Harris County

$20.5 million pilot program could provide low income families with financial support, if approved

Posted on · The Family Financial Stability and Income Program would provide low-income families with direct financial support for rent, groceries, transportation, housing and utilities, and care if approved at commissioner’s court on Tuesday.

Infrastructure

Houston awarded $36.9 million federal grant to build railroad underpasses in East End neighborhood plagued by stopped trains

Posted on · As part of the West Belt Improvement Project, seven at-grade railroad crossings will be closed and a total of four underpasses will be constructed on York Street and at the intersection of Commerce Street and Navigation Boulevard.

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Airports

Guatemalan man jailed on $1 million bond after allegedly hiding in plane’s landing gear compartment at Houston airport

Posted on · Jehffrey Gutirres, 26, has been accused of trespassing multiple times this year at Bush Intercontinental Airport. He is alleged to have entered the United States last year by hiding on an American Airlines flight from Guatemala to Miami.

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Houston Matters

Teachers union reacts to new HISD leadership (June 2, 2023)

Posted on · On Friday's show: Now that we know who is going to lead Houston ISD under the state takeover, how is it sitting with area educators? We get reaction from the Houston Federation of Teachers to a new superintendent and new board of managers running the district.

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Education News

Humble ISD accused of discrimination after Spanish National Honor Society graduates prevented from wearing specialized sashes

Posted on · A school district spokesperson says the 20 impacted students should have been allowed to wear their colorful stoles at Saturday's graduation ceremony, but added that the snafu "had nothing to do with race or culture."