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Houston grants $1.25M in tax breaks to Transocean, Chase projects that will create just 20 new jobs By Jasper Scherer, Staff writer © Simon Dawson / Bloomberg City Council on Wednesday OK’d sales and tax refund agreements with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank. The refunds, each worth $1.25 million over five years, are under the Texas Enterprize Zone program, which targets “economically distressed” areas. neither company is in an enterprise zone, but each must fill four of the 10 jobs it will create with economically disadvantaged appl...

Skip to main content Houston grants $1.25M in tax breaks to Transocean, Chase projects that will create just 20 new jobs FacebookTwitterEmail City Council on Wednesday OK’d sales and tax refund agreements with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank. The refunds, each worth $1.25 million over five years, are under the Texas Enterprize Zone program, which targets “economically distressed” areas. neither company is in an enterprise zone, but each must fill four of the 10 jobs it will create with economically disadvantaged applicants.Simon Dawson / Bloomberg Cit...

Humble ISD offers 24-hour coronavirus testing site for students FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Dr. Letitia Plummer gets her first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at City Hall in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 People wait in a line for a COVID-19 vaccine shot Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, near the Bayou City Event Center in Houston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner talks to Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, pastor emeritus of Wheeler Baptist Church, while waiting...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston branch of the NAACP is the latest group to condemn a Houston city councilman over a controversial Facebook post involving former first lady Michelle Obama. Greg Travis, who represents Houston's District G, which encompasses areas including Memorial City and the city's west side, shared a post last month with an unflattering picture of the former first lady next to first lady Melania Trump, commenting "Yep, just saying." In response to comments on his post, Travis mentioned affirmative action in regards to Obama, saying, "She was born with her qualification...

Houston NAACP calling on councilman to resign over his controversial Facebook post