Two federal lawsuits challenge Census methods and who gets counted, raising the prospect of altered congressional seats and federal funding for Texas. Courts will decide whether privacy tools or noncitizens stay in the apportionment count.

The Texas Supreme Court has allowed Pappas Restaurants to seek discovery in its challenge to the Hobby Airport concessions deal. The move could reopen a dispute that pushed Pappas out of the terminal in 2023.

A debarred Houston contractor is tied to a bribery probe, but a city agenda still lists an $8.3M final payment — officials are racing to sort law from politics.

Five newly elected HISD trustees were sworn in Thursday, but a TEA-appointed board still holds the votes and governing power through at least June 2027. The oath was largely symbolic while elected members say they’ll keep showing up.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to review the appeal of more than 100 former Houston Methodist workers fired in 2021 for refusing a COVID vaccine. The outcome could affect employer mandates nationwide.

Houston's first Fleet Week, postponed due to a government shutdown, is now scheduled for April 15-22, 2026, with events planned citywide to honor Navy and Coast Guard members.

Texas AG's office conducted raids in Houston, detaining 50 individuals and transferring them to federal authorities amid immigration enforcement efforts.

Houston allocates $30 million for the demolition of dilapidated buildings to improve stormwater drainage, addressing public safety and flood risks across the city.

Texas oil and gas paid about $27 billion in state and local taxes in FY2025 — roughly $74 million a day — funding schools and infrastructure even as firms trim staff. Production records and pipeline projects helped keep revenue flowing.

A Texas A&M professor says he was ordered to remove Plato passages and race/gender modules from an intro ethics syllabus under a new regents rule. Free-speech groups are protesting.

HISD’s plan to move on‑campus magnet and CTE classes into the Barbara Jordan Career Center set off heated meetings at Heights High and a delayed board vote. Parents warn bussing and program loss would hollow out neighborhood schools.

A federal suit from Texas AFT challenges state education probes into teachers' private social posts. The case may set a statewide limit on what educators can say online.

HISD expanded its cellphone rules this semester, lengthening confiscation windows and adding alternative‑campus placements for repeat violators.