Bob Covey served on the Cy-Fair ISD school board for 16 years until he and two other longtime incumbents were unseated in 2021 by candidates who ran on conservative values with endorsements and financial contributions from partisan groups. Two years later, three additional like-minded candidates won their respective seats. Public school boards are nonpartisan, according…

An equity and culture audit conducted in Cy-Fair ISD last year revealed districtwide discrepancies in academics, discipline and representation among staff.

Hospitals in the Houston area and across the country reported higher rates of turnover and staff burnout as nurses faced heavier workloads and treated critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a study from the U.S. Office of Inspector General.

In her second year of teaching in Cy-Fair ISD, Mariah Najmuddin said students would show up to class in tears when the pressures of submitting assignments on time while either learning in front of a computer screen for eight hours a day or fearing they would contract COVID-19 on campus became too much to handle.

Many local churches have found ways to reopen for in-person worship, but reminders of the pandemic’s effects remain, from prepackaged Communion elements to a lack of handshakes and hugs.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Cy-Fair real estate agents have managed higher demand from homebuyers with limited inventory.

“The skyline out here will be dominated by trash,” Hebert said. “When you wake up in the morning, [you see] the trash and the stench that goes along with it. Construction debris over time, it stinks; it smells; it fills with rats, all kinds of things.”

Upcoming midterm elections will bring new leadership to Cy-Fair with dozens of county, state and federal government positions on the ballot this March for primaries followed by the general election in November.

Barriers to accessing and paying for health care have led to higher rates of maternal mortality in Texas than other parts of the U.S., experts said, with Black women and women older than age 35 facing the highest risks.