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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. |
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Veteran Organization Gets Toys To Needy Vet Families This Christmas Christmas isn't the easiest of time for military families or for returning veterans. When work is scarce, gifts and Santa Claus can get pushed down the priority list. Luckily the Lone Star Veteran Association has that base covered for many veteran families this holiday season. But they also want you to remember those who are still serving overseas. |
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HISD Says It Will Consider Police At Elementary Schools As the National Rifle Association calls for more armed guards at schools across the nation, the Houston Independent School District says it's re-evaluating how it uses its officers on area campuses. |
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Saturday Is Deadline For Christmas Mail It's four days until Christmas — or two postal business days. Those who haven't mailed their Christmas cards or gifts yet, should hurry to the post office. Tomorrow is the last day for mail to arrive in time for Christmas Day. |
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Be Prepared For Your Flight This Holiday Season Today is expected to be the 2nd busiest day for travel at Bush Intercontinental Airport and tomorrow will most likely be the busiest day of the year at Hobby Airport. The Houston Airport System has information that can help get your trip off to a less stressful start. |
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HISD Comments Following The NRA Press Conference HISD comments after the NRA press conference. The NRA calls for armed police officers in every school to stop next killer waiting in the wings. |
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Bauer Business Focus: John & Dee Dillman John and Dee Dillman operated Kaboom Books in New Orleans for more than two decades. After Hurricane Katrina, they moved to Houston and reestablished their used bookstore in the Heights. The Dillmans join Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Building Contracts Up More than 30% from November 2011 Houston's construction sector continued to gain ground in November, according to the latest analysis by publisher McGraw-Hill. |
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Metro's board has accepted the resignation of CEO George Greanias, who says he feels the time is right to step aside as head of one of the nation's largest transit agencies. Metro's board has now named an interim CEO to take his place. |
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Fireworks Go On Sale With No Restrictions Recent rains in the area have saturated the ground enough that there is no ban on certain types of aerial fireworks, which are all now on sale. Operators anticipate brisk sales for Christmas and New Year's. |
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The 83rd Texas Legislative Session Begins on January 8th As lawmakers in Washington continue to look for ways to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff", lawmakers here in Texas say no resolution could be painful for the Lone Star State. Federal dollars make up a big part of the state's economy. |
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President Bush Still Hospitalized
Although former President George Bush has been in the hospital for nearly a month — his spokesman says his condition continues to improve. Doctors are still saying the 88-year-old Mr. Bush will be home by Christmas.
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Unconventional Oil & Gas To Support Nearly 1 Million Texas Jobs By 2020 A new study by economic research firm IHS finds Texas is by far the top beneficiary of new jobs tied to unconventional oil and gas. |
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Visually Impaired Girl Receives Early Christmas Gift That Allows Her To Read Christmas came early for one local visually impaired 7-year old. Kaitlyn Brown is the lucky recipient of a machine from nonprofit sight savers and The University of Texas Health Science Center. The machine can magnify objects up to 79 times which allows her to read and learn like other kids her age. |
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Holiday Travel Picks Up In Texas More Texans are expected to hit the road this holiday season. |
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New UH Football Stadium To Open In 2014 The University of Houston has released renderings of its future 40,000 seat football stadium that will replace the demolished Robertson Stadium. The most noteworthy change is probably the facility's positioning. |
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Lawmakers Suggest Education Reform Measures For Schools In Texas Texas lawmakers unveiled a package of education reforms that includes an effort to help some public school students attend private schools. The announcement was made inside a Catholic elementary school in Austin. |
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Houston Tried To Shut Down Gun Shows Next week the George R. Brown Convention Center will host the high caliber gun and knife show. Gun shows rotate through Houston's expo centers on an almost monthly basis. But at one time the city tried to prohibit or restrict such shows. |
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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Bids Farewell The first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate said goodbye today. |
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Major Questions Left Unanswered In Texas Trooper Helicopter Shooting Of Immigrants As the investigation continues into the Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter shooting that killed two Guatemalan immigrants — a South Texas DA says the most important question will never be answered. |
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Online Scammers Target Debt-Laden Christmas Shoppers As consumers run up credit card debt with their Christmas shopping, many are falling victim to scams that promise an easy way to pay down their bills. |
