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New Houston Study Looks At Bus And Bike Commuting METRO and the Houston-Galveston Area Council have launched a study on how to make it easier to get around by combining bus and bike travel. They're looking for bike and transit riders for a focus group. |
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TransCanada Still Hopeful On Obama Greenlight Of Keystone XL TransCanada remains optimistic that a re-elected President Obama will approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline during his second term. |
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After The Election: A Consumer's Guide To The Health Law The law contains a number of provisions that are changing the rules of health care for consumers. |
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Superintendent And Principals Discuss Passage Of HISD Bond Proposal At his monthly meeting with school principals, HISD Superintendent Terry Grier discussed the next step after voters approved the $1.9 billion dollar bond proposal. The money will be used to rebuild or renovate 38 schools across the district. |
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What Cruz's Senate Victory Means For Texas, The Senate, And The Tea Party Most of the U.S House and Senate candidates who lined up with the Tea Party did not win their races last night. Two notable exceptions were Michele Bachmann in Minnesota — and Ted Cruz here in Texas. So what does Cruz's victory means for the state, the Senate, and for the Tea Party. |
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Sullivan Cautiously Claims Victory In County Tax Office Race After a nail-biter of an election night, Houston City Councilman Mike Sullivan says he's cautiously declaring victory in the race to be Harris County's next tax assessor-collector. |
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Houston Mayor Celebrates Passage Of $410 Million Bonds Now that houston voters have authorized the city to take out more than $400 million dollars in bonds for various improvements — Houston Mayor Annise Parker says she's ready to get to work on various city-wide improvements to parks — libraries — public safety and affordable housing. |
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Alvarado Expected To Formally Announce Run for Gallegos' Senate Seat State Representative and former Houston City Councilwoman Carol Alvarado is expected to formally announce next week that she'll run for the state Senate seat left open after the death of Mario Gallegos. |
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Unemployment Drove Spike In US Suicide Rates A report published on the website of British medical journal The Lancet shows the U.S. suicide rate quadrupled during the first few years of the recession. |
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Tea Party Darling Ted Cruz Is New US Senator Tea Party-backed Republican Ted Cruz has won the race for Texas' open U.S. Senate seat. He beat former Democratic state Representative Paul Sadler to succeed retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. |
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UH Students Watch Election Results Roll In Hundreds of University of Houston students watched the election results come in last night. Many of them were first-time voters, and most of them were only watching the results of the presidential election. |
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A referendum on whether METRO should continue to share its transit tax revenues passed by almost a 4 to 1 margin. The agency will continue to divert revenue to Harris County, Houston and other municipalities, which can then use the money for roads and bridges. |
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HISD Gets $1.9 Billion Bond Approved The city has been flooded by signs, billboards and TV ads asking for a "yes" vote on the Houston Independent School District's bond proposal. Yesterday voters approved that bond and now HISD will receive 1.9 billion dollars to improve 38 schools. |
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Harris County's Next DA: Republican Mike Anderson Republican Mike Anderson is the projected winner of the Harris County District Attorney's race. |
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Galveston County Polling Locations To Remain Open Until 8:45 PM Galveston voters have a couple extra hours to cast their ballots this evening. State District Judge John Ellisor ordered that polling locations stay open until 8:54 p.m. because of a problem with voting machines this morning. Galveston County Clerk Dwight Sullivan says machines weren't calibrated early enough this morning. |
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Texas Legislature May Target Overweight Trucks It's Election Day and one issue sure to confront the lawmakers you send to Austin: How to pay for the billions of dollars in road damage from heavy trucks. StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling with the story on why the wear and tear is getting worse. |
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DHS Lifts Restrictions On Shipping Oil Products To Northeast Northeastern states continue to reel under gasoline shortages in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Homeland Security Department is hoping to ease the problem by lifting restrictions on shipping petroleum products between U.S. ports. |
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Congresswoman Tells Harris County Voters Not To Be Intimidated Houston congresswoman says Harris County residents need to speak up if they feel they're being kept from voting. |
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Tomorrow Voters To Decide On Texas' Largest Bond Proposal Houston voters will head to the polls tomorrow to make the final decision on HISD's nearly 1.9 billion dollar bond proposal. It would help the district rebuild or renovate dozens of schools. |
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METRO Referendum Could Confuse Voters One of the closest local races on the ballot tomorrow isn't between two candidates. It's the METRO referendum — which asks voters to decide whether the transit agency should reauthorize a revenue-sharing plan with area municipalities. |
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TxDOT Studies Possibility Of New Passenger Rail Service TxDOT is launching a two-year study on whether passenger rail service would help cut down on traffic on some of the state's most congested freeways. The study will look at the possibility of a new passenger line between South Texas and Oklahoma City. State transportation officials will also consider how to pay for it. |
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Early Voting Popularity Rises With New Record In Harris County Early voting set a new record in Harris County. More than three-quarters-of-a-million voters cast ballots either in person or by mail by Friday night's deadline. It appears the increasing popularity of early voting is here to stay. |
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What Does It Mean To Be An Independent Voter In Texas? Independent voters outnumber those who call themselves Democrats or Republicans. But what, exactly, is an independent voter? And what sort of influence, if any, do independents really have in Texas? |
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With Fiscal Cliff Looming, Hiring Likely To Stay Soft President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney each claim to be the candidate who'll do more to create jobs. But businesses are likely to keep dragging their feet on hiring, no matter who wins tomorrow's race. |
