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Brazoria County soon will begin an important environmental initiative to strengthen and restore the coastal dunes along Bluewater Highway.
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Brazoria County soon will begin an important environmental initiative to strengthen and restore the coastal dunes along Bluewater Highway.
Read More6/29/25 – Analysis of documents released after the Harris County Commissioner’s Court meeting on 6/26/25, shows that because of a claimed 25% funding shortfall the county will cut 80% of the projects in the bond. Before the meeting, the county had released only one blank page about what turned out to be the disappearance of […]
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Read MoreHouston’s health care and academic institutions, including the Texas Medical Center, could lose millions of dollars towards research if the National Institutes of Health moves forward with reducing indirect costs.
Read More6/7/2025 – The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has provided an update on the status of more than $850 million in Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) grant applications related to Hurricane Harvey – including two that affect the Humble/Kingwood/Lake Houston Area. GLO manages grants for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]
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Read MoreHowever, lawmakers approved just $20 million over two years specifically for program expansion at UH Katy and no funding for the Sugar Land Campus.
Read More6/3/25 – The new 1,056-page Texas state budget includes more than $200 million for Houston-area flood mitigation projects and dredging. The legislature allocated $50 million for Lake Houston dredging through the Texas Water Development Board and another $150 million for Houston/Harris County Area flood-mitigation projects. That’s out of a total $581 million appropriated to TWDB […]
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Read More5/31/25 – The 2025 Hurricane Season starts tomorrow, 6/1/25. But ironically, despite predictions of an above-average season, the federal agencies that help forecast hurricanes, issue warnings, and provide disaster relief are struggling with significant funding, staff and program cuts. Poignant Letter in New York Times Michael Lowry, who served as a senior scientist at the […]
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Read MoreOn May 16, the Texas House passed House Bill 871—by state representatives Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City … Missouri City, said. 2. Bill on …
Read More4/26/25 – Where does Texas get its money and why does it matter? According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau analyzed by the Pew Foundation, the State of Texas received almost as much revenue from the Federal Government as it did from taxes in 2022. That means that cutbacks in federal spending could affect […]
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Read MoreThe SRCC monitors weather and climate data for six states: Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma. … Sugar Land Crawfish Boil.
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