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Isnt’t it Ion(ic), don’t you think? A little too Ion(ic)…

Rice University is transforming the former Sears in Midtown into a new 266,000-square foot technology hub located at 4201 Main. Called the Ion, it will function as the centerpiece of the new 16-acre innovation district currently in development and serve as a working space for future innovators. There is also storefront space for several local […]

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Six Low-Income Watersheds Receive One Billion Dollars More than Six High-Income Watersheds

Second in a Series of Eight Articles on Flood-Mitigation Funding in Harris County If the charges of racial and income bias in flood-mitigation funding in Harris County were true, you would expect the poorest neighborhoods to get less funding than the most affluent. But the opposite is true. They get a billion dollars more Contrary to the “equity” […]

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High Chance of Tropical Formation for Disturbance in Gulf as It Heads North

At 8AM EDT this morning, the National Hurricane Center issued an update for that blob of moisture in the Bay of Campeche that forecasters have focused on for a week now. Last weekend, its chance of tropical formation was 20%. NHC now gives it a 70% chance. NHC also has it headed, like a billiard […]

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Johnnie Blonde really does have more fun

The Johnnie Walker Whisky company has launched its new Johnnie Blonde label, a Houston exclusive in the United States. The blended Scotch brand is celebrating the new release, hosting a couple of events around the city of Houston, and creating a cocktail kit to be delivered to your door. Houston Food Finder has been given […]

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Follow-ups: Whatever became of…?

Below are several follow-ups in “capsule” form to 11 news items recently featured on ReduceFlooding.com. Subsidence Everyone of the people who made public comments at the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) meeting on Monday favored including a subsidence metric. Except for one. The person who stands to benefit the most from pumping more groundwater. […]

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