Loving County can’t quit its redo elections — or its political grudges

Plus: A massive new Ismali Center opens in Houston. 

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A tangled history of voter shenanigans in sparsely populated Loving County led to an extremely rare do-over of the 2022 elections.

In Texas' least-populated county, the election that never ends … just ended

A tangled history of voter shenanigans in sparsely populated Loving County led to an extremely rare do-over of the 2022 elections.

 
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FAA is cutting flights by 10% across 40 markets. Here's what it means for Houston airports.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event hosted by the University of Texas chapter of Turning Point USA on campus in Austin, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.

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Paxton moves to block Tylenol maker's $400M dividend in suit over autism claims

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The Ismaili Center is shown from Montrose Blvd. in Houston Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.

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Houston’s stunning new Ismaili Center, the first of its kind in the U.S., opens

A vacant property near Buffalo Bayou has been transformed into a majestic, 150,000-square-foot cultural and religious landmark.

 
See how your Harris County neighbor voted in Texas' 18th Congressional District race.

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See how your neighborhood voted in Texas' 18th Congressional special election

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Search our map: How your neighbors voted in the race for Houston City Council's Place 4.

 
FILE - In this April 25, 2013, file photo former Vice President Dick Cheney participates in the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. In an interview Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, Cheney said Republicans need to look to a new generation of leaders as the party deals with poor approval ratings following a 16-day partial-government shutdown. He said Republicans need to have 'first-class' candidates and look to its strategy and a new generation.

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Dick Cheney's death went hardly recognized by many Texas Republicans

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Benchawan Jabthong 'Chef G' Painter works on assembling pork satay with coconut mashed potatoes from Street to Kitchen during The Houston Chronicle’s annual Culinary Stars event, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Houston.

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Last chance to score a pair of tickets to Top 100 Restaurants event.

Today’s the final day to enter for a chance to score a pair of tickets to Culinary Stars, the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 Restaurants event on Nov. 13. Visit our Houston Chronicle Food instagram page to enter. Read More

 
Rapper Trae tha Truth, left, and members of his philanthropy organizations Angel by Nature and Relief Gang giving away jackets to homeless people Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 at East Downtown in Houston. The rapper was giving away 150 jackets, beverages, snack and hot food to homeless people in need.

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Trae tha Truth teams up with HPD, Gulfton District for turkey giveaway

The Houston rapper will give away 1,000 turkeys on Nov. 15 leading up to Thanksgiving.  Read More