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| May 19, 2013 -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker today kicked off the city's Fourth Annual Demo Day by taking the first "bulldozer swipe" at a property to be demolished at 4522 Lavender Street. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- The Houston Independent School District on Friday released a statement regarding the Texas Legislature's budget agreement. More |
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| May 17, 2013 -- The Houston Independent School District has received the 2013 Excellence in Public Fleet Sustainability award from the National Association of Fleet Administrators. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- The Port of Houston Authority today announced that the port will launch a new all-water service connecting Houston with San Juan, Puerto Rico from the Jacintoport terminal on May 29. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- The Port of Houston Authority today announced that Bahri, formerly the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, is providing monthly roll on/roll off service at the port's Turning Basin. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- The Houston Public Library will host its Fifth Annual Reel Teen Film Festival on Saturday at the Julie Ideson Building Auditorium. More |
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| May 17, 2013 -- Houston's BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions has announced the Mayor's Pets of the Week, Ringo and Penny, who will be at the SportsRadio 610 Fan Fest on Sunday. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Board of Directors on Thursday elected new officers, re-electing R.H. "Steve" Stevens, Jr. as chair of the board. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker will launch the city's Fourth Annual Demo Day on Saturday, with volunteers from the Houston Contractors Association to demolish 39 buildings as part of Parker's demolition initiative. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- University of Houston today announced the opening of its Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory - Substance Use Treatment Clinic to provide free evaluation and treatment for anxiety and substance use. More |
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| May 17, 2013 -- Diversions: Arts & Culture Editor Jennifer Olin reports on fun activities to kick off the summer with in the Gulf Coast region. More |
| May 17, 2013 -- Pasadena City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve, on final reading, an ordinance reallocating $250,070 from Community Development Block Grant funds the city has received to create a new energy efficiency program. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- The Harris County Sheriff's Office now offers an online misdemeanor warrant information search. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- The Houston Police Department is seeking a vehicle in the investigation into two fatal shootings that took place on Monday at 6634 Westwick Drive. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- The Texas Water Development Board today approved a resolution to loan $1,350,000 to Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 50 to finance water and wastewater system improvements. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- The Houston Public Library is holding registration for its 2013 John P. McGovern Foundation Summer Reading Program. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- Houston TranStar has advised that the mainlanes and frontage road for United States Highway 59 southbound at West Bellfort have been closed due to an accident investigation. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- El Lago City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to re-elect Jeff Tave as mayor pro tem. More |
 | May 16, 2013 -- The Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership on Wednesday hosted Houston Mayor Annise Parker as speaker for its General Membership Meeting at the Bay Oaks Country Club. More |
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| May 16, 2013 -- Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan today announced that he has filed a lawsuit against the Plainfield Inn in the Sharpstown area, where Houston police recently arrested approximately 50 prostitutes, to stop criminal activity at the hotel. More |
| May 16, 2013 -- The Economic Alliance Houston Port Region today applauded the passage of legislation by the United States Senate to increase funding for inland port dredging to be released from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund through the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- The Harris County Department of Education will hold the Energy City of the Future 2050 event on Friday at the University of Houston. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- The Texas Center for the Missing recently received more than $56,000 through the Ninth Annual Golf Challenge for Children Tournament. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County today announced that High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll lanes will be opening for weekends and holidays along a 15.5 mile portion of Interstate Highway 45 South beginning on Saturday. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- The Greater Houston Partnership today announced a regional workforce development initiative during a Global Cities Initiative event presented by the Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- Houston City Council today voted 16-1, with Helena Brown opposed, to approve an ordinance enlarging the boundaries of Reinvestment Zone No. 16, the Uptown Zone, to include Memorial Park to allow the reinvestment zone to make improvements in public infrastructure, mobility and pedestrian infrastructure at the park. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- Taylor Lake Village City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to appoint Jon Keeney, husband of former Council Member and mayoral candidate Lilian Norman-Keeney, as mayor. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker today released the results of a survey from Houston Registry Week, an initiative to launch the city's plan to assist 2,500 chronically homeless persons in getting off the streets by 2016. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker today announced a partnership with Texas Southern University's Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs to enable city employees who complete courses offered at the E.B. Cape Center the opportunity to receive credit towards obtaining a Master of Public Administration degree. More |
| May 15, 2013 -- Houston Independent School District members of the Board of Education Anna Eastman and Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., during the May edition of HISD Up Close, are encouraging parents, teachers and principals to return the district's customer satisfaction survey by May 20. More |