Houston’s water utility receives ‘negative’ financial outlook from S&P Global
The lowered outlook comes after significant financial restructuring by Mayor John Whitmire’s administration.
Summary by The Houston Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Dominic Anthony Walsh, as published by HPM Houston · · 1 min read
The lowered outlook comes after significant financial restructuring by Mayor John Whitmire’s administration.

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The report follows the sudden resignation of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's director and a days-long lockdown at all five of the state's youth prisons....
Houston Public Media · Nov 13, 2026

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An underage suspect reportedly stabbed a man during an argument on Thursday night.
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

safety
Sharper Image-Branded Tabletop Fire Pits and Sharper Image-Branded Tabletop Infinity Fire Pits were pulled from store shelves and were sold at various retailers including Amazon, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Walmart....
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

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K9 Morgan served the Arkansas Department of Corrections for 13 years before he passed away.
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

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HUNTR/X is hitting the road. The "KPop Demon Hunters" Golden World Tour will bring Rumi, Mira and Zoey to nearly 50 cities beginning in 2027. Here’s what to know....
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026
schools
Houston’s Rice University is among 30 colleges and universities named in a federal civil rights complaint alleging a graduate recruitment program could be helping schools circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based college admissions. The complaint, filed Thursd...
Click2Houston KPRC2 Local · Nov 13, 2026

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A male victim was pronounced deceased was he was found shot Friday morning.
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

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A driver whose pickup truck plowed onto a youth soccer field, killing a young boy and a father, will not face criminal charges following an investigation, prosecutors announced....
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

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Texas Democrats filed legislation ahead of the 2027 legislative session to expand Medicaid. Medicaid experts said if that passes, Texas would be expanding in a much different environment than other states....
Houston Public Media · Nov 13, 2026

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A Texas man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison last week for shipping thousands of packages of drugs across the country.
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026

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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....
Houston Public Media · Nov 13, 2026

parks
BMW owners of certain model vehicles manufactured between 2012 and 2018 are urged to park them outside and away from buildings.
FOX 26 Houston · Nov 13, 2026