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Missouri City has previously required masks at city facilities, including recently resumed in-person City Council meetings. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
UPDATED: Missouri City, Sugar Land to no longer require masks following Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order
Public schools cannot require students, teachers, parents and other staff members or visitors to wear masks after June 4, Gov. Greg Abbott declared in an executive order issued May 18. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Public schools can't require students, staff to wear masks after June 4, Gov. Abbott says
Effective June 26, unemployed Texans will no longer be eligible to receive the $300 weekly unemployment supplement from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Gov. Greg Abbott announces end-date for Texans to receive federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on May 10 expanded Pfizer's emergency use authorization to include adolescents ages 12-15. (Courtesy Pexels)
Fort Bend County residents ages 10-20 make up majority of recent COVID-19 cases
The Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Commission is awaiting regulation recommendations that could shape the future of the city’s more popular pedestrian spaces. (Graphic by Chase Brooks/Community Impact Newspaper)
'What does Sugar Land want to be when it grows up?': City officials plan path to redevelopment
The Texas Department of State Health Services projects a significant shortage of nurses by 2032. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Q&A: Why Texas faces a growing nursing shortage and what can be done to address it
The preliminary budget recommendation designates $27,000,000 to nonprofit partnerships in Fort Bend County. (Courtesy Fotolia)
Fort Bend County leaders approve initial distribution plan for $157.42M in COVID-19 relief funds
Missouri City City Council approved an ordinance related to the city's pay plan during its May 3 meeting on the first of two required readings. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
Missouri City City Council gives initial go-ahead for employee pay increases
Missouri City voters favor nine charter amendments. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
UPDATE: All nine Missouri City charter amendments slated to pass, including term length, limit changes
Find results from the May 1 Sugar Land City Council election. (Claire Shoop/Community Impact Newspaper)
UPDATE: 5-vote margin secures Whatley's win in Sugar Land Position 1 race
Hunan Garden Restaurant, which opened more than 30 years ago, will soon leave the Kings Crossing shopping center. (Courtesy Hunan Garden Restaurant)
Hunan Garden Restaurant to leave Kingwood spot; 7 developments underway in Magnolia and more top Houston-area news
Sugar Land City Council recently voted to approve an advanced funding agreement with TxDOT for improvements to the city’s wireless communication system—which works to time lights and mitigate traffic. (Courtesy Fotolia)
TxDOT slated to help fund Sugar Land traffic improvement project
City Council terminated Odis Jones' employment April 26. He became Missouri City's eighth city manager July 20, 2020. (Courtesy city of Missouri City)
Missouri City City Manager Odis Jones' contract terminated, to be paid more than $250,000 in severance
The youth-led group will work with a team of mentors to strategize, organize and mobilize for policy change and reform on issues they deem important. (Courtesy Fort Bend County)
Fort Bend County judge launches youth leadership council
Former Missouri City Mayor Yolanda Ford and former City Manager Odis Jones at his swearing-in July 31. (Courtesy city of Missouri City)
Missouri City City Council ousts City Manager Odis Jones
Texas will add two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022. (Community Impact Newspaper file photo)
Texas is the only state adding two U.S. House districts, and it just missed out on a third
A judge has dismissed the city of Houston from a lawsuit in which a Lake Conroe nonprofit sought to file a restraining order against the San Jacinto River Authority and the city. (Vanessa Holt/Community Impact Newspaper)
Lawsuit on Lake Conroe lowering continues; Katy ISD to return to standard operations and more top Houston-area news
Ahead of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1-Nov. 30, the Harris County Flood Control District recently installed 23 new gauge stations throughout the Greater Houston area, which are expected to provide the district with enhanced rainfall information throughout the region in the event of future flooding. (Courtesy Harris County Flood Control District)
Harris County Flood Control District installs 23 new gauge stations throughout Greater Houston area
The Sugar Land Skeeters will play at Constellation Field through the 2045 season. (Courtesy Sugar Land Skeeters)
Sugar Land City Council finalizes Constellation Field lease agreement with Houston Astros