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University of Houston’s Institute for Ecological Resilience Names First-Ever Executive Director

HOUSTON, May 1, 2025 – The University of Houston has named award-winning conservationist Jaime González as the first-ever executive director of the UH Institute for Ecological Resilience, effective May 1. The role is a brand-new position and will make González responsible […]

Central Fort Bend Chamber to host it’s Cornhole & A Cookout Tournament, presented by Shottenkirk Fort Bend Kia, on May 9, 2025

May 1, 2025 – ROSENBERG, TX – The Leadership Fort Bend Alumni Division of the Central Fort Bend Chamber is set to host it’s annual Cornhole & A Cookout Tournament, presented by Shottenkirk Fort Bend Kia, on Friday, May 9, […]

Houston Arboretum’s Little Party on the Prairie: 2025 Alfresco Gala honoring “50 Years of Volunteers” raises nearly $450,000 for nature education and conservation

Al Fresco Gala 2025

WHAT:              Houston Arboretum & Nature Center’s Little Party on the Prairie: 2025 Alfresco Gala WHERE:            Houston Arboretum & Nature Center                               4501 Woodway Dr.                               Houston, 77024 WHEN:              Friday, April 11, 2025                               7 p.m. – 11 p.m. DETAILS:          Houston Arboretum & […]

Houston Grand Opera to Offer Free Summer Programming for Children

Company teaching artists to bring music, storytelling, and creative activities to community spaces citywide HOUSTON—May 1, 2025—Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce plans to present a series of free, family-friendly summer programs designed to engage and inspire young […]

Land Commissioner Buckingham Celebrates Success of GLO’s Texas Coastal Roundup and Adopt-A-Beach Spring Coastwide Cleanup 

AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce that the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) 2025 Texas Coastal Roundup and Adopt-A-Beach Spring Coastwide Cleanup were immensely successful for the South Padre Island community and across the Texas […]

Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigations into Companies for Illegally Marketing Toothpaste Products Containing Fluoride to Kids 

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to Colgate-Palmolive Company (“Colgate”) and Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co. (“Proctor & Gamble”)—which advertises and sells “Crest” branded fluoride toothpaste—for marketing toothpaste products to parents and children in […]