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Texans Seek Bipartisanship in a Sharply Divided D.C. U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady and Pete Gallego are from different political parties, but they are united in trying to bring a little bipartisanship to the Texas delegation. They have scheduled a breakfast next week to discuss ways to forge a common agenda for the state. |
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Infrastructure Constraints Loom as Texas Grows Texas' drought and water-supply problems have captured headlines. But with the state's rapid population growth projected to continue, other infrastructure problems also loom, including clogged roads and a strained power grid. |
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Another Ryan Joins The Houston Astros The Houston Astros introduce Reid Ryan as president of business operations. He is the son of hall-of-fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. |
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What's Inside The New Manual For Psychiatry Psychiatry will reach a historic milestone tomorrow, with the national release of a new diagnostic manual. It’s the most important book in the field of mental health, determining what types of mental illnesses get diagnosed and perhaps more importantly, whether and how insurance will reimburse for treatment of mental illness. |
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High School Students Compete In International Science Fair The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is today in Phoenix, Arizona, hosting more than 1,600 high school students from around the world. There are participants from the Houston area. |
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Would You Pay A Toll to Get To The Beach Quicker? Starting this weekend, beachgoers can use the Gulf Freeway HOV lane on their trip to Galveston. The lane is also open to single drivers willing to pay a toll. |
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What Sparked The Explosion In West Undetermined State and federal officials investigating the explosion at West Fertilizer say the cause is undetermined. Fifteen died and much of a 37-block area was demolished. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Comicpalooza Chairman John Simons Comicpalooza returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center next weekend. This year’s guests include Sir Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films and Avery Brooks of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Comicpalooza chairman John Simons joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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New Apartment Construction Still Chasing Demand The Houston Apartment Association held its annual conference and expo at Reliant Center on Thursday. |
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Why The Sequester Could Be Bad For Johnson Space Center Employees NASA's top executive says Houston's Johnson Space Center plays a critical role in the NASA budget proposed by President Barack Obama last month. During a visit to JSC on Thursday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden also expressed concern about the effects the sequester could have on the space agency's goals and employment at the space center. |
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Harris County Sues Houston Motel Known For Prostitution A Houston motel nationally known for prostitution activity is the subject of a new lawsuit. Harris County alleges the motel is a criminal nuisance to the neighborhood. |
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Rice University To Launch New Institute For Religious Tolerance A Houston couple is giving Rice University nearly $30 milion dollars to start a new institute. It will work to promote religious tolerance. |
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As Memorial Day Nears, Gas Prices Rise As Memorial Day approaches, retail gasoline prices in Texas have risen a bit. |
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Study Gives New Reasons Why Recess Helps Kids In School Think back on recess in school and maybe you remember playing kickball or swinging on monkey bars. Besides fun and games, a new study shows recess can help students in other ways. |
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Winding Down the War, Part IV: Six Deaths In Qalat On April 6th, the provincial reconstruction team based in Qalat, Afghanistan suffered a devastating loss. Six team members were killed during a failed attempt to assassinate the governor of Zabul Province. KUHF's Andrew Schneider was the first reporter to meet with the team after the attack. |
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GHP Seeks To Head Off Labor Crunch The Greater Houston Partnership has announced a new effort head off potential shortages of skilled labor that could limit the region's economic growth. |
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Officials: 'Multiple fatalities' In Texas Tornado GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Officials report a tornado caused "multiple fatalities" as it tore through two neighborhoods of a North Texas town. |
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Texas Sees Drop In Construction-Related Fatalities Thousands of workers took time out from their jobs for an annual event designed to make things safer on construction sites. Safety briefings were held as a trade organization unveiled new figures showing a big drop in the number of workers killed or hurt on the job in Texas. |
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The HMNS Soon-To-Be Open Ancient Egypt Exhibit Gets A New Addition The Houston Museum of Natural Science has welcomed the newest addition to the hall of ancient Egypt. It's a giant sarcophagus, or coffin that served as the final resting place for a priest. |
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Local Pastor Takes Lead In Effort To Educate Black Churches On HIV Awareness As black America continues to make up a disproportionate part of new HIV infections, the NAACP has been trying to recruit church leaders to raise awareness of the issue. Here in the Houston area, one pastor has taken the lead on spreading the word. |
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Houston Places More Chronically Homeless Into Permanent Housing Houston leaders are working to get the city's more than 2,000 chronically homeless citizens into permanent housing. |
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Here's Why Parking Signs Are Coming Down In Houston You'll probably see a lot fewer parking signs in downtown Houston in about a year. Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the Downtown Management District say they'll get rid of a confusing mish-mash of signs and replace them with more streamlined, simplified parking signage. |
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City Of Houston Provides Ways To Fight More Dense Development A series of public meetings will help Houstonians better understand recent changes to the city's development code. Chapter 42 allows developers to create more dense housing using smaller lots in more sections of the city. |
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City Blames State Of Texas For Inequities In Commercial Property Taxing Houston homeowners are calling on Houston City Council to fix what they call a broken tax appraisal system that gives huge tax cuts to big commercial buildings. The council admits the property tax loopholes are a problem, but that lawmakers in Austin are the only ones who can fix it. |
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Winding Down the War, Part III: Hunting IEDs In The Flamingo Corridor Afghanistan's Highway 1 is the country’s largest and most important commercial artery. Protecting the highway is one of the top priorities for the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, based in Zabul Province. KUHF Reporter Andrew Schneider accompanied the squadron on a mission to root out a persistent Taliban threat to the road system. |
