• Brazoria County Opening First Sam’s Club in Pearland September 27 [Pearland Journal]
• Judge Emmett Says Money Will Go Back to Metro if November Transportation Funding Ballot Measure Loses [KUHF]
• Ike Lore Becomes Tourist Curiosity in Galveston, Kemah [Galveston County Daily News]
• East End Considering Streetcar for ‘Friendly, Approachable’ Means of Transportation [Houston Chronicle]
• U of H Considers Smoking Ban on Campus [KHOU]
• Houston Among Top US Cities in Economic Index Thanks to Strong Job Numbers, Housing Values [Business Journals]
• Remüv’s “Hate!” Tag on I-45 Railroad Bridge Near Downtown May Be Houston’s Lamest Graffiti [Art Attack]
• Texas Home & Garden Show Takes over Reliant Center This Weekend [Culturemap]

Photo of Galveston sunset: Jackson Myers via Swamplot Flickr Pool