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| April 27, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve several projects for inclusion in the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program Call for Projects, but deferred action on a recommendation by the H-GAC Technical Advisory Committee to not include Uptown Houston’s proposed transit system that includes dedicated bus lanes on Post Oak Boulevard and a connection at transit centers to the METRO system and to freeways for commuters. More |
| April 16, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a proclamation in honor of Frank Thompson, Jr., the chair of the Gulf Coast Workforce Board, who died recently. More |
| April 03, 2013 -- The Cedar Bayou Watershed Partnership will host a "Growing Green" meeting on April 16 for agricultural producers and landowners in the Cedar Bayou watershed. More |
| March 22, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council today voted unanimously to solicit public comment on a new transportation conformity determination and proposed revisions to the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Plan and 2035 Regional Transportation Plan Update. More |  |
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| March 19, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to renew a contract with the Gulf Coast Center for the Victory Lakes Park & Ride service from the University of Texas Medical Branch medical campus in League City to Galveston’s employment and activity centers on weekdays during peak periods for another year. More |
| March 07, 2013 -- Uptown Houston, originally formed in 1975 as a voluntary association of businesses and property owners in the Galleria area, and officially approved by the Texas Legislature and the governor as a management district in 1987, is now embarking on a major new amenity for its members – a plan to improve mobility in the area. More |
| February 26, 2013 -- The Greater Houston Partnership hosted a State of the County Address by Harris County Judge Ed Emmett on Monday. More |
| February 24, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday voted unanimously to receive public comment on potential 2013-2016 projects under consideration. More |
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 | February 23, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council held its annual General Assembly Meeting on Friday. More |
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| February 19, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to join an alliance of regional planning entities collaborating on opportunities and challenges associated with the Eagle Ford Shale Play. More |
 | January 26, 2013 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council voted unanimously on Friday to support a recommendation by the Bylaws Committee chaired by Houston City Council Member Stephen Costello to deny a request by The Woodlands Township to be included in the membership of the TPC. More |
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| January 16, 2013 -- Houston-Galveston Area Council Manager of Transportation and Air Quality Programs Alan Clark updated the H-GAC Board of Directors on Tuesday about a recent action by the Environmental Protection Agency that includes the Houston area as a possible non-attainment area for fine particulates. More |
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| December 23, 2012 -- Following the recent closure of New Horizon Family Center in Baytown, executive directors of four Houston area agencies along with the Texas Council on Family Violence are coordinating efforts to serve individuals and families who experience domestic violence or sexual assault. More |
| December 18, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to approve the $258,996,272 Budget and Service Plan for 2013. More |
| November 30, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council today voted unanimously to approve a resolution for “approval of air quality conformity determination”. More |
| October 28, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday heard reports on the Houston Intermodal Terminal Rail Access Study and the North Corridor (IH 45) Environmental Impact Study. More |
 | October 17, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to negotiate with Tegrity Homes for the H-GAC Round 2 Disaster Recovery Housing Program. (Correct) Tegrity Homes and AHRG Corporation were recommended to the board in ranked order. More |
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| September 30, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday voted to support a $2.5 million grant amendment for the Galveston Seawall; and voted to approve a resolution supporting a joint request to the Federal Transit Administration by the City of Conroe and The Woodlands Township that they be granted “designate recipient” status for federal funding. More |  |
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| September 18, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council today voted to negotiate with BBC Research & Consulting for consulting services to support the fair housing portion of the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant and to approve several contracts with firms for case studies in the various communities involved in the project. More |
| August 24, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council today talked about commuter rail between Galveston and Houston and a proposed high speed rail service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. More |  |
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 | August 22, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday engaged in a spirited discussion of “sustainability” and whether the board should take a vote on whether to support projects with that designation. More |
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| August 20, 2012 -- Bay Area Houston Magazine Publisher Rick Clapp hosted a Launch Party on August 16 for his new quarterly publication, Bay Area Best Practices, "the number one health and medical resource guide" in the region. More |  |
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 | August 16, 2012 -- A large crowd turned out for the rededication of the Truman G. Blocker Burn Unit at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Wednesday. More |
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| July 27, 2012 -- The Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday designated a segment of Interstate 69 concurrent with United States Highway 59 from the Liberty County line north of Interstate 610 in Houston. More |
| July 18, 2012 -- Attendance information has been added to Tuesday's report on the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Despite an intensive battle to represent the Galveston City Council at the H-GAC, there was no Galveston representative at the meeting. More |
| June 19, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the H-GAC Round 2 Phase 2 Method of Distribution of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds, which reallocates non-housing, public housing and subsidized housing funds. More |
