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View allFound and not forgotten: One descendant’s fight to honor the prison laborers who helped build Sugar Land
A part of Sugar Land history is still waiting for its own preservation efforts to take shape: the 95 graves for African-American prison laborers subjected to the state’s convict-leasing system after the Civil War and forced to labor on the area's sugar cane plantations.
Galveston County residents show environmental concerns about proposed desalination plant
The proposed Bayshore Desalination Facility aims to help with water security in the region by removing salt and minerals from seawater to produce 24.5 million gallons of drinking water a day for a region that’s home to nearly 8 million residents.
Hello Houston – LIVE at Sugar Land Town Square (November 13, 2026)
Today: We broadcast from the heart of Sugar Land to highlight what all one of the largest and fastest growing cities in Texas has to offer.
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All in Local AIHello Houston – The Commuter Cut (November 13, 2026)
For our busy Houston commuters, we have – The Commuter Cut – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.
Karl Rove: Texas midterms ‘would have been different’ if Cornyn received Senate nomination over Paxton
In an interview with Houston Public Media, the former Bush Administration official said he was surprised by the depth of Democrats’ success in the midterm election but said Texas had “special circumstances” with its Senate race.
Ken Paxton finalizes divorce from state Sen. Angela Paxton days after his U.S. Senate loss, per report
In her July 2025 divorce petition, filed a few months after Ken Paxton launched his Senate campaign, Angela Paxton said the couple had stopped living together more than a year earlier.
On Veterans Day, House pushes through massive and controversial veterans bill
Despite concerns over veteran disability compensation, Republicans pushed through a huge veterans' benefits bill on a voice vote Wednesday.
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All in Business of AIJon Rosenthal names Railroad Commission transition team, priorities in first address
The Cypress Democrat said in Midland that he’d push to raise salaries, boost production and turbocharge orphan well plugging.
Ken Paxton’s office drops lawsuit accusing NCAA of deceptive marketing of women’s sports
The Texas attorney general had accused the college sports organization of allowing transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.
Parents of students with disabilities fear losing Texas’ “life-changing” school vouchers
Democrats vowed to end the state’s education savings accounts, which give more than 18,800 students with disabilities public funds for private school and homeschooling.
Scalding state review blasts Texas funeral agency’s lax oversight of body donation program
The identified shortcomings raised “serious concerns” about the stability and operation of the agency, the review found.