Alexandra Kanik

Where you live in the city of Houston can determine how quickly the police respond when you call 911 for help. In general, police beats with a lot of serious calls tend to get these needs met faster than beats that record few such calls. If police know an area is likely to have high call volumes, they often assign enough officers to respond quickly to those calls. WAITING FOR HPD: ‘Extremely concerning’ Houston police response times the slowest in decades, investigation finds A Houston Chronicl…

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Houston neighborhood boundaries are tricky, and some streets that fall on the borders of neighborhoods may be especially confusing for residents.

Following an early spike, the persistent heat dome, sunny days and drought appeared to create ideal conditions for the dangerous pollutant to form.

Toxic waste from a former paper mill in Channelview has been sitting in the San Jacinto River since the 1960s, leaching cancer-causing dioxins into the waterway. On the other side of Houston, a Cypress shopping center sits over a plume of groundwater contaminated with chemicals such as tetrachloroethylene from a now-defunct dry cleaner. EXCLUSIVE: Companies behind dangerous San Jacinto toxic waste pits in stalemate with EPA over cleanup In between, scores of abandoned locations in Houston’s met…

We used Federal Election Commission data to see which candidates are most favored by Houston-area donors

Most Harris County homeowners who have gotten 2024 property appraisals saw either no change or a decrease in property values, according to early numbers from the Harris Central Appraisal District. Property appraisal notices have gone out to the majority of the 1.2 million total residential houses in Harris County, said chief appraiser Roland Altinger. VIDEO: Chief appraisers answer reader questions about property appraisals and protests The appraisal district sends notifications of appraised v…

Hurricane Beryl pummeled Houston, Texas with rainfall. Here's how it compares to other storms like Hurricane Harvey.

First-of-its-kind Texas map shows who owns every recorded property in the state.

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