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Women Underrepresented On Houston Boards The number female directors at Houston companies is on the rise. But it's still far below the national average. |
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Macy's To Relocate To Remain In Downtown Houston The new year marks a change in downtown department store shopping, as Macy's announced it will close its doors in early spring. It is one of six stores the Cincinnati-based retailer will close this year. While Macy's shops for a new downtown location, preservationists are disappointed the structure will be demolished. |
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If you thought last year was an expensive one at the gasoline pump, you were right. It cost more to fill your gas tanks in 2012 than ever before in Texas. |
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Congressman Brady Takes Oath For Ninth Time; Comments On Boehner's Re-election As House Speaker The house re-elected Republican John Boehner as speaker, losing just a handful of votes in the Republican-controlled chamber. Republican Congressman Kevin Brady of The Woodlands says the last-minute fiscal cliff negotiations and the lack of legislation to provide aid for hurricane sandy victims indicates that both parties need to work together. |
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Mayor Parker's New Push For Downtown Retail, As Macy's Announces Closure Macy's announced today that it’s closing its store in downtown Houston. After more than 65 years as a department store, the building at the corner of Main and Dallas will be converted to office space. The news of Macy's closure coincides with the mayor's office announcing a new task force to find ways to create, and keep, more retail downtown. |
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Appraisal District Renews Homestead Exemptions The Harris County Appraisal District has now mailed confirmation postcards to homeowners who are currently on file with a homestead exemption. Residents who don't give correct information could wind up with a huge tax bill. |
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Texas Takes Over Women's Health Program The state launched its Women's Health Program this week. Texas is funding the program on its own because the federal government pulled money after the state blocked Planned Parenthood from participating. |
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Payroll Tax Hike Will Hit Lower-Wage Earners Hardest The wealthy won't be the only ones paying higher taxes under the New Year's Day fiscal deal. |
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Houston Legislators Comment On Fiscal Cliff Bill Not every GOP lawmaker was happy about the "fiscal cliff" compromise, including a Sugar Land Republican who thought it was a bad deal. Meanwhile, a local Democrat says the deal had to get done. But what will the legislation mean down the road? |
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Last Year Was Hottest On Record For Houston Area With an average of just over 72 degrees, 2012 was the hottest year in Houston history. Increasing temperatures may be our future. |
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Fewer Harris County Drivers Arrested For DWI This New Year's Harris County authorities credit a strong police presense in keeping drunk drivers off the road this New Year's holiday; however, authorities are still fighting to rid Houston of some grim statistics. |
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UT Brings Dentists To Houston Schools What chronic childhood disease is five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever? What is a disease that causes pain, deformity and millions of hours in school absences? It's tooth decay. Yes, cavities are still a silent epidemic in this country, particularly among poor children. KUHF Health and Science reporter Carrie Feibel looked into what Houston's dental school is doing about the problem. |
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Employers Tightening Up Dress Codes Office dress codes have loosened up considerably over the past generation. But as more employees push the bounds of good taste, employers are pushing back. |
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More And More Restaurants Opening Their Doors To Four-Legged Friends Before September 2011 there was no legislation to allow dogs on any restaurant or café property. Now over 30 restaurants in Houston have paid for a city permit so four-legged friends can dine alongside their owners. |
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MD Anderson Team Pioneers Method To Improve Cord Blood Yield A professor of medicine from MD Anderson ended the year with a paper being published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It's about a technique that appears to improve the success of blood stem cell transplants from umbilical cords. |
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Workplace Food Theft: A Tale of Woe Have you ever had your food stolen out of the office refrigerator? A lot of people report it as a common occurrence — but there's very little research to back up their claims. |
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Worst Case Outlook For The Economy In 2013 Higher taxes and austerity aren't the only threats facing the U.S. economy as 2013 begins. |
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What Happens To The Family When A Service Member Is Deployed? Military deployment can have a profound effect on families, especially children. Researchers want to examine how they have coped, and with the goal of providing help to those finding it hard to adjust. |
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Poverty And The Growing Need Map This interactive map uses recently-released census data to show the number of Houstonians living below the poverty line in various neighborhoods in relation to where the outreach centers are located. |
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Unemployment Shrinks In 2012, But Hunger Grows Even with the Houston economy improving, those serving people in need of food assistance say the demand for food aid has been increasing. |
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TxDOT Offers Non-alcoholic Drink Recipes For New Year's Parties It's New Year's Eve, and the Texas Department of Transportation continues its holiday campaign focusing on the importance of planning for a sober ride home. The holiday P.A.S.S. campaign requires a commitment. |
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Texas Environment 2012: A Year In Review As 2012 draws to a close the big environmental story in Texas was another year of drought. The extended dry weather took a toll on our environment and the state's economy. |
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Doctors Brace For Steep Cuts In Medicare Payments Houston physicians are bracing for a 30% cut in Medicare reimbursements. |
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George H.W. Bush 'Is Improving' Former President George H.W. Bush is still in intensive care today at Methodist Hospital, but a family spokesman says he is improving. |
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Region's Largest Daily Newspapers Try Paid Content Websites The Houston-Galveston area's largest daily newspapers — the Houston Chronicle and the Galveston County Daily News — both recently introduced new subscription-only websites. The two papers are part of a nationwide trend. |
