$37M drainage improvement project designed to combat flooding in NE Harris County
In addition to flood mitigation, the project will improve storm sewer systems, upgrade streets, and provide new sidewalks in the Pine Trails subdivision.
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Georgia State researchers’ mapping project connects enslaved people to specific enslavers in Harris County
A team of Georgia State University researchers have been working together to uncover the names and locations of where more ...
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See where to find free tax assistance in 3 Greater Houston-area counties
Free tax preparation assistance for qualifying individuals is available from several community and nonprofit groups in the Greater Houston area this spring.
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New inclusive playground, pickleball courts unveiled at Meyer Park in Spring
Harris County Precinct 3 celebrated the opening of a new inclusive playground and three pickleball courts at Meyer Park ...
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Warming centers open in Houston and Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, other area counties
HOUSTON — Houston and Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria and other area counties have opened warming centers for residents needing shelter from the bitter freeze that will include snow ...
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US sues Georgia's Houston County, says it violates Black voters' rights
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of ...
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Officials weigh-in on proposal to make Freeborn County, 8 other counties part of Iowa
Jan. 16—Local officials are responding after an Iowa senator said he plans to propose a bill in the Iowa Legislature for the state to purchase the nine counties along the southernmost part of ...
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Justice Department sues Georgia county, saying elections violate rights of Black voters
alleging that its method of electing county commissioners discriminates against Black voters. Houston County, home to 163,000 people south of Macon, uses countywide elections to fill each of its five ...
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Justice Department sues Houston County over allegedly discriminatory voting practices
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black ...
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Officials weigh-in on proposal to make Freeborn County, 8 other counties part of Iowa
The counties included were Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore and Houston counties. “Make Minnesota Iowa Again,” Bousselot posted on X. “Our new Iowans ...
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Iowa leaders amused by proposal to buy 9 Minnesota counties. Minnesota, not so much.
The counties that would be annexed under the bill, from west to east, are Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore and Houston. "I'd take southern Minnesota," said ...
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Iowa senator wants to buy southern Minnesota counties, not everyone is on board
The nine counties along the border with Iowa that Bousselot hopes to purchase are, from west to east: Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore and Houston. So ...