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Houston Business Plants Trees To Offset Pipeline Construction Resource Environmental Solutions is approaching a milestone. The Montrose-based company has planted nearly 6 million trees to offset the effect of economic development on vulnerable wetlands. |
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Houston's FY 2014 Budget Includes Employee Raises, Expanded Services Houston Mayor Annise Parker released her proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 this week. The $4.9 billion budget includes pay raises for city employees — restored services and expanded recycling. |
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New Texas Traffic Regulations Start In September A new law goes into effect this fall that requires drivers to slow down and move over for highway maintenance crews. |
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Options Narrow In Legislature For Helping Low-Income, Uninsured Adult Texans A bipartisan bill that would have created health insurance for some uninsured adult Texans has failed in the Texas House. Now the bill's supporters are looking for other legislative solutions before the session ends in two weeks. |
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What's Wrong With The Latest Survey On How Safe Houstonians Feel? A new Gallup survey finds Houston is near the top of a list of cities where people do not feel safe walking alone in their neighborhoods at night. Houston is in company with riverside, California, New Orleans, and Memphis — where people feel the least secure. But one local expert in social behavior says surveys like this one usually miss one important point. |
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Woman's Center Says It'll Be Fine Without Astros Support A local women's center says it's confident it will find more funding after the Houston Astros ended a 23-year fundraising partnership earlier this year. |
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What The Failed $500 Million Bond Proposal Means For Lone Star College Over the weekend, voters rejected a bond package worth almost $500 million for the Lone Star College System. It would have paid for more classrooms and technology upgrades, among other things. Why did the bond fail and what it means for the college? |
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Winding Down The War, Part II: Mission To Garm Abak Pass The 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Bliss, is now halfway through a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. KUHF reporter Andrew Schneider joined the unit on a recent patrol into Taliban-held territory. |
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Despite April Slowdown, Houston Auto Sales On Track For Strong Year Houston auto sales in April were down compared to March but overall sales for the past year performed strongly. |
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How The Leland Woods Community Project Was Reborn A northeast affordable housing project is back on track and near completion. First time home buyers can benefit from a neighborhood that seemed abandoned after the recession. |
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Why So Many People in Houston Are Going Hungry Volunteers are busy at the Houston Food Bank as they sort through a huge donation for the area's hungry families. Officials say demand remains high for food assistance, and many of the requests for help come from people with jobs. |
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Why Texas Summer Camps Attract Kids Across The Country As the school year comes to a close, parents look to summer camps to keep their kids entertained. For those campsites, it's the eleventh hour. They're hurrying to put the final touches on their program before they open their doors for the summer. |
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Winding Down the War, Part I: Strongpoint DeMaiwand KUHF reporter Andrew Schneider recently returned from a month-long embed in southern Afghanistan. In the first of a four-part series, Andrew describes life at a remote outpost for a Texas-based unit. |
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Small Legislative Error Proves Costly For Some Veterans' Dependents Texas veteran and education benefits have been a hot topic this legislative session. The most recent conversation was around a part of the Hazlewood Act that was unintentionally changed in the 2011 session. That error translated into an unexpected expense for people like Houstonian Dwayne McAfee. |
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More Hiring Managers Insist On Degrees For Low-Skilled Jobs Job opportunities for workers without college degrees are dwindling faster than ever. |
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Bill Would Curb Access To Photos Of Murder Victims Legislation authored by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, would require court approval for most requests to view or copy crime scene photos that show murder victims. But some say the measure is a solution in search of a problem. |
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West Plant Blast Focus of Criminal Investigation The Texas Rangers and the McLennan County sheriff's office are launching a criminal investigation into the fertilizer plant explosion last month in West. |
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Expect Another Round Of Inclement Weather Before Mother's Day The sun may be out now, but weather forecasters tell us we're not out of the woods when it comes to drenching thunderstorms. They expect one more round of heavy rain before it clears in time for Mother's Day. |
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Rice University To Offer More Massive Online Courses Across the country, universities and colleges are experimenting with new online courses with massive enrollments. Here in Houston, Rice University has not only joined the experiment, but has decided to expand the number of online classes. |
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Heavy Rains Don't Mean Drought Threat Is Gone This week's heavy rains in the Houston area don't mean Southeast Texas is in the clear when it comes to the threat of drought. That's the word from experts who monitor the drought that's affected Texas for several years now. |
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Sales Slide In April, But Job Growth Remains Solid Houston industry slowed in April according to the latest survey by the Institute for Supply Management — Houston. |
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Working Moms Ask City To Keep Out Wage Thieves Just in time for Mother's Day, working moms from different community organizations gathered at City Hall this morning to lobby council members to pass an ordinance to ensure fair wages for women. Studies show that low-income workers are most affected by wage theft. |
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Sharpstown Students Make An Art Car With A Political Message Saturday, 279 decorated vehicles will cruise along Allen Parkway in what organizers call the "largest celebration of art cars in the world." There's one entry from students at Sharpstown International School that looks like a giant white dove. Why? The answer is part whimsy, part statement. |
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New Magnet Policy Will Create Online Application For Students Magnet schools started in the 1970s as a way to desegregate classrooms. Now they're known for special academic programs, like the visual arts or health sciences. In the Houston Independent School District, the board has approved a new way to manage those programs. |
