While the classic Schoolhouse Rock! song
“I’m Just A Bill” only touched on what happens to legislation that doesn’t make it past committee hearings, bills in the Texas Legislature often die throughout the session, barely even making their way to the chamber floors.
Before the session begins, lawmakers file bills that they want to become law. Once it’s filed, a bill is referred to a committee that will host debate and discussion on it.
Committees have a lot of bills to consider. To put that into perspective, this session,
committees in the state House of Representatives. With a legislative session that only lasts five months, some bills are bound to not even be discussed.
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Consultants said Taylor Gully does not currently have the capacity to handle 100-year storm events. (Screenshot courtesy Harris County Flood Control District) The city of Houston was awarded almost $22.36 million from the Texas Water Development Board for drainage projects, $10.1 million of which will be used to improve Taylor Gully a channel in northeast Kingwood credited with exacerbating flooding twice in 2019.
The TWDB approved a resolution May 6 to provide almost $22.36 million to the city of Houston $18.68 million in a loan and $3.67 million in grants for the city to construct drainage projects, according to a May 6 release from the TWDB.
While $10.1 million will be used in Taylor Gully, the other almost $12.3 million will be used to add roadside ditches, in-line stormwater lines, culverts and other improvements in Wynnewood Acres, a community in northeast Houston. The TWDB funding is from the state s 2020 Flood Infrastructure Fund cycle, which was created by Senate Bill
Houston police searching for 5 suspects accused of robbing, assaulting man at Gulfton convenience store
The man told police he was walking out of the store when one suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it to his head while another suspect hit his head with a brick. Author: Lisa Carter, Jason Miles, Grace White Published: 3:07 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 11:01 PM CDT May 6, 2021
HOUSTON Houston police are searching for five suspects accused of robbing and assaulting a man at a convenience store in the Gulfton area.
The incident happened around 6:35 p.m. April 15 at a store in the 5400 bock of Chimney Rock Road. The man told police he was walking out of the store after buying lottery tickets when one suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it to his head while another suspect hit him in the head with a brick.
Texans sponsor food trucks in City Council District D for free meals | Daily Brew Feb 23, 2021 at 07:08 PM Copied!
After last week s winter storm caused statewide power outages that wiped out food supplies throughout communities, the Houston Texans helped out by sponsoring five food trucks in Houston s City Council District D.
The Texans provided free meals on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. with help from Texans Legends Travis Johnson, Anthony Hill, Cecil Shorts III, Moran Norris, Eric Brown, Wade Smith, Chester Pitts and Earl Mitchell. City Council District D residents received hot meals from one of five different local food trucks, including Gumbo Xpress, Nacho Monster, Ray s BBQ, Stonefire Pizza and Stuff d Wings.