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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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New Push For Eminent Domain Reform Expected At Texas Legislature

Travis Bubenik

Posted on January 14, 2019 · One oil and gas attorney says fights over eminent domain get "bigger and tougher every session."

Tags eminent domain energy environment infrastructure Private Property Texas Legislature

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Landowner Groups Encouraged By Eminent Domain Reform Bills

Travis Bubenik

Posted on February 13, 2017 · As Texas grows and pipelines move into new areas, more landowners have experienced the powers of eminent domain.

Tags eminent domain infrastructure Landowners Pipelines Private Property Texas Legislature

Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
August TV Drive is ongoing! Visionary Leader Andrea Bryant $25k matching challenge

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Posted on August 3, 2022 · On Wednesday's show: Voters will get to decide in November whether Harris County can issue around $1 billion in bonds for infrastructre spending. Then, we discuss the week in politics. We preview the menus for Houston Restaurant Weeks. And we reflect on the disaster that was Woodstock '99.

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New state law allows Houston neighborhoods to redact racist deed restriction

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on July 27, 2022 · Texas lawmakers from Houston say the bill was written to allow discriminatory provisions to be removed from real property records only on a property-by-property basis, but they applaud Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth for applying the law more broadly and said it could set a statewide example.

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$2.4 million needed to address Bellaire aging infrastructure

ShaVonne Herndon

Posted on July 26, 2022 · The city's water and waste waterline infrastructure has reached the end of its 30 to 50-year useful service life.

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Community activists hopeful for change after DOJ launches investigation into illegal dumping

Haya Panjwani

Posted on July 25, 2022 · People in the Super Neighborhood 48 community are looking forward to the outcome of the DOJ's investigation into the city and illegal dumping after years of advocating for action.

Tags Department of Justice environment illegal dumping Mayor Turner Super Neighborhood

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