funding - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/funding/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:50:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 funding - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/funding/ 32 32 103504436 Columbia sends $50K to food bank as SNAP funding is set to run out – KBIA https://houstonnewmedia.org/columbia-sends-50k-to-food-bank-as-snap-funding-is-set-to-run-out-kbia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=columbia-sends-50k-to-food-bank-as-snap-funding-is-set-to-run-out-kbia Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:50:36 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e227a70d5f66f1430793a9027d808204 Missouri News Network SNAPFood Bank for Central and Northeast Missouricity of columiba · Facebook · Bluesky · Twitter · LinkedIn · Email · KOMU 8.

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]]> 1057538 Q.ANT Secures Further Funding: Week in Brief: 10/31/25 – Photonics Spectra https://houstonnewmedia.org/q-ant-secures-further-funding-week-in-brief-10-31-25-photonics-spectra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=q-ant-secures-further-funding-week-in-brief-10-31-25-photonics-spectra Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:19:31 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=78b80a51780fa69dabe13dbeff410bf3 SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 31, 2025 — Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), a provider of advanced optical and hybrid fiber coax networking products, ...

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]]> 1055298 Funding cuts force Meals on Wheels programs to reduce services across several counties https://houstonnewmedia.org/funding-cuts-force-meals-on-wheels-programs-to-reduce-services-across-several-counties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=funding-cuts-force-meals-on-wheels-programs-to-reduce-services-across-several-counties Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:30:45 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a740e8616953dac0991738714622a878 FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – For 79-year-old Jeanette Ubernosky, a simple knock on the door means more than just a hot meal it's comfort and connection.

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]]> 1055017 San Jacinto Watershed Received Only 2% of Mitigation Dollars since Passage of Flood Bond https://houstonnewmedia.org/san-jacinto-watershed-received-only-2-of-mitigation-dollars-since-passage-of-flood-bond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=san-jacinto-watershed-received-only-2-of-mitigation-dollars-since-passage-of-flood-bond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:44:04 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54247 10/27/2025 – The San Jacinto watershed has received only about 2% of the county’s flood-mitigation dollars since voters approved the 2018 Flood Bond. And yet, the San Jacinto watershed: Yet whether you look at total dollars spent or construction dollars, the 2% figure remains. San Jacinto Watershed Receives Less than $5 Million Per Year in […]

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]]> 1052900 Hundreds of Houston-area seniors at risk of food insecurity after federal funding cuts to … https://houstonnewmedia.org/hundreds-of-houston-area-seniors-at-risk-of-food-insecurity-after-federal-funding-cuts-to/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hundreds-of-houston-area-seniors-at-risk-of-food-insecurity-after-federal-funding-cuts-to Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:55:34 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=09547cc670c9d73a368000b4ced049ec Longtime Missouri City council member challenging mayor in November election Missouri City Hall · Houston's Emancipation Park to expand with new ...

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]]> 1052799 Democrats block government funding bill for 12th time after marathon floor protest https://houstonnewmedia.org/democrats-block-government-funding-bill-for-12th-time-after-marathon-floor-protest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=democrats-block-government-funding-bill-for-12th-time-after-marathon-floor-protest Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:49:36 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7c748adfcc8a834df2f973a2dedc9be1 ... Fort Bend County, deputies say. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) was the lone Republican to oppose the measure. Democrats who blocked the House-passed bill say ...

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]]> 1050068 2025 Q3 HCFCD Spending Figures Show Continuing Decline https://houstonnewmedia.org/2025-q3-hcfcd-spending-figures-show-continuing-decline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025-q3-hcfcd-spending-figures-show-continuing-decline Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:58:19 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53926 10/7/2025 – Newly posted spending figures on the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) website for the third quarter of 2025 show a continuing slowdown in spending. Last quarter, HCFCD spending fell below where we started after the flood-bond election in 2018 … almost to a quarter of what it was at the peak under […]

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]]> 1039940 Brazoria County gets funding to offset future disasters | News | thefacts.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/brazoria-county-gets-funding-to-offset-future-disasters-news-thefacts-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brazoria-county-gets-funding-to-offset-future-disasters-news-thefacts-com Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:35:48 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=4462ba6b0a7535f1de09d0b446b06318 Brazoria County communities will have sturdier infrastructure and be more resilient to future flooding events after sharing in $45 million in ...

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]]> 1035305 FAQs About Water Propositions on November Ballot https://houstonnewmedia.org/faqs-about-water-propositions-on-november-ballot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faqs-about-water-propositions-on-november-ballot Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:28:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53757 9/27/25 – The information below comes from a Texas Water Development Board newsletter pertaining to water supply funding propositions on the November Ballot. Buried within them are some rules that could also benefit flood mitigation. I am reprinting the newsletter verbatim. Proposition 4 and Texas Water Fund Frequently Asked Questions Proposition 4 will be on […]

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]]> 1032424 Winters Bayou Project Might Reduce Flooding, Increase Water Supply https://houstonnewmedia.org/winters-bayou-project-might-reduce-flooding-increase-water-supply/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winters-bayou-project-might-reduce-flooding-increase-water-supply Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:21:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53723 According to ChatGPT, the 2025 Texas legislature this year devoted 2.7 times more money to increasing water supply than to mitigating flooding. The water-supply funding aims to keep Texas growing, even as large sections of the state struggle with water shortages, drought, aquifer depletion and subsidence. Dual-Purpose Funding But some of the money allocated by […]

