Spring Independent School District will close two schools due to budget deficits and low enrollment, with plans to rezone students and improve academic services.

ERCOT signed off on a roughly $9 billion kickoff to a statewide plan to build 765‑kV transmission lines meant to ease congestion and meet surging demand. The decision begins a multiyear push that planners say could reshape how power moves across Texas.

More than 200 IAH lounge workers ratified new three‑year contracts that set a $20 minimum and boost the lowest wages immediately, rising to $22 by 2028.

The HISD settled a lawsuit to use a student's legal name and female pronouns, addressing the parents' complaints about pronoun use and religious rights.

Tents and RVs are showing up along FM 1960 and Louetta Road as Houston’s unsheltered population edges into unincorporated Harris County.

Hope City Houston inaugurates its first permanent location in a renovated office building, with grand opening services and future plans for community development.

Texas Governor Abbott granted $9.8 million to Temple College for a new Central Texas Chips Hub, promoting semiconductor industry workforce training and economic growth.

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan has been named grand marshal of the 2026 Downtown Rodeo Parade after helping evacuate dozens during July's Hill Country floods.

Buddhist monk Bhante Dam Phommasan lost a leg after a vehicle hit him during a peace walk. He's now recovering while his companions continue their trek.

Houston officials plan to address heavy trash pickup delays with additional crews and private contractors, starting in the southwest moving north, to reduce the backlog of waste.

Residents at Spanish Village Apartments say repeated sewage backflows ruined furniture and left units hazardous while the leasing office declined to comment.

New data show Houston has one of the nation's worst rates of disconnected young adults, and more than 40% of young mothers in the region are out of work or school. The shortage of subsidized child care and a male‑dominated jobs market are locking parents out of better pay and education.

RodeoHouston pledged a record $30.3M for 2026 — $15M in scholarships, bigger exhibitor payouts and a new vocational award for 68 counties.