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Houston OKs funding to repair decorative lights on Southwest Freeway bridges

Houston City Council members passed an item Sept. 20 approving a collaboration between the city and Houston First Corporation on the repair and upkeep of the decorative lights on bridges over the Southwest Freeway in the Downtown corridor.

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The city of Houston will create a new dashboard to collect more data on firearm injuries in the city in an effort to better inform violence intervention and prevention efforts. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)

Published 12:21 PM | Sep 8, 2023 CDT

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Houston City Council members agreed to provide additional funding for the construction of the Montrose Public Library, coming to the Montrose Collective. (Rendering courtesy Radom Capital)

Published 12:35 PM | Sep 6, 2023 CDT

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Published 9:06 AM | Sep 6, 2023 CDT

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Published 3:25 PM | Sep 4, 2023 CDT

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Officials with the Union Pacific Railroad are highlighting a newly revealed state assessment in Houston that found "no cancer concerns" in some samplings of contaminated soil at a Union Pacific site near the Fifth Ward. However, officials with the Houston Health Department said the state assessment was too small and generic to be applicable to the concerns the community is facing. (Community Impact staff)

Updated 9:01 AM | Sep 7, 2023 CDT