RapidCare Emergency Room will opening a new location in Porter this summer, officials with the health care provider confirmed via email May 11. 

What they offer: In addition to providing urgent and emergency medical care for adult and pediatric patients, the facility will also offer medical care for: 

• Personal injuries 
• Work-related accidents 
• Auto accidents 
• Rehabilitation stabilization 

• Opening June 1 
• 24540 FM 1314, Porter 

Check out what's happening in the New Caney and Porter area this weekend, May 23-26.

Big Summer Blastoff: Big Rivers Waterpark & Adventures will be open all day and into the evening for the first Park After Dark of the year, and the night will end with fireworks.

• May 23, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
• $44.99
• 23101 Hwy. 242, New Caney

• May 25, 10 a.m. 
• Free (admission)
• Roman Forest Park, 1603 Roman Forest Blvd., New Caney

• May 26, 6 p.m.
• Free (admission)
• The Atrium Center, 21575 Hwy. 59, New Caney

The April Housing Market Update from the Houston Association of Realtors reports an increase in inventory in the Houston market this month. Along with the increase in inventory, the average price for a single-family home decreased.

By the numbers: According to HAR, the average single-family home price decreased in April by 1.4% to $428,709—a drop from $434,925 last April. Active single-family listings grew by 6.5% year over year, allowing home buyers to have more options in a more stable market, according to the report.

This increase in property sales is in line with the HAR report released in March. As previously reported by Community Impact, the single-family home sales in March increased by 3.7% with 7,644 homes sold.

“More inventory is giving buyers room to breathe again,” HAR Chair Theresa Hill said. “Homes are still moving, but consumers have more time to make decisions and more leverage during negotiations.”

The Texas Supreme Court on May 15 denied Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after the Houston Democrat led his colleagues in a walkout to protest congressional redistricting last summer.

The details: In the court’s majority opinion, Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock ruled that because Wu and other House Democrats “voluntarily returned” to the Capitol two weeks after their August departure, it was not necessary for the court to get involved.

The court also rejected a petition by Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel Wu and 12 other Democrats over the walkout, consolidating the two requests in one ruling.

What they're saying: Wu celebrated the ruling in a May 15 statement, saying that "the Constitution does not let a governor erase voters’ choices when their choices are inconvenient to him."

Abbott's office argued the governor's August lawsuit helped end the walkout and said the state was prepared to fight future quorum breaks: "If Democrats abandon their offices again, the governor will bring them right back to the Texas Supreme Court."