The Humble ISD 2020/2021 school year budget was approved during a working session on Tuesday, June 16 with an increase of $10,820,000. 

Recent community attention has been given toward spotlighting the dangers of several defunct oil wells and tanks that are located near Forest Cove Little League fields located at 1560 Sunrise Trail near Kingwood.

On June 9, First Love Church, along with Strawbridge United Methodist Church and First Methodist Humble, organized a community unity walk. The purpose of the event, according to its lead organizer and First Love Church Pastor Eric Lacy, was to promote unity within the local community.

The death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was killed by police during an arrest in Minneapolis May 25, has moved millions of people to express outrage and frustration. 

Diversity, inclusion and forward progression were at the forefront of Humble ISD’s regular school board meeting Tuesday night, June 9, as boardmember Martina Lemond Dixon solicited the district to create an official diversity statement and mandate inclusion training. During the section designated to comments by individual board members, Dixon shared what she called “a very painful and personal” account of an instance when she was once pulled over by law enforcement officers en route to Atlanta and how that memory relates to today’s current events. 

 “After several weeks of discussions and presentations, we passed our budget yesterday. The general fund budget was $2.3 billion,”  Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin told the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority and Tax Increment Zone # 10 (TIRZ) at the June meeting. He explained the remainder of the overall $5.10 budget was made up mainly of capital improvement items and requirements. He noted the budget passed unanimously.

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  5. Dan Crenshaw’s coffee break focuses on flood mitigation
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