District F: Mayor Turner Signs Executive Order on Police Reform, FY21 Budget Passed, Alief For BLM March

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Today, the Agenda Session focused on discussing amendments to the FY21 budget. Item #11 - Approving the annual budgets of the City of Houston, for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions for future adjustment to certain fund balances; making various amendments to the proposed budgets; authorizing certain transfers; redesignating a Cash Reserve in the Fund Balance; establishing a cost for copies [...]

2020-06-11T13:23:02-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Alert: Planned Protest on Saturday, June 6th, 2 pm to 4:30 pm at Crump Stadium, 12321 Hight Star, Houston, Texas 77072

Community Alert! Dear International District Constituents; There is a community protest scheduled on Saturday, June 6, 2020 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm at Crump Stadium, 12321 High Star, Houston, Texas, 77072. While we do not anticipate any violent encounters in our area as a result of this protest, we ask that everyone be mindful [...]

2020-06-04T18:08:37-05:00June 4th, 2020|

District F: June Food Distribution Partners, Super Neighborhood 17 Virtual Meeting, ACC Art Selection Committee

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Today, the Agenda Session began with a public hearing on the FY21 budget. Here were some of the notable Agenda items passed: Item #9 - REVOLUTION FOODS, INC for Emergency purchase of 150,000 Meals for adults age 60 and older related to COVID-19 Pandemic for the Houston Health Department - $500,000.00 - Grant Fund The Strategic Procurement Division issued [...]

2020-06-03T18:20:36-05:00June 3rd, 2020|

Houston’s Best Pakistani BBQ

By Christina Autry You know that you’ve arrived at what is hailed by many as the “best Desi restaurant in Houston” when you see the famous, unmarked orange and red restaurant at the corner of Bissonnet and Kirkwood. Reminiscent of a repurposed Waffle House, Bundu Khan’s popularity stems much more from its word-of-mouth reputation than [...]

2020-10-06T06:53:24-05:00June 2nd, 2020|

Hastings High School Alumni

Now that the International District’s three largest and oldest high schools have produced a generation or two of alumni, it’s fun to examine which famous athletes, musicians, performers, artists, business leaders and scientists came from each of these schools. Looking back now on the past 47 years since Hastings opened (followed soon by Elsik and [...]

2020-10-06T06:53:28-05:00June 2nd, 2020|

The County Connection: Three Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for Hurricane Season

The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge I wish we could say that, because of the COVID crisis, we all get a break from worrying about the potential of a catastrophic storm making landfall this year. Unfortunately, the truth is that hurricane season doesn’t give us the courtesy [...]

2020-06-02T11:51:29-05:00June 2nd, 2020|

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