Driving the news: People For Polk, an advocacy group formed by East End residents who oppose the closure, is hosting a ...

Losing Polk Street as a thoroughfare could cause disruptions for drivers, bus riders and cyclists if the city of Houston goes through with closing the roadway. Why it matters: The abrupt proposal to ...

Bruce Farrar, 76, gave up driving and now relies on Metro bus number 40 to get to his Saturday prayer meeting in the Heights and his Sunday church service in Montrose. That route takes him down Polk ...

A critical connection between the East End and downtown is slated to close because of Houston First’s George B. Brown ...

Phase one of a downtown project includes a 700,000-square foot expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center in the form ...

One person was killed and another badly wounded in a shooting Saturday night in East Garfield Park. Just before 6 p.m., a man ...

However, the project is drawing pushback from East End residents, who say they were left out of discussions and are concerned about losing access to Polk Street, a key thoroughfare connecting ...