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Houston Family Uses Little-Used Tool To Fight For Son's Special Education Under federal law, all students have a right to an education. That includes children with autism, whose numbers have more than doubled in Texas since 2004. From the KUHF Education Desk, Laura Isensee has the story of one Houston family's fight for their son's education. |
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After Military Suicides Hit Record High In 2012, Houston VA Promotes Prevention Pentagon figures show suicides in the military rose to a new record last year, even as the war in the Middle East winds down. While the services recognize the stress associated with returning soldiers, the Houston VA Hospital is working to counter this chronic problem. |
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Representative Turner: State Spending Plan Fails To Restore Cuts To Education The 83rd Texas Legislature is looking at a proposed spending plan of $187.7 billion over the next two years. But Representative Sylvester Turner of Houston says the appropriations bill filed in the House doesn't restore the $5.4 billion in cuts made to public education in 2011. |
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Rep. Flynn's Bill Wants To Reduce Training Hours In Handgun Proficiency Course Gun legislation has been a major political talking point in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. In this Texas legislative session House Bill 47 has been filed. It relates to reducing the number of concealed handgun license training hours. |
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Houston Getting Direct Flights To Beijing Bush Intercontinental Airport is about to start offering direct fights to Beijing. Houston will be the only city in the region where you can get a nonstop flight to China. |
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Housing Inventory Hits 13-Year Low December marked the nineteenth straight month that Houston home sales were in the black. That's according to the latest numbers from the Houston Association of Realtors. |
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US Oil Boom Won't Displace Oil Sands Imports Energy consulting firm IHS CERA says the U.S. will remain the top market for crude from Canadian oil sands. That's despite the boom in domestic U.S. oil production from shale. |
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Flu Epidemic Affecting the Majority of the Country The flu season has arrived early and with a vengeance, as the epidemic is said to be active in all but three states nationwide. Houston area health clinics have been busy vaccinating people and assisted living facilities are making sure their clients are not exposed to the virus. |
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Local Auto Sales Hit Post-Recession High Houston auto sales set a new record for the month of December. That's according to TexAuto Facts, published by Sugar Land-based InfoNation. |
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Former President George Bush Continues Recovery at Home Former president George H.W. Bush is home again after spending nearly two months in the hospital. |
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Texas Lawmakers Want To Make Enforcement Of Federal Gun Restrictions Illegal As a task force headed by vice president Joe Biden is presenting proposals to combat gun violence, Republican Texas state Rep. Steve Toth from the woodlands is taking steps to keep any kind of weapon ban out of Texas. |
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TxDOT Tries to Keep Oversized Trucks from Hitting Bridges TxDOT says it's working to keep oversized trucks from driving under low freeway bridges. The resulting accidents mean long closures and detours for drivers. |
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Transportation Officials Look at Improved Ways to Haul Freight Transportation officials are predicting explosive growth at Texas ports in the years to come. The Panama Canal is undergoing a major expansion, and there's also increased exploration for natural gas in the state. A recent TxDOT study examines how infrastructure needs to be improved to handle that growth. |
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President Obama Holds a News Conference: Live Stream 1-14-2013   Watch Live: President Obama Holds Press Conference 1-14-2013. Live Stream concluded at 11:30 am. |
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Exporting LNG Raises Fears And Hopes On The Texas Coast It's the next new thing that could create even more energy jobs in Texas: exporting natural gas. The Texas Gulf Coast is by far the hottest spot for proposed export terminals. But there's more to the story than what sounds at first like good news. |
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A New Session, A New Push For LGBT-Friendly Laws In Austin Texas lawmakers in Austin will make decisions this legislative session on big picture items like the budget, education, and healthcare. They'll also consider social issues — specifically, measures that would benefit the lives of gays and lesbians in Texas. But what are the challenges in bringing those bills to a vote — and will they gain more traction this time around. |
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Importers Brace For Possible Port Strike Labor contract talks resume this week between longshoremen and container carriers at East and Gulf Coast ports, including the Port of Houston. |
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Interactive: Weighing Medicaid Expansion As they contemplate whether to expand Medicaid, Texas lawmakers will weigh factors including enrollment growth, costs and savings, and the effects on the rate of insured. This interactive breaks down the numbers connected to those factors. |
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Organizers Try To Get Local Comedian Sculpted In Remembrance A late, world famous comedian, who got his start in Houston, is in line to be commemorated in the form of a statue. |
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The Makeup of the Lege, From Education to Employment The state Legislature is diverse in some ways and homogenous in others. Here's a look at Texas' 83rd class of lawmakers, from their employment and higher education to their age, gender and demographics. |
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Weather A Big Concern For Runners Competing In The Houston Marathon The annual Chevron Houston Marathon will take place on Sunday, with some of the world's best runners lining up. The big question on the minds of everybody is the weather. |
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Houstonians Show Their Spirit During 'Go Houston Texans Day' Today all Houstonians were encouraged to wear their Houston Texans gear. In anticipation of the Texans' AFC Divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots on Sunday, Mayor Annise Parker has declared today "Go Houston Texans Day." |
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More Flu Patients Means More Work For Medical Professionals With an active and busy flu season under way — medical clinics are seeing a greater volume of patients. Some clinics are making adjustments to meet the demand. |
