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  Hidalgo Announces New Guidelines for Safely Reopening Harris County Schools

  August 12 at 6:01 p.m.

  Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo revealed on Wednesday a new set of recommendations for when she and county public health officials believe area schools could safely reopen for in-person instruction, based on multiple COVID-19 metrics. During an afternoon press conference held to announce these legally non-binding guidelines, Hidalgo and Dr...

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  Turner Details Newly Passed Rental Relief Program and Eviction Limitations

  August 5 at 4:45 p.m.

  On Wednesday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner filled in some more details of the new rental relief program he announced Friday, including the fact that landlords who accept funds from even one tenant who qualifies for assistance must agree to halt evictions for all residents at that apartment through September 2020...

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  Beloved Alice’s Tall Texan Bar Is Closing Its Doors Forever In August

  August 3 at 4 a.m.

  Alice’s Tall Texan bar has recently announced on their Facebook page that they will be permanently closing in August.

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  Houston Reports Record 18 COVID-19 Deaths as Turner Announces Rent Relief Fund

  July 31 at 5:54 p.m.

  Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that the Houston Health Department reported a record-high 18 new COVID-19 deaths within the city on Friday in an end of week press conference. The previous single-day record of 16 new deaths was reported on July 15. Houston’s COVID-19 death toll now sits at 450,...

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  Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston Defaced in Act of Racist Vandalism

  July 29 at 12:37 p.m.

  When Desmond Bertrand-Pitts, CEO of the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston, got an email from a colleague on Tuesday asking if he needed any help cleaning up, he thought there had been some kind of mistake. Even when his colleague followed up with photos of the hateful message scrawled...

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  Gio Chamba Can't Stop And Won't Slow Down With New Releases in 2020

  July 28 at 4 a.m.

  In terms of diversity, Houston has nothing to prove but for anyone looking for an example of the city’s ability to represent culturally, look no further than the energetic duo Gio Chamba. Gio Chamba and his percussionist Coffee Leaf have been drawing in Houston crowds for the past five years...