Here's what Houstonians complained about the most in 2025

Plus: Here's where 13,000 students went after leaving HISD.

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A city recycling truck picks up a bin on Allston, near 8th Street, on Thursday. Houston now is offering a $3,000 signing bonus as the city looks to hire more than 100 people to bolster Solid Waste’s ranks.

Houston residents filed more than 218,000 complaints in 2025

Here's what annoyed Houstonians the most in 2025, according to 311 complaint data.

 
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Andres Aguinaga, 17, center, and others students are shown during the Impact Bootcamp at YES Prep Northline Secondary in Houston Thursday, July 31, 2025. A new University of Houston report shows that many Houston ISD students are enrolling into YES Prep and KIPP charter systems after exiting the district under state-appointed leadership.

Photo by: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle

Here's where HISD students and teachers go when they leave the district.

More than 13,200 students have left Houston ISD since the state takeover in June 2023..

 
First Look at the Frida Kahlo: Making of an Icon at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston in Houston, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Photo by: Raquel Natalicchio, Houston Chronicle

First Look: See inside MFAH’s new, highly anticipated Frida Kahlo exhibition before it opens.

An original exhibition conceived at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston explores Frida-mania. 

 
The Texas state flag flies above workers at Latshaw oil drilling rig #43 in the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. More than 5,000 new well-drilling permits were issued in the Texas portion of the Permian in 2021, as demand for fossil fuels rebounded after a COVID-era slump in demand. Numbers from the first quarter of 2022 show the industry on pace to eclipse that figure. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Photo by: David Goldman, STF / Associated Press

Houston energy layoffs in 2025: Exxon, Chevron and other oil giants make major cuts

A rough market prompted thousands of layoffs in Houston’s energy industry. Here’s a list of the year’s biggest cuts. 

 
Attorney Ben Crump address the media with Daisha Smalls, from left, Antonio Romanucci and Darren Miller in Houston on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Daisha's one-year-old son, Legend, was hit in the head by a bullet shot by Houston Police on March 3.

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

Attorney linked to George Floyd, Houston cases to represent Renee Good's family

Ben Crump secured a historic $27 million settlement for the family of George Floyd. 

 
Shea Homes' Evergreen community continues to grow in Conroe

Photo by: Shea Homes

What a $400,000 home looks like in Houston in 2026

See what a $400,000 home can buy across the Houston metro, from Montrose and the Heights to Katy, Pearland, Tomball and Conroe.

Prime Property: Follow the biggest new developments and top decision makers with Houston’s top real estate newsletter. 

 

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Grant Pinkerton poses for a portrait in the pit room at the newest Pinkerton's Barbecue, being opened in the former 59 Diner space near U.S. 59 and Shepherd, in Houston, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle

At Pinkerton’s newest location, barbecue meets Houston nostalgia

Pinkerton’s Barbecue opens a third location that blends classic Texas smoked meats with nostalgic Houston design and a new whole hog barbecue experience. Read More

 
Rye roti at Pondicheri.

Photo by: Annie Mulligan, Contributor

Where to get the best vegetarian food in Houston

Houston’s most famous foods center around meat and seafood, but you can grab vegan paninis, meatless pho and plant-based "snails" too, if you know where to look. Here are spots our food team recommends. Read More