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A farewell note from CEO Peter Bhatia
Journalism · Houston

A farewell note from CEO Peter Bhatia

To our readers and supporters:Today, May 15, 2025, Houston Landing says goodbye.After more than two years of producing independent, nonpartisan, deeply reported journalism, we have ceased operations due to financial challenges. While this outcome is disappointing, I also feel an immense amount of gratitude and pride in what our team built and accomplished.When Houston Landing launched in February 2023, we set out to make Houston better, one stor…Read Article
Who are HOU?: Meet Scot More, an advocate addressing homelessness at Houston’s Homeless Court
Culture · Houston

Who are HOU?: Meet Scot More, an advocate addressing homelessness at Houston’s Homeless Court

This Q&A is an installment of Houston Landing’s Who are HOU? series that aims to tell stories celebrating the melting pot of communities, cultures and experiences that define this city. From personal histories to challenges to everyday triumphs, each story is told in the words of the person being interviewed to capture their voices and the journeys that shape Houston’s identity.Scot More spends his days advocating for the city’s most vulnerable …Read Article
‘All our hopes vanished’: After end of CBP One, Venezuelan family faces dilemma
Venezuela · Venezuela

‘All our hopes vanished’: After end of CBP One, Venezuelan family faces dilemma

Lauritz Cayuna de Melo was lounging at her home on the outskirts of Mexico City one evening in March when she got a call from an unknown number. “How weird,” she thought.Her family in Venezuela and husband Jesús Melo in Houston usually called through WhatsApp.About six weeks before, she had gone to the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City to put herself and her two kids, Esteban and Eva, on a list to return to the country they hadn’t seen in eight …Read Article

Lawsuit against former candidate accused of sexual misconduct settled out of court

A lawsuit accusing a former Congressional candidate and a member of his campaign staff of sexual misconduct in 2023 was dropped earlier this month following a settlement out of court, according to Harris County District Clerk’s Office records. Details of the settlement between Pervez Agwan, a Democratic primary candidate in the 2024 Congressional District 18 race, and Maha Chishtey, a junior staffer with the campaign, were not made public. An or…Houston, Texas · HoustonRead Article

Amid hundreds of deaths each year, here’s how Houston is spending opioid settlement dollars

More than 600 Harris County residents died of an opioid overdose in 2023, an average of 11 individuals each week.That same year, the city of Houston obtained the first round of opioid abatement funds it is set to receive over the next two decades as part of a statewide legal settlement with pharmaceutical companies and distributors.Of the $4.4 million the city has received to date, more than $500,000 has been spent on naloxone, opioid-simulating…Houston, Texas · HoustonRead Article

Houston among highest-paying cities in America despite economic uncertainty

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Houston's average weekly wage increased 4.3% from 2024 to 2025, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.Wages · HoustonSee the Story

New York teacher allegedly abuses teens on Snapchat, posed as a minor to win their trust

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Warning: This article contains details of child sexual abuse. Please take care while reading. In a shocking turn of events, New York prosecutors have charged a former teacher, Ryan McCaffery, with using Snapchat to manipulate teenagers by posing as one of their own. Police arrested McCaffery, 37, from Ridge, New York, on May 12, 2025, after a comprehensive investigation revealed his alleged online predatory behavior. According to a recent press …CybercrimesSee the Story

U.S. Citizens twice as likely to be charged with crime in Harris County, data shows

U.S. citizens were more than twice as likely to be charged with a crime in Harris County in 2023 than adults who don’t hold U.S. citizenship, according to an exclusive data analysis by the Houston Landing.The analysis, based on the most recent data on the county’s adult population and criminal charges, shows that U.S. citizens have been more likely to be charged with a crime in Harris County since at least 2015, the earliest data collected by th…Harris County, Texas · Harris CountyRead Article

‘Don't want to see another child get hit’: Spring ISD families call for road safety upgrades

Seven years ago, a Ford F-150 truck barreled into then-12-year-old Tamia Tolliver as she crossed a busy street walking to school, shattering her legs. The truck driver apparently hadn’t seen Tolliver as she navigated an intersection with no crosswalk or guard outside Spring ISD’s Claughton Middle School.“She looked like she was dead, the way she was,” said Tolliver’s grandfather, Marvin Jenkins, who found her crumpled in the intersection after r…Spring · SpringRead Article

Aldine ISD spent big to turn around 2 schools. Can it sustain success with less money?

Aldine ISD is phasing out a costly but largely successful campus turnaround model at two elementary schools, a winddown that will test whether the schools can sustain their high performance without big investments by the district.District leaders plan to end Accelerating Campus Excellence, or ACE, a state-backed approach to overhauling long-struggling schools, over the next two years at Goodman and Worsham elementary schools. The two campuses, w…Houston, Texas · HoustonRead Article

A sustainable future is possible for Houston — local officials just have little say over it

MOunting Trash, Shrinking Space: Houston’s Urgent Waste Problem As Houston heads toward producing 5.4 million tons of waste annually by 2040, the space available at its five landfills will decrease by a third within the next 15 years. America’s fourth-largest city now faces a critical choice: continue on a path that has disproportionately harmed communities of color, or move toward more sustainable and equitable waste solutions. Read the three-p…Houston, Texas · HoustonRead Article

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