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Another Delay In Texas Primary Debated During Supreme Court Hearing The U.S. Supreme Court may be considering instructions that would delay Texas primary elections again. Justices asked about a delay yesterday after arguments over Texas' election maps. |
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KUHF Conversations: John Hofmeister Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is raising fresh concerns about U.S. energy security, as well as U.S. energy policy in general. John Hofmeister has spent his career dealing with both. The former Shell Oil president now heads the non-profit public policy group Citizens for Affordable Energy. |
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Emergency Managers Say Houston Weather Never Surprises Yesterday's surprise deluge across the Houston area is a good example of how unpredictable our weather is. Forecasters expected rain, but nowhere near the amount we received. Local emergency and planning officials say nothing surprises them anymore in Houston. |
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Technical Job Openings On The Rise Representatives from more than thirty employers will interview students today at the Universal Technical Institute's Houston campus in the Greenspoint District. UTI Houston officials say it's the largest business turnout for a job interview event in at least a decade. |
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HCSO Overcomes Challenges To End 2011 On A Good Note Despite a hiring freeze and the loss of over 125 deputies out on patrol, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia managed to close out 2011 with accomplishments that would envy other departments. Topping the list, deputies have maintained the response time to priority one calls. |
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ERCOT Reports Five Percent More Electricty Usage In 2011 With last summer's record heat, it may not surprise you that the state's electricity usage is up. ERCOT released its 2011 demand and energy report. |
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HFD Response To Flash Flooding Across Houston Tens of thousands of people lost power today as powerful thunderstorms swept over the Houston region, dropping several inches of rain. A tornado damaged the Mall of the Mainland in Texas City and hundreds of cars were stranded along roadways. |
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Flooding Causes Problems For Motorists Navigating Houston roads and freeways during the peak of today's storm, there's a good chance you had to turn around at least once or twice after running into a flooded street. |
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Drilling Texas: Who's Getting Big Tax Breaks? What critics call a "billion dollar loophole" is giving Texas gas producers a big break. StateImpact Texas reporter Dave Fehling has been looking into whether the industry is paying its fair share at a time when lawmakers have had to cut billions from the state budget. |
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Energy Development In The Far North Houston is home to 140 Norwegian companies, many tied to the energy industry. That made the city an ideal backdrop for Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to address Norway's top strategic priority: the peaceful development of the Arctic. |
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Prudential Life Building Razed For MD Anderson Expansion The former Prudential Life Insurance Building was demolished early yesterday morning. The twenty-story building was razed to make way for new facilities at the Texas Medical Center. |
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Big Hole In Texas Medical Center Skyline In a matter of seconds, demolition crews brought down a 20 story building in the Texas Medical Center. |
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Texas Payday Lenders Face New Rules, Scrutiny Payday lenders are about to come under the microscope — the result of new laws designed to curb predatory lending and prevent a cycle of "debt and dependency." |
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After Poor Iowa Showing, Why is Perry Still Running? Only Gov. Rick Perry knows for sure what changed in the 12-hour period between his late-night decision to come back to Texas to reassess his presidential bid and his morning Tweet that he was forging ahead to South Carolina. |
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Re-Plant Houston Begins Reforestation The Houston Parks Department began replacing trees lost due to the drought by replanting a 17-foot live oak at Memorial Park. "Re-plant Houston" will involve volunteers helping to plant over 25,000 trees in four parks. |
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Crews Get Field Ready For Big Game We're less than 24 hours away from kickoff of the Texans first ever playoff game. Workers spent the day at Reliant Stadium getting everything ready for fans and a national TV audience. |
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New TX Law For HOAs Give Homeowners More Time Before Foreclosure Up until now, Homeowners Associations in Texas have been able to quickly foreclose on homes whose owners might owe just a few hundred dollars in late dues or assessments. A new state law took effect this week giving homeowners more time to make good on their debts. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Vanessa Patrick Millions of Americans start the New Year with resolutions to change their behavior. Most quickly fall back into their old habits. Vanessa Patrick teaches marketing at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business and discusses her research on how to resist temptation. |
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Energy Sector Juices Houston Office Space Market The market for Houston office space enjoyed robust growth in the fourth quarter of 2011. That's a reflection of the city's strong economy in general and the energy sector in particular. |
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Investing In Teens Through Employment The White House announces a new call to action for businesses, nonprofits and government to work together to provide jobs for teens in the summer of 2012. One expert on entry level employment issues talks about the benefits of President Obama's summer jobs initiative. |
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Texans Fans Excited About Playoffs The Houston Texans will play the Cincinnati Bengals in the first playoff game in team history. Texans fans are enjoying every minute of it. |
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Harris County Among Nation's Worst Air, Water Polluters The Environmental Protection Agency is releasing its latest Toxics Release Inventory. The annual study publishes information on releases of toxic chemicals into the air, land and water. Once again, Harris County ranks as one of the most polluted in the nation. |
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Flu Season In Houston Likely To Peak Next Month It's been a quiet flu season so far here in Houston, but that could change next Month, and one local expert says there's still time to get a flu shot. |
