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State Senator Rodney Ellis Visits Waller County, Asks Texas Lawmakers To Enact Criminal Justice Reforms
Posted on · The proposed policy is inspired in part by the Sandra Bland case.
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Good, Bad and Ugly
Hempstead Landfill and STAAR Test Standards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good, some of it bad, some of it downright ugly. We ask our non-expert panel (Houston Chronicle writer Lisa Falkenberg, MochaDad.com blogger Fred Goodall, and Vladimir Davidiuk, Chairman of the College Republicans and Junior Senator in the Student Government Association at the University of St […]
Energy & Environment
TCEQ Denies Application For Controversial Pintail Landfill In Waller County
Posted on · Still, the fight over the controversial dump, which would mainly be filled with trash from Houston, is not over yet.
Development Divide
Development Divide: Trial Begins Over Fate Of Proposed Waller County Landfill
Posted on · An ongoing fight over a proposed landfill in Waller County has landed in court. The city of Hempstead is suing the county over the location of the project. Opponents of the dump — which would mainly be filled with trash from Greater Houston — call it an environmental hazard. The company behind the landfill — which would be located on approximately 250 acres off Highway 6 in Northwest Waller County — says it's perfectly safe.
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Austin Tice and Talk to the Family Doctor: Houston Matters for Thurs., Aug. 14, 2014
Posted on · Two years ago today, Houston native and freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared while covering the conflict in Syria. Tice grew up dreaming of becoming an international correspondent for NPR. That dream became his parentsâ nightmare when Tice vanished. While many believe he was kidnapped, there has been no indication of what happened to him since […]