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The Princeton Review lists U of H, along with Texas A&M and Texas Christian University, among the top 286 green colleges in the nation.
In a video interview, the mayor says her biggest priorities are a first-class bus and rail system, better flooding infrastructure, NASA jobs, and city finances.
Terry Grier vowed to eliminate ineffective programs and teachers and to push all high school students to take college-level courses.
The Sustainable Cities Design Academy is calling for public-private development project team to apply for design workshops by February 22.
Advocates for a stronger downtown and a stronger arts district are floating an idea to build a new High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in downtown
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