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Houston Meets Challenge To House Homeless Vets Mayor Annise Parker announced an unprecedented effort to house 100 chronically homeless military veterans in 100 days. It involves a variety of governmental and nonprofit agencies that will also help the vets with social services and job assistance. |
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Can Houstonians Eat On $4 a Day? Food Stamp Recipients Do Could you eat on four dollars a day? That's the question the Houston Food Bank is posing in response to proposed cuts to the federal food stamp program. |
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More Houstonians Are Bringing Their Bikes Aboard The Bus Metro is reporting a big increase in the number of Houston commuters who bring their bikes along when they ride the bus. |
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UT Bomb Scare Over; Questions Remain A bomb threat sent thousands of people streaming into the streets at the University of Texas in Austin today. |
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Houston Inflation Virtually Flat For Year Ending In August The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports inflation rose just 0.7% in Houston from August 2011 to August 2012. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Stephen Zamora The U.S. and Mexican governments recently signed an agreement on the shared use of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico. Stephen Zamora heads the University of Houston's Center for U.S. and Mexican Law. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss a research project supporting of the agreement. |
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Manufacturing's Bright August Tinged With Gray By Falling Production The latest survey of Houston purchasing managers registered its strongest showing since November of last year. But there are some reasons for concern. |
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Two Years After Massive Fire, Harris County Opens Warehouse For Voting Equipment Two years after a fire destroyed Harris County's voting equipment, an open house was held at the new facility that will house more than just ballot boxes. |
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Houston Arts Groups Turn To Crowd Sourcing For Money Houston arts organizations are tapping into a new form of fundraising — crowdsourcing. The new website "power2give.org" allows arts groups to post projects online and ask for contributions. |
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Food Banks Fret Over Looming Food Stamp Cuts A major overhaul of the country's nutrition and farm program is stalled in Congress. That legislation — the Farm Bill — is set to expire later this month. It accounts for close to a trillion dollars' worth of government spending over ten years. And the biggest portion of that is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. |
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Four Years After Ike, Galveston's Tourism Industry Makes Better-Than-Full Recovery Four years ago today, Hurricane Ike made a direct hit on Galveston. The island is still struggling to recover in some areas — like public housing. But Galveston's tourism industry is back in better shape than before the storm. |
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As The Nation Looks Back At Armstrong's Legacy, Hutchison Looks Forward The nation bids farewell to 82-year-old Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, at the Washington National Cathedral. |
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Exxon Refinery in Baytown Releases Massive Amount of Chemicals Early yesterday morning, something went wrong at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, east of Houston. |
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'It's All About the Money': TransCanada Pipeline Takes Holdouts to Court After a hearing yesterday, a judge in Beaumont is now considering how he will weigh-in on the controversial keystone pipeline project. Construction has already begun in Texas but there's a hold-up. |
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Macoven Pharmaceuticals Accused Of Patent Infringement Magnolia-based Macoven Pharmaceuticals has been accused of intellectual property violations in a complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission. |
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New Smith Clinic To Serve Primarily Low-Income And Uninsured Cancer Patients There's a new health clinic in town. Harris Health System, formerly the Harris County Hospital District, will soon open a state-of-the art medical facility near Reliant Stadium, designed for outpatient cancer treatment. |
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ACLU Report Details Violations Of Religious Freedom The ACLU of Texas released a report today detailing violations of religious freedom in Texas public schools. ACLU officials say of all the complaints they get the vast majority is about religion and schools. |
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Texas Increases Sales Tax Revenue Over August 2011 August sales tax revenues in Texas are up 18 and a half percent from last August. The State Comptroller's report shows sales tax revenues steadily rising this year. |
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Houston Fights Obesity With New Collaborations A task force of 22 people will look at how to reduce obesity in the Houston area. |
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State Parks Feel Effects Of Maintenance Cuts Years of cuts and deferred maintenance has created a major headache at Texas Parks and Wildlife sites. And it could result in widespread park closures. |
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Business Forum Warns Of Outside Risks To Houston Economy A business forum hosted by Comerica Bank in River Oaks highlighted risks to the Houston economy posed by developments outside the region. |
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A Big Show Of Support For Metro, But Voters Must Now Be Convinced Harris County Commissioners unanimously approve a resolution to continue Metro's General Mobility Fund. It appears as a referendum on the November ballot. |
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Local Musicians Perform At Houston Public Library Concerts The Houston Public Library is hosting noontime concerts in downtown. The performances aim to highlight musicians in Houston's music scene. |
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Unpublished JFK Photos: Houston Remembers President Kennedy's 1962 'Moon Speech' At Rice Stadium Today is the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's famous speech in which he declared, "We choose to go to the moon ..." He delivered it here in Houston, vowing to put Americans on the moon within the decade. |
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It's Not As Hot, So Why Is Houston Under Ozone Watch? An ozone watch is in effect in Harris County today. People with respiratory problems — children and the elderly should limit their time outside. |
