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Work is moving forward on a Harris County Flood Control District project meant to reduce flooding in the lower portions of the Brays Bayou watershed. The overview The two Meyergrove Detention basins would be used to temporarily store excess stormwater during heavy rain events, which would gradually drain back into the channel through outfall pipes as it becomes safe for the bayou to… Read more »

A sharply divided U.S. House voted Thursday to amend the annual defense policy bill to ban a Biden administration policy that allowed service members to be reimbursed for abortion-related travel and other expenses. U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, introduced the amendment with the backing of Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, and 70 other Republican co-sponsors. Jackson argued that… Read more »

Texas is receiving over $3.3 billion in federal funding — more than any other state — to expand broadband internet access the state. Much of that money undoubtedly will be pumped into the Houston metro area, where a little over 180,000 (about 7 percent) of the more than 2.6 million households have no internet access. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration… Read more »

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher announced on Wednesday that Harris County has received $32.7 million that will be used for a construction improvement project for the Poor Farm Ditch drainage channel. The channel moves stormwater from West University Place and Southside Place to Brays Bayou. The funding for the reconstruction includes local, federal and state funds. Harris County Flood… Read more »

On 6/28/23, civic leaders from all levels of government gathered to celebrate the acquisition of enough funding to finally begin renovating Poor-Farm Ditch. Poor-Farm Ditch runs from Greenway Plaza on the north to Brays Bayou on the south between West University Place and South Side Place. Harris County Flood Control District started studying ditch improvements more than 20 years… Read more »

364 DAYS SINCE DOBBS — Saturday marks one year since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion across the nation. The landmark case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, redrew battle lines across the country, including on Capitol Hill, where there are familiar fights playing out alongside fresh legislative questions. Democrats are fighting —… Read more »

According to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. The statistics are worse in Harris County where Black women are three-and-a-half times more likely to die during childbirth than their white counterparts. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) announced that $1.4… Read more »

Houston Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher announced Tuesday morning an additional $1.4 million in federal funding to be allocated to combatting Black maternal mortality in Harris County. The U.S. itself has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world, with Black women being disproportionately impacted. According to data released by the CDC in March, the national… Read more »

Congress should pass legislation that reauthorizes the FirstNet Authority “well in advance” of its scheduled sunset in 2027, because the organization has proven to be “an amazing success story, according to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Alan Davidson Davidson made the comments last week during a hearing of the House communications and… Read more »