Houston’s FIFA World Cup Summer Is Finally Here—and the City Is Ready
Seven matches at NRG, a 39-day fan festival in EaDo, and $30 million in Downtown upgrades—inside Houston’s years-long push to earn its World Cup moment.
In the most surprising victory of the primary runoffs, former Houston City Council member Letitia Plummer narrowly defeated longtime politician Annise Parker for the Democratic Party nomination for Harris County judge and will face Orlando Sanchez in November. Despite Parker…