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Texas Coal Powers East Texas Jobs, But For How Long? Texas has been a stand-out recovering from the recession, creating more jobs than many other states. But it's not all good. StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling found a place where jobs are few. And that's why people who live there are very concerned when they hear about stricter government regulations that could have an effect on employment. |
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Manpower: Houston Employers To Slow Hiring As 2012 Wanes The latest survey from Manpower Group finds the pace of hiring in Houston is likely to cool from October to December, compared to the previous three months. |
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Alternative To A DWI Sentence Pays Off In Harris County Sober Court Harris County's SOBER Court recognizes DWI defendants who have completed the program aimed at providing support for alcohol abusers charged with drunken driving. |
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Houston Firefighters Who Died Of Job-Related Illnesses To Be Honored At National Memorial At a solemn ceremony this weekend in Colorado, the names of nine Houston firefighters will be added to the International Association of Firefighters Memorial Wall. None of the men were killed in a fire, but they all died of diseases related to their jobs. |
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Houston Food Trucks Ask For Less Regulation Houston food truck owners want City Hall to ease up on regulations that make it difficult for them to operate in certain areas. |
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Downward Trend In Gas Prices, Even Lower In Houston Average retail gasoline prices in Houston fall a half cent, for an average $3.63 for a gallon of regular unleaded. This compares with the national average of $3.81. |
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Drugs, Oil, And The Great Crew Change Roughly half the workforce in the oil and gas industry is expected to retire within the next ten years. As many companies approach what’s being called "the Great Crew Change," one of the biggest challenges is finding workers who are drug-free. |
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Sail On: Tall Ship Elissa Ready For Repairs This morning, the tall ship Elissa begins a short trip from her home in Galveston to a shipyard in Texas City for the start of repairs that should get her sailing in the open water again soon. The people who care for the Elissa say she's a state treasure that needs to be preserved. |
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Kauffman, Accenture Offer Entrepreneurship Training For Vets The Kauffman Foundation is taking registrations for its latest FastTrac course. The free 10-week class teaches entrepreneurship skills to veterans. |
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After Voter ID Decision, What Happens Next? Attorneys for the state and the federal government will meet this month to iron out a timeline for the state's challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The litigation is why the state isn't able to immediately file an appeal to last week's voter ID decision. |
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Texas to Apply for No Child Left Behind Waiver Texas plans to join the more than 30 states that have already asked for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act's requirements, according to a letter new state Education Commissioner Michael Williams sent school districts Thursday. |
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Houstonians Respond To A Familiar Political Question The recurrent question this campaign season is: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Now that both party conventions are over, KUHF's Shomial Ahmad went out and asked Houstonians their answers to that question. |
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Despite Bonds That Favor Voter Passage, Ballot Placement Might Work Against Them Come November, Houston voters will be asked to approve bond issues that carry a price tag of more than $2.5 billion dollars. Polling indicates strong support for the measures. One problem might be the position on the ballot though. |
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Tweets Over Missing Journalist Austin Tice In Syria AP and other reports suggest that freelance journalist Austin Tice of Houston is being detained in Syria. He has been missing for three weeks and today Syrians and international tweeters spread the for his release. |
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Roger Clemens Will Pitch To Son In Tonight's Game Roger Clemens is back on the mound again tonight for the Sugar Land Skeeters, but this time he'll be pitching to his son. The father-son combination will be seen nationwide. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Dan Jones Dan Jones spent nearly four decades in insurance underwriting risks to the oil and gas industry. He now teaches insurance and risk management at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. Jones joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the risk of hurricanes to oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Greater Houston Partnership Names Bob Harvey As New CEO The Greater Houston Partnership has named Bob Harvey as its new chief executive officer. |
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Thursday Democratic Convention Chat A live chat with NPR journalists and experts, the latest news and more on Thursday's Democratic Convention chat. |
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Isaac: The Storm That Just Won't Die A sliver of Hurricane Isaac that just won't die is making some noise in the northern Gulf of Mexico and could reform into a storm. |
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Harris County Hospital District Gets A Name Change To Harris Health System It's the official public introduction of Harris Health System, the new business name for the Harris County Hospital District. Officials say the new name is intended to reflect an organization With more to offer than just three hospitals. |
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CDC Says National Childhood Vaccine Rates Good, While Texas Issues Warning On Whooping Cough Deaths The Centers for Disease Control reports that national childhood vaccinations rates remain steady, but could be better especially when it comes to vaccines that are newly-recommended. |
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PUC Examines Power Generation Shortage In Texas The Public Utility Commission of Texas questioned energy companies today about how to get them to build new power plants and meet the growing energy demand in the state. |
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Live From The GHP CEO Announcement The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) announced its new CEO. |
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Small Business Revenues Fall For Fifth-Straight Month A new study by financial software and services provider Intuit finds small business revenues nationwide fell again last month. |
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Wednesday Democratic Convention Chat A live chat with NPR journalists and experts, the latest news and more on Wednesday's Democratic Convention chat. |
