Sugar Land Scores big with FIFA World Cup 26 partnership
| December 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ECONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT | FIFA World Cup 26 | HARDGATE | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | NATIONAL NEWS | SPORTS | sugar land | TEXAS | World Cup
City leaders project a significant impact on Sugar Land’s economic development and community offerings, thanks to its involvement with the FIFA World Cup 26. The city of Sugar Land, located 20 miles south of downtown Houston, has become an Official Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 26 Houston Host City, providing a platform for the […]
13 ways to support small in Houston
| November 24, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ECONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | HARDGATE | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | THINGS TO DO
Small Business Saturday is just around the corner on Nov. 29, and it’s the best time to step away from the big box stores and show some love to your local businesses.
At COURIER HTX, we like to support local businesses all year round with our weekly newsletter series Support Small. Check out some of our highlights from this year below.
‘We Ain’t Buying it’: Grassroots groups mobilize to boycott Amazon, Home Depot, and Target
| November 21, 2025
Organizers of “We Ain’t Buying It” are calling for a Thanksgiving boycott of three companies they accuse of capitulating to Trump administration policies.
Why health insurance is so expensive this year — and what you can do about it.
| November 5, 2025
ACA | ACA marketplace | Affordability | affordable care act | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | FAMILY | Federal Cuts | Federal Harm | HEALTH | health care | health insurance | Lead Story | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | obamacare | open enrollment | premiums
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
Houston ISD expands breakfast, after school food programs as SNAP benefits continue to be delayed
| November 4, 2025
As the future of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits remains uncertain during the federal government shutdown, a local school district is stepping up to make sure their students don’t go hungry.