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]]> 1032386 HCFCD Launches New Flood-Bond Dashboard https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:21:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53680 9/18/25 – Just-in-Time Data! Harris County Commissioners have been begging for up-to-date information about the 2018 Flood Bond since February. Today, they will see a new Flood Bond Dashboard. It should enable them to make better, more timely decisions about flood-bond projects. At times in the last few months, Commissioners requests became both blunt and […]

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]]> 1028999 HCFCD Launches New Flood-Bond Dashboard https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard-2 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:21:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53680 9/18/25 – Just-in-Time Data! Harris County Commissioners have been begging for up-to-date information about the 2018 Flood Bond since February. Today, they will see a new Flood Bond Dashboard. It should enable them to make better, more timely decisions about flood-bond projects. At times in the last few months, Commissioners requests became both blunt and […]

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]]> 1029000 With Grant Deadlines Approaching, Bid Deadlines Are Slipping https://houstonnewmedia.org/with-grant-deadlines-approaching-bid-deadlines-are-slipping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-grant-deadlines-approaching-bid-deadlines-are-slipping Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:09:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53627 9/16/2025 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) could soon be caught in a time squeeze. Deadlines are fast approaching on hundreds of millions of dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via the Texas General Land Office (GLO). Yet HCFCD is pushing projected start dates for those […]

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]]> 1028480 Harris County Commissioners to Discuss Future of Flood Bond on Thursday https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-to-discuss-future-of-flood-bond-on-thursday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-to-discuss-future-of-flood-bond-on-thursday Mon, 15 Sep 2025 01:42:39 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53592 9/14/25 – On Thursday, 9/18/25, Harris County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss the future of the 2018 Flood Bond. Again. Item 117 on the agenda says, “Request for discussion and possible action regarding a report from the Flood Control District related to the 2018 Bond Program.” Unfortunately, no report is attached to the agenda. […]

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]]> 1027043 Trump funding cut may delay Houston sexual assault cases, medical examiners warn https://houstonnewmedia.org/trump-funding-cut-may-delay-houston-sexual-assault-cases-medical-examiners-warn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-funding-cut-may-delay-houston-sexual-assault-cases-medical-examiners-warn Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:55:49 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b96176f7de19be697060958208de0eb0 The procession begins transporting the body of Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas to Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ...

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]]> 1020750 HCFCD Issues Maintenance Update after Tax Increase https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-issues-maintenance-update-after-tax-increase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-issues-maintenance-update-after-tax-increase Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:26:39 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53425 9/4/25 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) issued an update on its maintenance activity to Commissioners Court in a transmittal on 8/26/25. Without explaining exactly where (geographically) the money went, the 7-page overview details HCFCD’s increase in activity enabled by its November 2024 “Proposition A” maintenance tax. The tax provides another $100 million annually […]

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]]> 1020723 City Controller Finds Houston Underprepared for Disasters https://houstonnewmedia.org/city-controller-finds-houston-underprepared-for-disasters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-controller-finds-houston-underprepared-for-disasters Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:13:16 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53415 9/3/25 – A new study by City of Houston Controller Chris Hollins found that Houston is underprepared for disasters. FEMA ranks Harris County #1 nationally for hurricane risk. However, Houston has roughly half the disaster reserves of other cities studied and half the amount recommended by Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Best Practices. The study […]

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]]> 1020205 KCMO reaches funding deal with KCATA – YouTube https://houstonnewmedia.org/kcmo-reaches-funding-deal-with-kcata-youtube/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kcmo-reaches-funding-deal-with-kcata-youtube Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:11:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d1475c7539fffe09f554f3ea5ccafda0 29K views · 2:55 · Go to channel. Kansas City, Missouri, City Council approves transit service deal; KCATA to review Friday. KSHB 41 New 112 views.

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]]> 1006966 Correlation Between Flood Damage, Mitigation Spending Keeps Dropping https://houstonnewmedia.org/correlation-between-flood-damage-mitigation-spending-keeps-dropping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=correlation-between-flood-damage-mitigation-spending-keeps-dropping Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:14:27 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53020 8/11/25 – The correlation between flood damage and flood-mitigation spending by HCFCD keeps dropping, indicating an increasing influence of other factors, such as race, on spending. What is Coefficient of Correlation? Coefficient of correlation measures the strength of association between two variables, for instance hours spent studying and exam scores. Statisticians consider a correlation of […]

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]]> 1004577 Mercer Basin Illustrates Risks of HCFCD Slowdown for Quarter Billion in HUD Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/mercer-basin-illustrates-risks-of-hcfcd-slowdown-for-quarter-billion-in-hud-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mercer-basin-illustrates-risks-of-hcfcd-slowdown-for-quarter-billion-in-hud-funding Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:41:44 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52961 8/8/25 – The Mercer Stormwater Detention Basin at FM1960 and the Hardy Tollroad along Cypress Creek illustrates the difficulty HCFCD will face as it attempts to build 11 comparable basins in the next year and a half. The Mercer Basin, originally projected to take one year – on an expedited schedule – has taken more […]

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