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Fact check: Where Senate District 9 candidates in Texas stand on data centers
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) Regulations for data center development are expected to be on the to-do list for Texas lawmakers when they convene their next Texas Legislative Session in January, following backlash to the industry from across the state. What are Republican Leigh Wambsganss…...
Generosity Crisis
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (157+ words) Why Feeling Busy Doesn’t Have to Be a Barrier Bauer College Associate Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Melanie Rudd, shares reasons why it might feel like we have no time to give back. “Between work, family, errands, and all else…...
Texas seniors are getting a huge property tax break. Everyone else is picking up the tab.
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1696+ words) These days, property taxes are just about the only thing Jane Lindsley is saving money on. For the 72-year-old, the cost of everything — from gas and groceries to homeowners insurance and healthcare — have gone up. So it was a welcome…...
The advantages of being an undocumented immigrant who???s white
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (270+ words) Former Houstonian Katya Suvorova tells her story of coming to the United States with her mother undocumented and learning that her mother was a mail-order bride in her memoir, “Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter.” The experiences of undocumented immigrants in this country…...
Texas seniors are getting a huge property tax break. Everyone else is picking up the tab
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1721+ words) State lawmakers passed generous homestead exemptions that have allowed some 60% of Texas homeowners age 65 and up to pay $0 in school property taxes. These days, property taxes are just about the only thing Jane Lindsley is saving money on. For the…...
2 Houston-area student killings renew calls for stronger gun violence prevention
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1047+ words) Teammates and fellow students visit a memorial for LePaul Warren Jr., a 17-year-old Westbury High School senior who was fatally shot Friday morning near the campus. Families and elected officials are calling for stronger gun violence prevention measures after two…...
Houston voters to decide on Prop A in November, which would deprioritize misdemeanor marijuana enforcement
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (635+ words) The “Houston Freedom Act” would make misdemeanor marijuana possession HPD’s “lowest law-enforcement priority,” and it would also enshrine a departmental policy banning no-knock warrants. Terrance Graham said he was driving a sky-blue 2024 Corvette in April when he was pulled over…...
Mail-In Voting
1+ week, 6+ day ago (152+ words) Who Can Vote by Mail in Texas? The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they relate…...
A Texas data center project puts Rick Jackson’s Georgia promises to the test
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1501+ words) NEW BOSTON, Texas — The paved road abruptly ends near a sprawling collection of rusting military vehicles off a lonely Texas highway, where a dirt trail splinters toward hundreds of acres of scrubland that have improbably been thrust into the middle…...
AI stokes fears, but can be a boon for the disabled community. Here???s how else it???s impacting Texans
1+ week, 1+ day ago (169+ words) From smart glasses to concerns over rouge AI agents, this Texas Standard special takes a look at this new tech frontier — and a glimpse at what may be over the horizon. As Texas has become the Wild West for data…...