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Rick Perry And The Troubles Back Home Despite his fifth place finish in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week, Governor Rick Perry says he'll continue campaigning for president. While he's been away, Texans have grappled with the impacts of a historic drought, a newly invigorated fossil-fuel industry and seen continued battles between state policymakers and the federal government over environmental regulation. |
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56 year old Rickey Wyatt is celebrating his first morning of freedom after 31 years behind bars. Wyatt was released from Dallas County Jail Wednesday after officials agreed his conviction was so flawed, he likely did not commit the crime. |
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When Wells Blow Out in Pennsylvania, Texans Step In Gas and oil well blowouts are the stuff of legend in Texas. But in Pennsylvania, a state with little modern experience with wells, a surge in drilling has some residents on edge. The thought of a geyser of fire erupting in an otherwise peaceful pasture can sound like a nightmare. |
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Enterprise Products Partners To Build Pennsylvania-Texas Pipeline Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners says it has enough support from shippers to build the first energy pipeline between Pennsylvania and Texas. |
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Houston's Murder Rate Lowest In Four Decades Houston's murder rate is the lowest it has been since 1965. The police department released homicide numbers for 2011. Officials say the murder rate has been on the decline for several years. |
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Perry Staying In for "Actual Primaries" Governor Rick Perry is continuing with his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. That's despite a fifth place finish in last night's Iowa caucuses. |
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Longtime Harris County Commissioner Avoids Prison Jerry Eversole will not be going to prison. The former Harris County Commissioner was given 3 years probation for lying to federal investigators. |
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No More Airport Waiting For Troops President Obama has signed a new law that will allow U.S. military personnel to go to the front of the line at U.S. airports. The bill was sponsored by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and had unanimous support from both parties. |
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Friday Is FEMA Deadline For Wildfire Victims Victims of wildfires in 23 Texas counties have until Friday to register with FEMA for potential recovery assistance. The agency's Bob Howard says it's the last call for wildfire recovery assistance. |
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Houston Unemployment Falls To 7.6% The Labor Department is reporting more than 90% of the nation's metropolitan areas had lower unemployment rates in November 2011 than a year earlier. |
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Former County Commissioner Gets Probation Former Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jerry Eversole has been sentenced to three years probation for lying to FBI agents investigating corruption charges. |
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Gov. Perry Short On Time To Decide Whether To Remain In GOP Race Governor Rick Perry is back in Texas after a bruising fifth-place finish in last night's Iowa Caucuses. A local political expert says the governor needs to decide by tomorrow whether he'll suspend his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. |
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Record Asbestos Verdict Against Chevron Phillips Overturned A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history. |
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Boat Dealers Hoping For Better Year The annual Houston Boat Show gets underway this Friday at Reliant Center. This summer was one of the worse ever for boating in the state of Texas due to the drought. |
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Original Prairie Plants Being Restored At San Jacinto Monument The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is restoring 110 acres of tall-grass prairie at the San Jacinto Battleground. That will help the historic site retain the same tall grasses that were there during the Texas Revolution. |
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Mayor Takes Oath For Second Term Houston's mayor, city controller and 16 city council members were sworn into office this morning. The ceremony took place at the Hobby Center downtown. |
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Starry, Starry Night: 2012's First Meteor Shower The first meteor shower of the year will be visible in the wee hours of the morning over our region. A short drive north or west of the city could treat you to some unusual stargazing. |
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BP Wants Halliburton To Pay Up BP is reiterating claims against Houston-based Halliburton Energy Services for expenses and lost profits resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. |
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ICC Rules Venezuela Owes Exxon Mobil $900 Million An international arbitration panel has ruled Venezuela’s state oil company owes Exxon Mobil more than $900 million. But Venezuela says it will pay less than a third that amount. |
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Married Priest Tapped by Pope to Lead Episcopal Ordinariate Pope Benedict names a married priest who converted from the Anglican faith to head the first diocese in Houston for U.S. converts to Roman Catholism. The Ordinariate is the second organizational structure created by the Vatican for converts. |
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Water Main Breaks Back To Normal This past summer, the City of Houston saw near record numbers of water main breaks due to the high temperatures and lack of rain. After getting a bit of a break during the fall, crews are back at it again as colder temperatures are causing breaks as well. |
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New Law Provides Tax Break to Disabled Vets Spouses A new law that took effect with the start of the new year means the surviving spouses of totally disabled veterans will get some much-needed tax relief. |
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City Prepares for Inauguration Houston's inauguration ceremony will be a day later than usual to save the city money. Today — January second — would be the normal day for the ceremony but it's a city holiday — so to save on overtime the mayor and city council will be sworn in tomorrow instead. |
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Texas Watches Progress of Texans in Iowa Caucuses After Iowa, what's next for Congressman Ron Paul and Governor Rick Perry, as they seek the Republican nomination? It depends on how well each of them do. |
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Leading Houston's New Council Districts Tomorrow morning seven new Houston Councilmembers will be sworn in to office. Two of them will have an additional learning curve ahead — as they develop entirely new council districts. |
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Neighborhood Tax Centers need to fill the volunteer positions which provide free tax help to low income people. |
