Patricia Ortiz

The initiative provides an organization with the grant and a 12-month peer network as they continue to grow their organization.

The school south of Houston was hit by one of the six tornadoes that touched down in the region last week.

Classes for most Houston-area universities start Jan. 13, a week before President-elect Donald Trump is set to be inaugurated. Schools such as the University of Houston and University of Texas at San Antonio are advising their international students to arrive before inauguration day to avoid potential travel and immigration challenges.

Mayor John Whitmire and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are reportedly exploring a deal to sell some of the city's water to the state, so it could go to areas like West Texas where water resources are dwindling.

Municipal employees were given the opportunity to work from home after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with the city subsequently adopting a hybrid work policy that has allowed many employees to split time between their homes and offices.

Temperatures are expected to dip below freezing on Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. There also is a chance of freezing rain, sleet or snow early next week.

The Houston region is expecting to see temperatures dip below freezing on Sunday. And as of Friday, the forecast from the National Weather Service called for snow on Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Trump has planned 100 executive orders starting on the first day of his second stint in the White House, the Associated Press reported, with most of them prioritizing border security and deportations.

As of 2021, an estimated 1 in 4 Houstonians were foreign-born, according to the Greater Houston Partnership. Of the estimated 1.7 million foreign-born residents in Houston, more than half of them are from a Latin American country.

A local energy expert, meanwhile, says other factors also contributed to relatively few power outages as snow blanketed the region on Tuesday and temperatures plunged into the teens early Wednesday morning.