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8 hours ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Dominic Anthony Walsh

A total of 18,276 people on the waitlist for Housing Choice Vouchers now have until June 30 to update their information on a new Houston Housing Authority portal due to an extension of the deadline.

13 hours ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Dominic Anthony Walsh

The City of Houston on Wednesday took another step toward settling a years-long legal battle over its spending on streets and drainage, with city council unanimously approving a settlement with the plaintiffs. "I thank (the plaintiffs) for their deliberation, for bringing the attention that the drainage fee hasn’t been used for its stated purpose for years," Mayor John Whitmire said.

2 days ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich

Grant funding from a national bank will help Houston's iconic Rothko Chapel restore a series of decades-old artworks that were damaged last summer during Hurricane Beryl. The Montrose chapel, dedicated in 1971 as an interfaith sanctuary, features works by the late Latvian-American abstract painter Mark Rothko.

2 days ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Craig Cohen

There's a reason the word "fan" is short for "fanatic." While most sports fans show their appreciation and disappointment with their favorite players and teams in generally appropriate ways, sometimes, some of them go too far. An example occurred this past weekend, when Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers, Jr. struggled in just his second pitching appearance in more than 900 days. McCullers has been recovering from major injuries and does not yet have full command of his pitches.

2 days ago | houstonpublicmedia.org | Dan Gorenstein |Melanie Evans

eKatherine Wells has been an epidemiologist working to protect the public from disease outbreaks for 25 years. Until January, she had never encountered measles. “I mean, we considered measles eradicated in the United States,” she said. Now, as public health director for Lubbock, Texas, Wells is at the center of a measles outbreak that has infected more than 700 people in Texas alone, sent more than 90 to the hospital and killed two otherwise healthy children.