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  Chris Shepherd Tests Positive for Coronavirus

  October 16 at 8:49 a.m.

  Houston's much loved and respected chef, Chris Shepherd, announced in an Instagram post Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Shepherd, who operates a number of restaurants in Houston under the Underbelly Hospitality umbrella including UB Preserv, Georgia James, Hay Merchant and One Fifth, is known almost as...

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  Computer Error Means Rocky Start To Early Voting In Fort Bend County [UPDATED]

  October 13 at 10:32 a.m.

  On the first day of early voting, widespread technical difficulties in Fort Bend County meant that no votes could be cast when polls opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. Hundreds of would-be voters were queued up in massive lines at polling places across the county, many of whom gave up...

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  Abbott Says Bars Can Open Next Week At 50 Percent, If County Judges Approve [UPDATED]

  October 7 at 4:35 p.m.

  Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday afternoon that starting October 14, bars in most Texas counties can open at 50 percent capacity — as long as local county judges approve. Like his last round of opening Texas businesses more widely back on September 17, Abbott said that the new allowances for bar...

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  Texas Supreme Court Blocks Harris County Clerk From Sending Mail-In Ballot Applications [UPDATED]

  October 7 at 10:33 a.m.

  On Wednesday morning, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins cannot send out mail-in ballot applications to the 2.4 million registered voters in the county. “We hold that the Election Code does not authorize an early-voting clerk to send an application to vote by mail to...

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  Three Killed, One Injured in Building Collapse of Soon-to-be Marathon Oil HQ

  October 5 at 4:26 p.m.

  The construction site of the new Marathon Oil headquarters in Memorial partially collapsed early Monday afternoon, killing three construction workers and injuring one, according to the Houston Fire Department. All 240 construction workers are believed to be accounted for after the building’s stairwell collapsed. The identities of the victims are...

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  Turner's Police Reform Task Force Releases Full Report In Detail-Free Press Conference

  October 1 at 5 a.m.

  On Wednesday, 97 long days after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed his 45-person Task Force On Policing Reform in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, the task force’s leader was given the megaphone of City Hall to officially unveil the group's painstakingly researched list of 104 recommendations on how the...