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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Monday that his number one priority is looking out for the approximately 1.2 million CenterPoint Energy customers across the greater Houston area who have lost electricity in the widespread power outages that have…
Read MoreAs if the hellaciously frigid temperatures and icy, snow-covered roads weren’t cause for enough concern, thousands of Houston area residents woke up Monday without power during the worst winter onslaught our region has faced in over 30 years. At least …
Read MoreIn a joint news conference Sunday evening, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told local residents an unprecedented wave of winter weather has already begun to descend on the Houston area, and that the time to stay home…
Read MoreIn a joint press conference Friday afternoon, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stressed caution ahead of what’s likely to be the gnarliest bout of winter weather the Houston area has experienced in three decades. Both…
Read MoreOn Thursday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gathered at Texas Southern University to celebrate the launch of the school’s new coronavirus vaccine clinic. The vaccination center on TSU’s campus is being managed …
Read MoreGov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday officially announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will set up three mass COVID-19 vaccination centers in Texas in the coming weeks, one of which will be right here in Houston at NRG Stadium. The other two s…
Read MoreAmid the news that Houston will likely soon be home to a coronavirus vaccine super site run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shared his weekly COVID-19 update stage at City Hall with local health experts who an…
Read MoreThe Houston Independent School District has talked a big game about transparency around COVID-19 cases within its school system, but doubt still abounds as to whether or not the district is doing everything it can to keep the public informed about just…
Read MoreIn his biennial State of the State address this week, Gov. Greg Abbott argued that he’s a tried-and-true conservative leader who Texans can trust to keep their state “the freedom capital of America.” He tried to make the case that the coronavirus pande…
Read MoreDuring the city’s weekly Monday COVID-19 update, the leader of the local health department dropped the news that an online sign-up system for scheduling the required second-dose of coronavirus vaccine is apparently rolling out later this week. Accordin…
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