News
Despite A New Ban, Some Texas Cities Can Keep Using Red Light Cameras
Posted on · Communities can keep them running under a clause that lets them to honor their contracts with companies that operate the cameras.
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Weather
UPDATE: Officials Say Severe Weather Has Impacted Hundreds Of Homes In Harris, Fort Bend Counties
Posted on · The National Weather Service says thunderstorms are likely on Friday night and Saturday. The Flash Flood Watch for southeast Texas will be in effect until Saturday at 7 p.m.
Top Stories
Mueller Report Mentions Houston, Fight Over City Finances Threatens Proposition B Talks, And Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area Saw Biggest Population Growth In Texas In 2018
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Politics
Conservatives To Hold Rally Against “Socialism” In Sugar Land
Posted on · Headliners at the event include Republican Congressman Pete Olson and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
News
Future Of Sugar Land 95 Uncertain As Texas Lawmakers Weigh Options
Posted on · A Texas law doesn’t allow a county the size of Fort Bend to maintain a cemetery.
News
Fort Bend ISD Halts Litigation Over Sugar Land 95, Remains Likely To Be Reinterred
Posted on · Community members and elected officials have asked the school district to rebury the remains at the site where they were discovered a year ago.
Local
Fort Bend County, School District To Negotiate About Remains Of African American Inmates
Posted on · County Judge KP George says the goal is not to move the bodies of the Sugar Land 95.
Houston Matters
Ft. Bend County District Attorney Asks School Board Members Not To Rebury Sugar Land 95
Posted on · Brian Middleton says the site with the remains of whom are believed to be 95 African-American inmates that were forced to work in sugar cane fields should be a landmark.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Political Roundup, New Restaurants, And The Battleship Texas (Feb. 6, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Sugar Land convict remains, the latest political news, the best new restaurants, and a tour of the Battleship Texas.
Houston Matters
Airbnb Expands In Houston And Aims To Increase Listings Around Texas Medical Center
Posted on · Downtown, midtown, the inner Loop and Montrose are some of the areas with the most listings, but there is growth in suburbs such as Katy, Spring and Sugar Land.
News
DEA Plane Crashes in Sugar Land
Posted on · The accident happened on Wednesday
News
Missouri City, Seabrook Ramp Up Mosquito Spraying after Last Week’s Heavy Rains
Posted on · Last week's heavy rain lead to increases in mosquito populations, per officials
Transportation
Houston-Area Communities Respond to Proposed Red Light Camera Ban
Posted on · We could see a bill in the next legislative session banning red light cameras in Texas. But some local leaders say they’re a valuable tool that keeps the roads safe.
News
Rice Archive Catalogs Fort Bend Advocate’s Efforts to Preserve Convict Leasing History
Posted on · "A lot of people don’t know about this history, so future historians will be interested to learn how did greater awareness of this history come about and what did it take?," Rice professor Caleb McDaniel said
News
Uncovered Remains At Forgotten Sugar Land Grave Site Tell Their Own Texas History Story
Posted on · Researchers say based on what they know so far, the graves were for African-American prison laborers who worked on sugar cane fields in the area