Hammered by $2.2 million in budget cuts, the Houston Public Library system this month will reduce its hours by 28 percent — closing most of its 42 branches on Saturdays — and trim expenditures for ...

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The Houston Public Library announced it is hosting a diplomat in residence, a role library officials say is believed to be ...

Central Houston neighborhoods consistently outpace outlying areas for city library card registrations, which advocates say can serve as a gateway to education, technology and essential resources. A ...

The Freed-Montrose library re-opened on Monday morning and will continue operations until its relocation to the Montrose Collective. Mayor John Whitmire said he will be looking to work with the ...

As part of an initiative to bring the library to more people, the Houston Public Library has launched a new way for people to check out and return books on the go: vending machines. Officially known ...

HOUSTON — Soon, you may not have to pay a fine for returning a book late to a Houston public library. The Houston City Council is set to vote on Wednesday on whether to get rid of overdue fees, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of Houston has omitted the Central Library in downtown as one of its designated cooling centers in the most recent declaration of a heat emergency. It was included in ...

Felix and Angela Morales, the philanthropist owners of a local business empire, were known to be givers. So when the heads of one of Houston’s most prominent Latino families were approached by a city ...