New = Houston's Midtown development zone spent years buying land for affordable housing, hoping to stop luxury townhomes from taking over Third Ward. Then the agency quietly sold 16.6 acres of that land to developers – some of whom plan to build townhomes.

RT @abbschurch: Big day for Houston politics with @plummer4hou leaving City Council. Candidates are already lining up to take her place. A….

RT @clairehao_: After Hurricane Beryl, Houston-area Democrats redoubled their fight to require generators or other types of backup power at….

RT @abbschurch: BREAKING: @plummer4hou is stepping back from Houston City Council to launch a campaign for Harris County Judge. She told….

RT @JohnWFerguson: 'It's a prison:' Asylum seekers in Houston detention centers face longer stays, no clear answers .

RT @taygoldenstein: Texas Supreme Court rules that trial courts do NOT have the authority to compel the governor and attorney general to re….

RT @alanfossler: Deleted news story hints that Letitia Plummer may run for county judge. Will she have to resign? via @abbschurch . https:/….

RT @alanfossler: HISD is seeing larger enrollment declines at NES schools since the state takeover began, via @meganmmenchaca and @agoodwin….

RT @alanfossler: Largest flood bond in history of Harris County faces $1 billion funding shortage, via @Thelastlomax and @RebekahFWard htt….

RT @keribla: Houston is getting ready to ban people from sleeping on the sidewalk at any time, day or night because city officials say it w….

So much tough talk from state leaders. So few results for Houstonians a year later. Important update from @neenareports @clairehao_ 👇. Texas lawmakers failed to deliver on big CenterPoint reforms post-Beryl: 'Band-Aids on bullet wounds' via @houstonchron.

RT @neenareports: NEW: We asked TX leaders if they're really sure @CenterPoint is refunding consumers for those massive generators post-Ber….

RT @jblackmanChron: We have a rare opening on our Austin team for a stellar political reporter. This is a great role at a company that's ea….

RT @taygoldenstein: NEW: Several current and former staffers of AG Ken Paxton's office are trading explosive accusations in new filings, th….

RT @abbschurch: ⚡️Some news on the generator front: @houmayor @whitmire_john and his team (alongside @HUDgov secretary Scott Turner) have f….

RT @JohnWFerguson: She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her. via @houstonchro….

RT @Rya_n_ickerson: Here's some neighborhood drama for you: People are. concerned. after a records request revealed that a former city….

RT @sarahesmith23: UPDATE: The Texas Funeral Service Commission fired the executive director. Furious staffers walked out of the meeting wi….

RT @sgonzalezkelly: Houston is a sprawling city, but in the past couple years Downtown has finally started to catch up with the boom. It gr….

RT @rebekahallen: 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….

RT @neenareports: Incredible story today from @RASchuetz: Attorneys representing the Houston Housing Authority filed a legal brief with fak….