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The Number Of Immigrant Children Held In Texas Is Up, Despite Reunifications

Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 23, 2018 · Private shelter operators want to open as many as four new facilities to accommodate the continued influx of children.

Tags families divided federal government immigrant children reunifications shelter texas

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Next To A Shelter Holding Immigrant Children, Church’s Congregants Defend Family Separations

DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 2, 2018 · Congregants at Harlingen's Lighthouse Fellowship Church — located just yards away from one of the largest shelters for immigrant children in Texas — said the president was right to split up families who entered the country illegally.

Tags family separations immigrant children immigration shelter texas

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Trump Administration Makes Site Selection For Tent City Near El Paso To House Immigrant Children Separated From Parents

CLAIRE PARKER, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 14, 2018 · The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Thursday it has selected Tornillo as a site to house immigrant children separated from their parents under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Tags El Paso family separations immigrant children shelter texas Trump administration

News

Thousands Still In Transitional Housing After Harvey In Houston

Florian Martin

Posted on April 9, 2018 · More than seven months after Harvey, thousands of Houstonians are still in FEMA-paid hotels as they rebuild their homes

Tags fema harvey housing shelter

Transportation

Metro Transit Facility Could Soon Be Housing The Homeless

Gail Delaughter

Posted on December 11, 2017 · Metro's board is expected to vote this week on approving an agreement with the city

Tags homeless Mayor Sylvester Turner Metropolitan Transit Authority public transit shelter

News

WATCH: Conditions At A Makeshift Red Cross Shelter In Greenspoint Mall

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on September 27, 2017 · Residents of the shelter have mixed reviews on its condition, but the Red Cross says they are doing their best to transition people back on their feet.

Tags greenspoint mall harvey red cross residents shelter

Hurricane Harvey

Harris County Officials Say More Than 500,000 Cubic Yards Of Debris Have Been Removed

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on September 25, 2017 · Increasing numbers of people are showing interest in a buyout of their homes and 3,000 residents have contacted the Flood Control District to inquire about the process.

Tags debris ed emmett fema Harris County Judge Harvey Hurricane shelter

Hurricane Harvey

NRG Shelter For Harvey Evacuees Will Close This Weekend

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on September 22, 2017 · As the shelter closes, those who have no options are being moved to a Red Cross shelter.

Tags harvey hurricane NRG red cross shelter

Hurricane Harvey

As Shelters Close, Where Do Houston Flood Victims Go?

Florian Martin

Posted on September 19, 2017 · Houston’s shelter population is shrinking but many victims of Tropical Storm Harvey still have no home.

Tags harvey homes shelter temporary housing

Houston Matters

Former Mayor Annise Parker Updates Shelter Situation At NRG Center

Abner Fletcher

Posted on September 13, 2017 · Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker discusses the continuing relief efforts for hundreds who are currently sheltered at NRG Center.

Tags annise parker Baker Ripley harvey relief NRG Center relief and recovery shelter Tropical Storm Harvey

Lines For Supplies At NRG Center

Houston Matters

NRG Center Provides Shelter For Hundreds Of Evacuees

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 31, 2017 · Producer Michael Hagerty reports live from the shelter at NRG Center, which is expected to go from roughly 900 to 1,600 evacuees by the end of the day Thursday.

Tags evacuees flood Fred Goodall Michael Hagerty NRG shelter

Hurricane Harvey

Shelter List, Tuesday

HPM Digital Team

Posted on August 29, 2017 · As the rain continues shelters remain open, even the Houston animal shelter is open to help residents find lost pets.

Tags harvey houston hurricane shelter tropical storm

Hurricane Harvey

List Of Houston Area Shelters For Those Forced Out Of Homes

HPM Digital Team

Posted on August 27, 2017 · The floods around Houston and the surrounding area are forcing people out of their homes. In an effort to provide aid shelters are being opened.

Tags flooding harvey houston hurricane shelter tropical storm

Billy Pierce and William Tucker live in a homeless encampment located just around the corner from Minute Maid Park. They say they don’t have a problem with the ordinance and will respect the new rules.

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Homeless Houstonians Have Mixed Reactions About The Encampments Ordinance

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on April 21, 2017 · Some welcome it and say they will respect it and others think it is unfair.

Tags encampments homeless houston Minute Maid Park shelter sylvester turner

Houston Matters

Friends For Life: No-Kill Animal Shelter

Houston Matters Intern

Posted on February 7, 2014 · We learn more about the Friends for Life, a no-kill animal shelter in Houston, from the organization’s Meredith Wierick.

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Energy & Environment

State agency that oversees Texas power grid needs more money to do its job, Sunset Commission finds

Emily Foxhall, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 12, 2023 · The Public Utility Commission has about 200 employees but needs more to handle shoring up the state power grid and tackling an expanded list of regulatory duties, according to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.

Tags ercot power grid PUC texas

Elections

How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection

Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 6, 2023 · From those who planted the seeds of Trump’s strategy to try to challenge the election, to others who sowed doubt and anger by spreading baseless election-fraud conspiracy theories, Texans played major roles in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol two years ago.

Tags Capitol riots conspiracy theorists Jan. 6 hearings jan. 6 insurrection texas

Infrastructure

Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 30, 2022 · Changes to Texas’ power grid have improved ERCOT’s ability to keep power flowing during major winter storms, but in an extreme scenario, the grid could still face rolling blackouts, a seasonal assessment shows.

Tags electricity usage ercot texas winter weather

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2415: Camels in Canada

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 26, 2022 · Episode: 2415 In which camels return to their native continent and are ill-received. Today, camels in Canada.

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