrity strategy is unlawful and can no longer be used.U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the rec...
Today: We receive an update on how the city of Houston is handling the 2026 FIFA World Cup, talk with Houston City Councilmember Joe Panzarella, learn all about Stages' production of “Spamilton: An American Parody,” and more....
The attorney general has won statewide elections twice since his legal woes began. This time he will be at the top of the ticket, facing a fundraising juggernaut in James Talarico....
The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz.The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three...
The Republican-majority State Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on adopting curriculum changes statewide. Critics say the new social studies lessons and reading lists over-emphasize Christianity....
