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Houston ISD parents protest amid district-wide job cuts, campus leadership changes
Protesters outside Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School were particularly upset about the treatment of campus principal Auben Sarabia, who they say was given the option to resign or be terminated. Last year, Sarabia was selected as HISD's Middle School Principal of the Year.
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Civil Rights
Galveston County voting rights case set to go before full 5th Circuit appellate court
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Education News
Houston-area lawmaker, other Democrats in Texas House call for special session to increase public school funding
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Local
Woman suing Santa Fe officers over fire ant bites asserts they violated her rights
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Houston Matters
The Rockets draw well and the Astros remain in fourth place in the AL West
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Houston
New marker in Houston’s Third Ward honors longtime church leader Rev. Edward Coates
Election 2024
Texas House speakership hangs in balance in GOP primary runoff between Dade Phelan and David Covey
Phelan placed a close second behind Covey, a former Orange County Republican Party chairman, in the first round of the primary for East Texas’ House District 21 in March.
City of Houston
- City of Houston City begins collecting debris in Kingwood after storms damage hundreds of houses
- Houston Matters Houston City Council member: Next police chief should be data-driven, transparent and ‘can take responsibility’
- Public Safety Houston Mayor John Whitmire calls attention to poor conditions at Kingwood fire stations
- Infrastructure City of Houston, METRO break ground on improvement project that will stretch six miles on Westheimer
- City of Houston Controller Hollins: Paying for firefighters’ settlement will likely require new revenues and budget cuts
Texas
- Fort Bend Outgoing Arcola mayor acted outside authority in removing councilwoman, judge rules
- School shooting Trial for civil lawsuit filed by victims of Santa Fe High School shooting rescheduled for July
- Elections Two races for seats on Harris County appraisal district board headed to runoff election
- Weather Officials urging Houston-area residents to report flood damage to qualify for federal funding for recovery
- Immigration A Houston woman applied for a green card. She was banned from the U.S. for a decade.
Most Viewed
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- Layoffs at HISD (May 13, 2024)
- Texas House speakership hangs in balance in GOP primary runoff between Dade Phelan and David Covey
- Woman suing Santa Fe officers over fire ant bites asserts they violated her rights
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- Houston Matters What the Presidency of George H.W. Bush can teach us about character and how politics has changed
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- Elections Two races for seats on Harris County appraisal district board headed to runoff election
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- Voting Humble ISD accused of violating Voting Rights Act in lawsuit filed by former teacher
- HISD Position cuts imminent across Houston ISD as district estimates upcoming $450 million budget shortfall
- Education News Cy-Fair ISD trustees vote to omit textbook chapters about topics such as climate change and vaccines
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- HISD Houston ISD to reduce number of staffers who help students meet basic needs
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