| June 12, 2012 -- The Houston–Galveston Area Council has developed two new products, a website and a video, to help access and functional support needs individuals and others better prepare for hurricane season. More |
| May 25, 2012 -- A dozen elected and appointed officials appealed to the Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council to move forward on improvements to State Highway 146 from Red Bluff to FM 518. More |  |
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 | May 15, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to approve the Plans and Project Review Committee’s recommendations for the Criminal Justice Priority List. More |
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| April 29, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday voted unanimously to receive public comments about projects included in $2 billion in statewide funding approved last week by the Texas Transportation Commission. More |  |
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 | April 17, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to renew contracts with Goodwill, Gulf Coast Trades Center, Inc. and SER-Jobs for Progress to train out-of-school youth for jobs, but to not renew a contract with the Houston Area Urban League for the training. More |
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| March 25, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program and to the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan Update to program $162 million of state bond funding for outbound improvements to the US 290/IH 610 interchange. More |  |
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 | March 20, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors was two members short of a quorum, in part because of very bad weather, and agreed to have a discussion among the members present. More |
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| February 25, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday approved a resolution in support of several amendments to the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program and the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan Update as well as a resolution in support of recommendations for use of Rider 42 Bond funds. More |
| February 21, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to approve a list of appointments by H-GAC Chair Delores Martin, who is mayor of Manvel. More |
| January 29, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council held its annual meeting on Friday, electing Manvel Mayor Deloris Martin chair for 2012. More |  |
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| January 27, 2012 -- Guidry News Service has learned that State Farm Insurance has notified agents on the Texas Gulf Coast that about 11,000 homeowners’ insurance policies will not be renewed. More |
| January 27, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council today voted unanimously to elect new officers for 2012. More |  |
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| January 17, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council today announced the winners of the 2011 Parks and Natural Areas Award competition. More |
| January 17, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors today voted unanimously to request an extension in the time for comments for a proposed expansion of the ozone non-attainment area by the Environmental Protection Agency that would include Matagorda County. More |  |
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| January 17, 2012 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council will host a series of meetings over the next two months to develop a plan for the 13 county region. More |
| December 21, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted 26-3 to approve an amendment to the First Round Method of Distribution for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds, which adds Galveston Housing Authority as an eligible housing fund sub-recipient, and reallocates $25 million in housing funds from City of Galveston to Galveston Housing Authority. More |
 | December 16, 2011 -- Representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation today updated the Houston-Galveston Area Transportation Policy Council on the Houston-Austin Intercity Rail Study. More |
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| October 19, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a draft recommended method of distribution for Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery funds and announced that three public hearings will be held on the recommendations. More |  |
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| October 19, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council will hold three public hearings to garner public input on the method of distribution for approximately $969 million in Community Development Block Grant Hurricane Ike Disaster Recovery Funds. More |
| September 21, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an in-kind match of $216,570.51 for a $639,091 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to enforce the law against driving while intoxicated. More |
| September 19, 2011 -- The United States Coast Guard assisted the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in the rescue of two boys and a deputy in a forested area near Liberty this morning. More |
| August 26, 2011 -- John Barton, who on Thursday was named interim executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation, today updated the Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Council on development of SH 99, the Grand Parkway. More |  |
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| August 17, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Board of Directors on Tuesday voted to reaffirm its previous decision to negotiate with AECOM as the consultant to conduct a series of public outreach activities for initial input into development of the H-GAC sustainability plan More |
| July 24, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Committee on Friday voted unanimously to approve the 2012-2013 Unified Planning Work Program. More |
| June 27, 2011 -- Texas City Police Chief Robert Burby on Friday withdrew his name from the list of finalists for Beaumont's chief of police. More |
| June 07, 2011 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council Area Agency on Aging recently assisted in the 14th Texas Silver-Haired Legislature elections for the Houston-Galveston region. More |
| May 23, 2011 -- The Port of Beaumont Board of Commissioners today voted unanimously to continue a contribution rate of 14 percent of staff members’ salaries for the Texas County and District Retirement System. More |
| April 29, 2011 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a small business contract to Sol Engineering Service LLC in the amount of $143,531.60 for a transportation analysis of the Lake Sabine Study Area, Texas Hurricane Evacuation Study Program. More |
| April 25, 2011 -- Marty Guidry has issued a public invitation to all Guidrys in Southeast Texas to attend a meeting of Les Guédry d'Asteur (the Guedry, Guidry, Gaidry, Jeddry, Geddry, Labine, LaBean Acadian family association) in Beaumont, Texas on Saturday, April 30.
