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Whitmire, Jackson Lee meet in one of final forums before Saturday’s mayoral runoff election

State Senator John Whitmire and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee tackled a range of quality-of-life issues Sunday at a forum at Ripley House in Houston’s East End.

EPA awards another $500,000 grant for air-quality monitoring in Houston neighborhoods

A grant awarded this week by the federal agency will expand air-quality monitoring in the Fifth Ward, Galena Park, Pleasantville and Sunnyside neighborhoods. Earlier this year, the EPA awarded $500,000 for air monitoring in four other communities in East Houston.

Majority of voters want Houston’s next mayor to focus on mental health, poll finds

Nearly half of respondents to the poll reported experiencing some level of anxiety, depression, or both, while 80% said they want the next mayor to focus on mental health as a matter of public policy.

Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some ER patients elsewhere

A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain with operations in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals.

Texas Supreme Court will decide if the state’s abortion ban causes harm to patients and doctors

The state’s high court justices will decide whether to uphold an injunction on a Texas abortion law that reproductive rights advocates say endangers the lives of pregnant Texans.

Unknown respiratory illness appears to have increased in Texas dogs, veterinarian says

Almost all dogs that have experienced the unknown respiratory illness have survived.

Texas abortion case goes before state’s highest court, as more women join lawsuit

On Tuesday, lawyers for the state of Texas and for the Center for Reproductive Rights are both expected to argue before all nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court. No decision is expected Tuesday, but there are a few possible outcomes, court watchers say.