Urban Reform

04/14/2026

Unhinged exchange between Council member Shabazz and Houston Police Officer Union Prez

03/31/2026

Houston quietly loses arbitration with the firefighters.

02/17/2026

Latest Hobby School poll https://www.uh.edu/hobby/countyprimary/

02/13/2026

FEMA released new flood hazard data for the Houston metro area. Tens of thousands of properties are being reclassified — and most owners don’t know yet.

FEMA's new maps are reclassifying flood zones across the Houston metro area. Check your address.

12/10/2025

“Metro board members Robert Fry and Roberto Treviño voted against extending the microtransit service, Treviño said when he initially voted for a small pilot program with Evolve in 2024, he didn’t expect it would grow to a $6 million operation without competitive bidding.”

Evolve Houston didn't have to competitively bid on a $6 million deal with Metro to provide free microtransit shuttles. Critics are asking why.

11/12/2025

Metro Board calls Chair Elizabeth Brock’s Evolve Houston a violation

10/23/2025

Last year, a 6-month $216k extension ballooned to a $1M initiative. Now METRO is considering another extension — more than $2.24M to keep the program going until Sept. 2026 without ever seeking competitive bids and council says nothing.

Evolve Houston has ballooned into a multimillion-dollar operation with little transparency and no proof it’s working.

10/16/2025

A Houston METRO audit found its micro transit contract with Evolve Houston had rates that were unsupported, unsubstantiated, and outside of the competitive range, but they never told anyone, not even city council? And they’re asking Ken Paxton office to conceal more records.

09/16/2025

Judge Lina Hidalgo bids Farweeel, Adieu, à bientôt, au revoir, hasta luego, sagol, Baibai

- Lead regret: COVID school shutdowns
- No Compromises
- Staying in public service + plans for future office (myr?)
- Term Limits NOW
- her clearest, calmest, most certain, and strongest presentation in some time

09/16/2025

. makes it official on . Her time is done, for now

08/07/2025

Judge Lina Hidalgo goes off on Commissioners for not supporting her tax hike for early childhood education