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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. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jessica Bolaños Saturday is graduation day for students at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. One of the graduating seniors, Jessica Bolaños, has launched a nonprofit to promote literacy in the developing world. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Houston Retains Top Spot For US Seaborne Trade With Brazil Houston has held onto its ranking as Brazil's largest U.S. seaborne trade partner, both by value and by weight. |
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Law Enforcement Across Texas Is Saying 'Click It Or Ticket' The state of Texas has made seat belt safety a major priority, and is one of the most buckled up states in the country. TxDOT launched its 12th annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign to ensure the safety of motorists here in Houston and across the state. |
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Houston, We Have A New Area Code For the first time in more than 14 years, Houston is getting a new area code. The Public Utility Commission of Texas says growth here means we're running out of available phone numbers. |
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Report: Texas Kids Benefit From Child-Focused State Spending, and Suffer When Spending Drops A new report out this week looks at the public money that Texas spends on kids. The report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin shows that when the state invests in children's education, health, and nutrition, the money is actually making a difference. |
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What You Can Expect From The Houston Mayoral Race Houston Mayor Annise Parker officially kicks off her campaign for re-election this weekend. The mayoral campaign could be an aggressive one. |
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Something President Obama and Gov. Perry Agree On: Creating More Tech Jobs President Obama is in Austin today to talk about jobs. Specifically, a new federal program designed to create even more high-tech, well-paying jobs for which Austin is already well known. |
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Women Filling Larger Percentage Of Oil & Gas Jobs The pace of hiring in the oil and gas industry slowed in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. But the workforce itself is growing more diverse. |
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Found Ohio Women Renews Hope For Ali Lowitzer's Parents The case of three Ohio women kidnapped for more than ten years gives families of missing people hope that their loved ones may still be alive. |
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Judge: Religious Banners At Texas High School Okay A judge in Southeast Texas has ruled that cheerleaders in a tiny town about 85 miles northeast of Houston can display banners with bible verses at football games. The decision ends a court battle that started last year. |
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Houston Increases Opportunity For Minority Firms To Win City Contracts Minority-owned businesses will have more chances to win city contracts thanks to a new rule enacted by Houston Council. |
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Galveston Hopes Federal Money Will Help Keep Water Flowing After A Major Storm The City of Galveston is getting millions of dollars from FEMA to replace a water pumping station that was damaged by Hurricane Ike over four years ago. |
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Ex-Enron CEO Skilling's Sentence To Be Reduced Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling say they have reached an agreement that will reduce the jailed executive's sentence for his role in the energy giant's collapse. |
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Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday Approaches Consumers get a break, and retailers don't do so badly, either. The opportunity for Texans to save money on energy efficient appliances is fast approaching. |
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State Sales Tax Revenues Up 3.9% Compared To A Year Ago The Texas State Comptroller's Office says that state sales tax revenue was up $2.15 billion in April. That's up 3.9 percent compared to April 2012. |
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Houston's Super Bowl Bid Committee Optimistic After Florida Decision Since it became clear on Friday that Miami won't receive state funds to renovate its football stadium, Houston's chances of hosting the 2017 Super Bowl have risen enormously. Houston's Super Bowl bid committee is submitting its final bid tonight. |
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What's Next For Major Proposal To Change Testing, Graduation Plans In Texas Schools With a unanimous vote in the Senate this week, Texas lawmakers took a huge step to cut back on testing in high school and changing the graduation plans for Texas students. There are still hurdles for the bill to become law — as well as concerns that it won't help all students. |
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Houston Gets New Rules For Sharing Roads with Runners And Bikers Tomorrow morning Houston council members will consider an ordinance to protect pedestrians and cyclists on Houston streets. The Safe Passage Ordinance would require drivers to give wide berth to people walking or riding in the right of way. |
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'Sex Superbug' Makes It To The US Health officials in Houston and elsewhere are renewing the call for people to protect themselves against gonorrhea. A drug-resistant strain of the sexually transmitted disease has made its way into the United States. |
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OTC: One Exhibitor Talks Of Thousands Of Jobs In Oil And Gas The Offshore Technology Conference has hundreds of panel discussions about all aspects of the oil and gas industry this week at Reliant Park. |
