6:31am Newscast April 30, 2024

Speaker 20s - 16.24s

This programming is sponsored by Linscombe Wealth ORG, a wealth management firm partnering with individuals and families dedicated to helping them build, preserve, and manage wealth by creating a customized plan to work toward achieving their goals. More at Linscom ORG. It's NPR News ORG.

Speaker 416.5s - 31.64s

Hi, from News 887 in Houston GPE. I'm Matt Harrow PERSON. Today is the last day of early voting for the Saturday, May 4th election. News 887's ORG political reporter Andrew Schneider says turnout in Harris County so far has been even lower than usual for a May uniform election.

Speaker 331.94s - 46.22s

Harris County voters have at least three contests on the ballot, the newly created positions of directors of the Harris Central Appraisal District. Voters in Texas Senate ORG District 15 can also vote in a special election to fill out the term of Houston Mayor John Whitmire PERSON.

Speaker 146.42s - 48.26s

As a Sunday, we had 24,000 voters.

Speaker 348.52s - 50.6s

That's Harris County Clerk, Tenisha Hotspiv PERSON.

Speaker 150.78s - 55.96s

We have more than 2.5 million individuals registered in Harris County GPE.

Speaker 356.16s - 66.5s

So turnout to date has been less than 1%. Hotspeth says total turnout for a May uniform election typically comes in between 4 and 6%. I'm Andrew Schneider PERSON,

Speaker 466.62s - 89.92s

News 88.7 ORG. If you are someone you know runs a child care center, you'll need to hear this. Harris County GPE is offering a property tax exemption for child care operators, but the deadline for applying for the exemption was yesterday. Speaking at a child care center, Commissioner's Court, Judge Elina Hidalgo PERSON, encouraged the child care facilities to fill out an application to get the exemption.

Speaker 090.22s - 103.56s

They apply on the Harris County Appraisal District website, and if they're in the city of Houston GPE, they're going to have a little bit more of a break because they also pay city taxes. And just sending one application, we'll figure it out on our end.

Speaker 4103.84s - 166.06s

Voters in November approved Proposition 2 LAW, which allowed municipalities to decide whether to offer the exemption. The operator of the state's power grid is warning of a possible emergency through tomorrow night because of a potential shortfall of power reserves. The call began at 7 o'clock last night, and it could last again until tomorrow night. The agency is considering delaying or canceling plan-power plant outages and may need to shore up available supplies by about 2,800 megawatts QUANTITY. Urquhart PERSON says the warnings are based on analysis from a variety of scenarios. Grid conditions are often tight this time of year because of the heat,and Erkot says more potential emergencies could occur later this summer. As of right now, 67 degrees on the UH campus, a high of around 85 later this afternoon. For more news, make sure to head over to our website. That's Houston Public Media.org. I'm Matt Haram PERSON News, 887.