New: Houston officials doubled down on their $0 federal allocation for housing post Beryl and derecho today, citing advice the city received from the Trump/Biden admins on its inability to spend its cash in the past. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via Houston Chronicle

A very diplomatic Ken Paxton, then a state rep, said in 2012 he disagreed w/ in-state tuition for undoc’d immigrants, a policy he’ll now have to defend in court as AG. “Even if we love them, even if we say they’re the greatest people in the world, there’s only so many dollars.”

BREAKING: After a high-tension, eight-hour meeting, Houston council has officially approved Mayor John Whitmire's $7B budget following months of consolidation efforts and searches for cuts. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via Houston Chronicle

And another BREAKING from today's council meeting: Whitmire's chief of staff Chris Newport is leaving the administration at the end of the week after a year and a half of leading the mayor's team. Whitmire has yet to publicly announce his new chief. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

Important note in this latest update: This is not necessarily the end of the case. A third party could intervene to appeal if they can show they would be harmed by the rescinding of the policy. Read more here >>

BREAKING: Mayor John Whitmire has a new chief of staff. Cynthia Wilson, who served as one of the mayor's special advisors, steps into the role immediately. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via Houston Chronicle

Seeing all the townhomes popping up around the East End, you’d think that the are is booming. In fact, the opposite is occurring: the East End’s population is dropping at some of the highest rates in the city, even as new households move in (gift link) ⬇️ houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

Despite there being over 100k calls to HPD for noise complaints since 2022, very few people actually get ticketed. Here's why houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Plainclothes ICE agents arrest 3 at Houston immigration court moments after cases were dropped houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

We Houston Chronicle witnessed arrests at immigration court for the second day in a row today. Plainclothes ICE agents took 3 men whose asylum cases had just been dismissed by a judge and put them in handcuffs houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker plans to run for Lina Hidalgo's Harris County judge seat houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via @houstonchron

Will you receive any money when you file a home insurance claim in Texas? Flip a coin. Matt Zdun and I looked at the home insurers with the highest rates of claims closed without payment. Search to see where your home insurer falls. Houston Chronicle houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

.Greg Abbott says he still hasn't decided if he will veto THC ban: "This is a time when I will once again put on my judicial hat and weigh arguments on both sides and figure out a pathway forward." #txlege houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

📢Are you homeschooling in Texas? The Houston Chronicle wants to hear from you. Why did you choose to homeschool? What’s it really like? Would you apply for the new ESA program? 📝Share your story here: houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/… #TexasHomeschool #HoustonNews #MyHomeschoolStory

Report from today's protest, which drew more than 15k people. Biggest demonstration I've seen personally since moving to Houston four years ago houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Houston Housing Authority cited over a dozen cases in a legal brief. Almost none of the quotes exist, via Rebecca Schuetz houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

Incredible story today from Rebecca Schuetz: Attorneys representing the Houston Housing Authority filed a legal brief with fake quotes. These lawyers are getting paid $280/an hour with YOUR TAX DOLLARS. houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Texas DPS asked a migrant if he had tattoos. He didn't. They searched his phone and found a pic of him standing next to of a man that did. That was enough to label him Tren de Aragua, getting him shipped to El Salvador, lawyers say. via Alejandro Serrano texastribune.org/2025/06/18/tex…

Houston is a sprawling city, but in the past couple years Downtown has finally started to catch up with the boom. It grew by nearly 40% in five years, 3rd-most of any hood in the city. Explored the trend and what it means for the city here: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

UPDATE: The Texas Funeral Service Commission fired the executive director. Furious staffers walked out of the meeting with him. "I don’t lose," the director told me after his firing. "Texas loses." for Houston Chronicle w/ the wonderful Dug Begley houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic…