Houston Landing

1 month ago | texastribune.org | Paul Cobler |Houston Landing

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Congressman and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner was laid to rest Saturday, culminating a week of memorials and tributes, with friends and colleagues across political lines celebrating him as an icon of the city who lived a life of public service with joy and faith.

Jan 8, 2025 | laesquinatx.com | Houston Landing

*Nota del editor: Para proteger la identidad de los migrantes citados y evitar represalias de los carteles mientras permanecen en México esperando sus citas de CBP One, se omiten sus nombres completos.*D nunca imaginó que el último tramo del viaje sería el más peligroso. Junto a su hija de 13 años y su esposo abordaron un autobús desde Monterrey a Reynosa, la etapa final de su travesía de 2,250 kilómetros desde San Pedro Sula, Honduras, hasta la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos.

Jan 2, 2025 | texastribune.org | Ceili Doyle |Houston Landing

Tecorya Davis shuffled inside the courtroom. Head down, shoulders slumped, tears silently streaming. “I just can’t believe I got here,” she said in late October. After sustaining a concussion on the job, Davis quit working for Ventex, a subcontractor for telecommunications company Xfinity. She fell behind on rent and an eviction notice slid through the crack of the door of her Braeswood apartment on Oct. 5.

Nov 25, 2024 | datiak12.io | Asher Lehrer-Small |Houston Landing

In his first year, Houston ISD’s state-appointed superintendent, Mike Miles, ushered in several changes that sparked massive media attention and community pushback — but another important set of shake-ups took place largely behind the scenes.

Nov 25, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Houston Landing

On the day after Jocelyn Nungaray’s funeral in June, her mother Alexis Nungaray received a voicemail from former President Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee and now president-elect. Alexis, 28, said the voicemail helped shape her decision to appear at Trump’s campaign events, which thrust her into the national immigration debate and also allowed her to keep 12-year-old Jocelyn’s memory alive.