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Voting With Just a Little Bit of Information Most people don't know all of the judicial candidates on the ballot, so they vote for the party, even when there is other information that might sway them. |
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Little Competition but Big Differences in U.S. Senate Race A relatively quiet race has helped mask the stark differences between Democrat Paul Sadler and Republican Ted Cruz in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. |
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City Announces Settlement On Wrongful Conviction Case Mayor Annise Parker announced today a $3 million dollar settlement with the city and George Rodriguez. He's the man that was wrongfully convicted in 1987 based on testimony from the city's crime lab. |
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Major Renovation Of City's Oldest Park To Soon Get Underway Officials announce a $2 million dollar renovation plan for the city's oldest park. Work to unify the three sections of the historic Sam Houston Park will take place near the U.S.S. Houston Memorial. |
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Texas Early Voting Ends Tonight It's the last day of early voting in Texas. Harris County has 37 early voting locations that will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. |
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Month Long Closure Begins On I-10 Katy Freeway Motorists who travel the Katy Freeway near Washington Avenue will have to alter their driving habits for the next month. TxDOT will be closing an inside lane starting this weekend. |
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Small Things Go A Long Way For Victims Of Human Trafficking A Florida-based nonprofit that raises awareness about human trafficking comes to Houston with a unique donation to the Harris County Sheriff's Department. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Bill Gilmer The University of Houston's Institute of Regional Forecasting has provided independent projections of local economic growth for nearly two decades. The institute recently welcomed a new executive director, Bill Gilmer, formerly of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Gilmer joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the outlook for the Houston economy. |
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Employment, Port Development Boost Houston's Real Estate Outlook Houston ranked fifth on the Urban Land Institute's list of the top 20 real estate investment prospects for 2013. The Institute held its yearly conference on emerging trends in real estate Thursday in the Galleria. |
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Texas Children's To Offer On-Site Lawyer For Patient Families Texas Children's Hospital now has a full-time attorney on site to help patients negotiate legal programs that arise during illness. The program is part of a national trend in which hospitals try to bridge the gap between health problems and the outside world. |
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Early Voters: HISD Bond Proposal, Yes or No? Tomorrow is the final day you can early vote for the Houston Independent School District's bond proposal. It's a $1.9 billion dollar plan to replace, rebuild or renovate 38 schools. Two opposing Political Action Committees have been fighting to get your vote. So which one is winning and how are people voting. |
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Hurricane Sandy Brings Gasoline Prices Down The after effects of Hurricane Sandy are driving down gasoline prices. |
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Houston High School Students Appeal To Voters To Approve Bond Issue Students are rallying support for a $1.9 billion dollar bond issue that would rebuild and renovate 28 Houston high schools. |
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Centerpoint Crews To Aid Sandy Recovery Efforts Centerpoint Energy has dispatched repair crews to the East Coast to help restore power in states hit by Superstorm Sandy. |
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Ribbon Cut To New Harris County Forensic Facility The building was once known as the most modern bakery in the United States. It is now being touted as one of the nation's top forensic crime labs. Officials cut the ribbon on the new facility that will help solve crime in Harris County. |
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Preview Of Harris County Attorney's Race The Harris County Attorney hopes to hang on to his job as he faces a challenge from a former state lawmaker. |
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City Of Houston Pays Millions Over Budget On Health Costs The City of Houston is spending millions more than was budgeted for the city's self-funded health plan. |
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Houston East Side Lawman Makes Halloween Safe For Kids Thousands of trick-or-treaters will be out and about later this evening across the city, celebrating Halloween. On the east side of town, Precinct 6 authorities are again making sure registered sex offenders are not part of the celebration. |
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Poll: Lower Confidence Among Black Voters On Certain Voting Matters A new KUHF/KHOU poll shows that black voters aren't as confident as other voters that their vote will be counted accurately. KUHF's Shomial Ahmad went out to talk to African-American voters. |
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Drilling Regulators Using Outdated Computers As Industry Booms There's a good chance you might do your banking online, file your taxes, or renew your driver's license on-line. But the electronic revolution has only gone so far. StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling found that in the state's number one industry, it's like going back in time. |
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Haunted House Ticket Sales Down The haunted house business is having a rough year around the country, and Houston haunts are no exception. |
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Sandy Could Both Benefit And Hurt Presidential Candidates As areas of the northeast begin to evaluate the scope of damage left in Sandy's wake, the two presidential candidates are still waiting to see how they should proceed in a crucial campaign week. One Houston political observer says Sandy could both benefit and hurt President Obama. |
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Houston, We Have Stamp Collectors! The Houston Ship Channel appeared on a stamp earlier this month. For local stamp collectors and appraisers it was a huge event, but that doesn’t mean they'll be adding the Houston landscape to their collection. That’s because they’re very picky about the stamps they choose. So who are these philatelists and where can you find them? |
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Preview Of Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Race Following the defeat of incubant Tax Assessor-Collector Don Sumners in the Republican primary, Harris County voters will now elect a new person for the job. A longtime district courts staffer is now vying for the post against a Houston city councilman. |
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Level 2 Fire At BP's Texas City Refinery Updated at 4:30 p.m.: Firefighters at the BP Texas City plant have put out a fire that sent black smoke into the sky around a refinery that has seen its share of incidents over the years. KUHF's Pat Hernandez is outside the plant in Texas City and has report. |
