Adam Zuvanich, Houston Public Media

A Houston-area judge ruled Thursday that Barbers Hill ISD’s policy restricting hair length for boys, which it has used to continually punish 18-year-old Black student Darryl George, is not a violation of the CROWN Act, a new state law protecting students and employees at state-funded institutions from race-based hair discrimination.

Armstrong, 23, arrived at the Garza West Unit in Beeville on Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He was convicted of shooting his parents to death in Houston when he was a teenager in 2016.

“The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball,” premieres Oct. 3 on PBS. The report will feature “Astroball” author Ben Reiter and examine how the team and its cheating scandal has changed the sport.

The House Appropriations Committee did not grant a $100 million funding request made by U.S. Rep. Randy Weber of Galveston, but Congress could still allocate money this year to the long-planned storm surge suppression system. How soon the project secures federal funding will determine how quickly work can begin.