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A Houston Lawmaker is Putting Pressure on the Harris County Department of Education

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on March 30, 2017 · The Harris County Department of Education discussed an action that might dissolve their agency--- it’s in the form of a sunset review.

Tags bettencourt Harris County Department of Education Senate Bill 1166 sunset review

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New facility for Harris County’s Department of Education will provide services for hundreds of adult students

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on July 19, 2023 · The new facility is designed to feel like a community college environment for adult students with 17 classrooms, a student lounge, and a multipurpose community room.

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Environmental activists in Houston, across Texas call for increased pollution enforcement by TCEQ

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on March 23, 2023 · A report released Tuesday by the Environmental Integrity Project found that five industrial facilities in Harris County accounted for 45 of the 119 "excessive" emissions events reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality between September 2016 and August 2022. None was deemed to be a "chronic" polluter by the state agency.

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Harris County students will have equine therapy center in the coming years

ShaVonne Herndon

Posted on July 25, 2022 · Special needs students part of HCDE schools will be able to spend time working with horses through a partnership with SIRE. 

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Texas’ environmental agency says Sunset Review recommendations would create a burden for the agency

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 23, 2022 · The Sunset Commission outlined several recommendations regarding the TCEQ's public perception and its perceived lack of transparency. 

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