Yilun Cheng - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/yilun-cheng/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:15:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Yilun Cheng - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/yilun-cheng/ 32 32 103504436 Chronicle Tracks County Political Donations of Floodplain Developers https://houstonnewmedia.org/chronicle-tracks-county-political-donations-of-floodplain-developers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chronicle-tracks-county-political-donations-of-floodplain-developers Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:15:11 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54258 10/28/25 – Yilun Cheng and Matt Zdun, reporters for the Houston Chronicle, published an article this morning about the political donations of floodplain developers. It represents a new high-water mark in investigative journalism concerning Houston’s flooding problems. Cheng and Zdun found $10.8 million in contributions from development interests to county judges and commissioners in Harris […]

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]]> 1053562 Investigation Finds 65,000 Homes Built in Region’s Floodplains Since Harvey https://houstonnewmedia.org/investigation-finds-65000-homes-built-in-regions-floodplains-since-harvey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investigation-finds-65000-homes-built-in-regions-floodplains-since-harvey Mon, 06 Oct 2025 01:29:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53882 10/5/25 – A Houston Chronicle article last month by investigative reporter Yilun Cheng found that 65,000 homes were built in Houston area floodplains since Hurricane Harvey. This six-minute ABC13 interview with Cheng captures the highlights of her research. Cheng’s Key Findings Cheng found that builders have constructed more than 65,000 new properties in flood zones […]

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