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| April 18, 2011 -- Residents of southern Louisiana, who are preparing for Grand Réveil Acadien 2011, the great Acadian Awakening, in October, are hosting an event in Southeast Texas to attract participants. More |
| February 09, 2011 -- Gulf Coast Weather Observer Jim O'Donnel reports that freezing rain has arrived in parts of Houston, but that Chambers and Galveston counties are not covered by any winter weather advisories, watches or warnings. More |
| February 03, 2011 -- Jim O'Donnel reports that snow is starting to develop over portions of West Texas extending eastward into the Texas Hill Country and the city of San Antonio and is moving toward Southeast Texas. More |
| February 03, 2011 -- The Salvation Army's Social Service Center in Beaumont will be closed on Friday due to the inclement weather; The Warming Station will be moved to the Emergency Shelter located at 2350 Interstate 10 East and will remain open. More |
| February 01, 2011 -- West Galveston Island Weather Observer Jim O'Donnel has posted an update on the Arctic weather system that has moved into Southeast Texas bringing the likelihood of significant snowfall. More |
 | January 20, 2011 -- The South East Texas Regional Planning Commission on Wednesday recognized Gisela Houseman, a community activist from Orange, with the Don Kelly Award.
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| October 08, 2010 -- October 6 - 12 is Physician Assistants Week. More |
| October 03, 2010 -- The Houston-Galveston Area Council has announced four public meetings within the H-GAC eight-county transportation region. More |
| September 26, 2010 -- Texas Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chair Senator Tommy Williams told the Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on Friday that the Texas Legislature will face a challenge in development of the budget for the next biennium. More |  |
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 | September 21, 2010 -- Houston-Galveston Area Council Executive Director Jack Steele today told the H-GAC Board of Directors that there has been some movement in the next phase of the Community Development Block Grant Hurricane Recovery Program. More |
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| September 07, 2010 -- Members of Liberty County Commissioners Court, representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation, members of the Texas Legislature and representatives of the Houston-Galveston Area Council met this morning in the Liberty County Commissioners Courtroom to discuss a proposal to transfer Liberty County from the Beaumont TxDOT region to the Houston TxDOT region. More |  |
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| August 16, 2010 -- Power and Praise Promotions will host The Remembrance Day Festival, a fundraiser for the Intrepid Fallen Hero's Fund, on September 11 in Cleveland, Texas. More |
| August 06, 2010 -- The United States Attorney's Office on Thursday announced that Harry Leroy Kelley, a captain with the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, has been indicted and charged with federal firearms violations on allegations of stealing firearms from the Cleveland Police Department's evidence room. More |
| July 29, 2010 -- Chambers County, the Texas Coastal Management Program, Texas Coastal Partners, and the soil and water conservation districts in Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties are together sponsoring a conservation workshop for landowners, to be held in Wallisville, on Friday, August 6. More |