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Intercity Buses Could Lead To Tourism Boost A study from the Texas Transportation Institute says as airports and highways grow more crowded, the state needs to find more efficient ways of moving people between cities and across regions. One solution could be express intercity buses that operate similar to passenger trains. |
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Christmas Trees Get New Purpose With Houston Recycling Program Christmas has passed and that means the end for many Christmas trees. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, however. Trees recycled in the city of Houston will have a new calling. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Adrienne Leigh For this year's final episode of the "Bauer Business Focus," Andrew Schneider takes a look at a popular New Year's resolution: starting or buying your own business. He's joined by Adrienne Leigh, who owns and operates a franchise of Murphy Business & Financial in West Houston. |
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Two Medicare Tax Hikes To Hit High-Earners On Jan 1 High-income earners are going to get hit with two Medicare tax hikes next year, regardless of the outcome of negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff. |
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Business School Behind Bars Part 4 Inmates in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program pack 1,000 hours of college-level coursework into six months. When they finish, they get to don a cap and gown, many for the first time in their lives. Andrew Schneider reports in the last of our four part series. |
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Veteran Aims To Paint Every Fallen Texas Soldier The number of fallen Texas soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is at 611 and counting. One veteran in Baytown has made it his life's mission to commit every single one to canvas. In our continuing veteran series "Helping our Heroes" we look at how one man's paintings help those who are left behind. |
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White House Pushes For Greater US Investment In Africa John Kerry will have a full plate to contend with if the Senate confirms him to succeed Hillary Clinton at the State Department. How he handles one of his new responsibilities could have implications for Houston. |
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George H.W. Bush 'Remains In Guarded Condition' George H.W. Bush was admitted to the Methodist Hospital the day after Thanksgiving and has remained there ever since. |
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Business School Behind Bars Part 3 Nearly 900 inmates of the Cleveland Correctional Center have earned a fresh start through the Prison Entrepreneurship Program. But the program's biggest test may have come in reforming itself, as Andrew Schneider reports in the third of our four part series. |
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Texas Moves To 40th Place In 2012 America's Health Rankings There is good and bad news for Texas in the annual study done by America's Health Rankings. |
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Capital Murder Charges Filed In Death Of Bellaire Police Officer The Harris County District Attorney has filed charges against Harlem Lewis, accused of killing a Bellaire police officer and a business owner on Christmas Eve. |
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Holiday Break Thins Competition For Job Seekers Job seekers often put their searches on hold during the holidays That's why this week might be a good time to kick a job search into high gear. |
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Business School Behind Bars Part 2 A business plan, and the ability to sell it to investors, can make or break a start-up company. That lesson is drummed into the participants of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program every day, as Andrew Schneider reports in the second of our four part series. |
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Knitting Guild Gives To Those In Need During The Holidays In the holiday season, we try to focus on the tradition of giving. Instead of reaching into their pockets, one local guild is using knitting needles and wool to give to those in need. |
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Yergin: Energy History Repeats Itself Daniel Yergin is one of the world's leading experts on energy and energy policy. The author of The Prize and The Quest has developed a new tool to help navigate the sector’s history. |
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Business School Behind Bars Part 1 One in every four inmates released from the Texas prison system is back in prison within three years. But an hour north of Houston, an experiment is unfolding that could slash the rate of recidivism. In the first of our four part series, KUHF business reporter Andrew Schneider looks at the Prison Entrepreneurship Program. |
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Some Houstonians Adopt New Holiday Traditions This Year Holidays are a time of being together and incorporating traditions that may have been passed on for generations. KUHF's Shomial Ahmad talked to some Houstonians who are celebrating the holidays a bit differently this year. |
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Bellaire Police Officer Dies In Line Of Duty An officer with the Bellaire Police Department has died of gunshot wounds in Houston after the driver of a car that he tried to pull over opened fire on him. |
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All the Rage: Texas Roads Where Bicyclists Are Banned It's a safe bet that in this holiday season, stores have sold a lot of shiny new bicycles. But in Texas, you better watch out where you ride them. With lawmakers set to begin their new session next month, StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling looks at laws that try to dictate where bikers ... belong. |
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The Question Of The Day: Real Or Artificial Tree? Christmas time means millions of Americans have a tree in their home. What differs is the type of tree they are displaying — real or artificial. Proponents of either tree can be strong believers in their choice. |
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What To Do When Christmas Bills Come Due There are just a few hours left to get your Christmas shopping in. What you can do to reduce your bills if you've already spent more than you planned? |
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Perry Faces Awkward Policy Debates, More Scrutiny It's Christmastime, which means it is also time for Gov. Rick Perry to issue pardons in a handful of criminal cases. On Friday, he pardoned 14 people, bringing his career total to roughly 200. |
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Texas is a gun state, more likely to expand gun rights after a mass killing than to restrict them. While there are proposals to buy back guns or restrict sales, Texas leaders are pushing to allow guns in more places. |
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Houston Firefighters Show That Christmas Is For Giving Many families who couldn't afford to buy toys for their children found a reason to celebrate. They were able to pick up toys at an annual event hosted by the Houston Fire Department. |