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Map: Concealed Handgun Licenses Issued In Houston This map allows you to select a year and click on any of the 10 counties in the Houston area to view the number of licenses issued per 1,000 residents for that year. |
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More Than Their Fair Share? Texas County Questions Frack Water Disposal Wells It's a nice surprise: so much oil and natural gas is now being produced here in Texas and other states that our dependence on foreign sources is dropping. While what's coming out of the ground may be great for the nation, there's concern about how to put a by-product of the drilling back into the ground. StateImpact's Dave Fehling reports from South Texas. |
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Governors Of The Gulf Coast Want State Control Of Offshore Drilling Permits Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the federal government can do more to help stimulate offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. At the Offshore Technology Conference here in Houston, Perry along with other Gulf state governors, says offshore drilling is still slower than it used to be before the Deepwater Horizon accident. |
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Why A Local Cardiologist Targets Highly Caffeinated Products A growing number of products contain caffeine, including a new caffeinated chewing gum. That's reason to worry for some health professionals, including a local cardiologist. He and others are asking the Federal Drug Administration to regulate caffeine-containing products. |
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Why BMC Sale Could Affect Jobs In Houston The announcement that a Houston-based business software giant will be sold to a private equity group could mean eventual layoffs and other changes at the company. |
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Study Looks At Growing Traffic Congestion In Fort Bend County As Fort Bend's population continues to grow, officials are looking at safety improvements on one of the county's busiest roadways. |
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Election Day Is This Saturday, No Really Tomorrow is the last day of early voting. That may sound odd — but Texas holds a uniform election in the month of May and Election Day is this Saturday. More than half of Harris County voters are eligible to cast ballots. |
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Slideshow: The NRA Brings the Gun Debate to Houston Gun control has been a heated debate this year. These images captured both the NRA annual event inside the George R. Brown Convention Center and outside on the lawn of Discovery Green where opposition to the NRA stood. |
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Rice Students Make A Better Cup Of Space Coffee Since the days of the Apollo Program, astronauts have been complaining about the coffee. For consumption in space, it comes freeze dried in aluminum pouches, and the taste isn't very good. A group of engineering students from Rice University set out to make space station more like the real thing. It turns out their design may be useful on the International Space Station for more than just a cup of joe. |
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As OTC Kicks Off, BP Gulf Disaster Still Sets Conference Agenda One of the biggest energy industry gatherings kicks-off this morning in Houston: the Offshore Technology Conference — better known as OTC. It'll feature the latest equipment to drill under the ocean for oil and gas. Many sessions will focus on what has changed since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy. Industry-wide, the industry spotlight has been on land and the drilling technique called "fracking." Reporter Dave Fehling talked with the chairman of the OTC, Steve Balint. |
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What Will Memorial Park Look Like In 20 Years? Tomorrow morning Houston council members will hear about a significant overhaul to Memorial Park. The Memorial Park Master Plan proposes to spend $150 million over the next 20 years to preserve and protect the park. |
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Texas Unemployment Lowest In Metros And Energy-Focused Areas The unemployment picture in Texas is substantially better than other states, and the energy sector is a big factor. Areas that are energy-focused fare better than other parts of the state. But large cities are also contributing to better numbers in Texas. |
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For Fire Departments, More to State Budget Than Numbers Budget decisions revolve around numbers, but talking about money is just a way to talk about policy. Consider the case of volunteer fire departments. |
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Proposed Tax Break for Clubs Isn't Music To Some Ears A bill in the House would cut the tax on mixed beverage sales for clubs that use the savings to present live music. Supporters say the bill would benefit a struggling music industry. But critics say it would rob city and county coffers of much-needed tax revenue. |
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Gov Perry And Sen Cruz Fueled The Crowd At This Year's NRA Convention Texas Gov. Rick Perry and freshman U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz both drew thunderous applause for their defense of the rights of law-abiding gun owners. |
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NRA Annual Convention Kicks Off In Downtown Houston The annual meeting of the NRA officially kicked off today at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. More than 70,000 members are expected at the three-day event. KUHF's Carrie Feibel dropped by and spoke to members as they browsed the convention floor, examining new guns, holsters and hunting equipment. She also spoke to protestors outside. |
