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Houston, Texas · HoustonThe 1.6-mile West Alabama Street reconstruction project stretches between Shepherd Drive and Spur 527, from Upper Kirby through Montrose to Midtown. It's not the first infrastructure initiative to face changes under Whitmire’s administration.Read Article
Montrose loses another planned bike lane as Houston Mayor John Whitmire preserves width of car lanes
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Texas, United States · TexasThe Texas Dream Act, the first of its kind in the nation, extended in-state tuition at public colleges and universities to students without legal immigration status. The Justice Department sued Texas, calling the law unconstitutional. Texas' attorney general, and a federal judge, agreed.Read Article
Civil rights groups sue to restore Texas Dream Act after federal judge blocks it
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Houston, Texas · HoustonA political scientist compared the effort to formally admonish Whitmire over his cozy relationship with Republicans to “a snowball that's rolling downhill in a desert.” An initiative to recall Whitmire would need to collect three times as many signatures in a sixth of the time as recent petitions to change city charter.Read Article
Efforts to admonish, recall Houston Mayor John Whitmire face steep uphill climb
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