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Dewhurst Weighs In On Further Training For Concealed Handguns In Schools Lt. Governor David Dewhurst says he wants the state to provide money to better train concealed handgun carriers at schools. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Lucrece Borrego In 2007, Lucrece Borrego left what then seemed a secure job as an investment banker to pursue a career in the restaurant industry. She went on to create Kitchen Incubator, Houston's first business incubator focused on food service. Borrego joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Tight Credit, Weak Consumer Confidence Likely To Blunt Home Construction The Greater Houston Builders Association says new home construction this year will remain far short of where it should be, given the strength of Houston's recovery. |
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A Piece of Houston's Downtown Legacy Up For Auction Houston's oldest social club is closing its doors in downtown. Established in 1894, The Houston Club will be selling everything from paintings to kitchen fixtures. This auction marks the end of a certain era in Houston's history. |
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Ex-NFL Player's Brain Disease Triggers Discussion On Football Safety An autopsy of the brain of a former pro football player has confirmed that he suffered from a degenerative brain disease. Junior Seau killed himself last May. The discovery has reignited discussions about safety in football here in Houston. |
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Houston Economy Levels Off In December Houston economic activity leveled off in December, following three straight months of declines. That's according to the latest survey by the Institute for Supply Management – Houston. |
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Houston Teacher Turnover Worries Union Houston students returned to school this week. But hundreds of teachers with the Houston Independent School District have left the classroom since the school year started. Laura Isensee reports from the KUHF Education Desk. |
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Suspect Uriel Landeros Arrested Yesterday; Meanwhile Damaged Picasso Painting Still Being Repaired The attorney representing the man charged with vandalizing a Picasso painting at the Menil last summer could find it difficult to defend him when he returns to Houston, possibly tomorrow. It seems the suspect has already confessed to the crime. |
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Texas transportation officials study why people drive too fast, and Houston gets major support for bike sharing. |
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Flu Season Batters Houston Employers This year's flu season is likely to cost Houston hundreds of millions of dollars. |
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Texas Republican Leaders Chart The Course For The Legislative Session Texas Governor Rick Perry says a booming economy and a state revenue windfall should allow lawmakers to cut taxes. He joined lt. Governor David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Strauss in laying out their plans for the new legislative session that is getting underway this week. |
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Houston Rapper Teams Up With Habitat For Humanity With a poverty rate of almost 24 percent, Houston has plenty of residents in need of housing assistance. Habitat for Humanity provides many low-income Houstonians with a home of their own. To reach more potential beneficiaries, the organization now partners with a local rap star. |
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Houston's Bike Share Program Takes A $750,000 Ride Houston will expand its small but popular bike share program to more parts of the city. A major donation will provide bicycles for rent in some of Houston’s busiest neighborhoods. |
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Houston Sales Tax Allocation Up 7.4% From January 2012 State sales tax revenues continued to climb in December. That'll mean good news for the City of Houston. |
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New Study Looks At Why Drivers Speed A new study from the Texas Transportation Institute says if a driver tends to speed, their personality probably has a lot to do with it. |
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Man Accused of Vandalizing 1929 Picasso Surrenders A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act caught on cellphone video has surrendered to federal marshals at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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Houston Gas Expected To Rebound To $4/Gal. By Spring GasBuddy.com expects Houston area gas prices to peak around $4.00 a gallon this year. |
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Janiece Longoria Is First Woman To Chair The Houston Port Authority The Port of Houston Authority has a new leader. Former Port Commissioner Janiece Longoria is the first woman named to the post. |
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Public Awareness Campaign Aims To Get Parents Involved In Kids' Academic Performance Later this month, elementary and middle school students throughout Texas will receive their first results from the new STAAR test. To get parents more involved in their children's performance in school, several Houston area organizations and school districts have launched a new public awareness campaign. |
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Houston-area ERs See Heavy Volume of Flu Patients Houston area hospitals are seeing a heavier-than-usual volume of flu and other respiratory problems. The best solution remains the same — getting your flu shot. |
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Texas Supreme Court Considers Houston Firefighter Compensation The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from the City of Houston and Houston firefighters tomorrow. The case will determine how much the city has to pay to retiring firefighters. |
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As Oil And Gas Surges, A Town On The Texas Coast Hopes For Transformation Figures released yesterday show state tax revenues are surging. That's raising expectations that funds will be restored to things like education that suffered painful cuts. That would be good news even in Texas towns where the energy industry has been booming. Because as StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling found — even a good local economy hasn't spared some communities from feeling the pinch. |
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Houston Dominates US Office Market In 4th Quarter Of 2012 Houston's commercial real estate market finished out 2012 on a high note. |
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Protesters Occupy Houston TransCanada Office Lobby With the future of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline still undecided, protesters occupied the lobby of TransCanada's Keystone project group offices in west Houston yesterday. |
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Comptroller Combs Estimates State Revenue Is Up The 83rd Texas legislature gets underway this morning, and it sounds like lawmakers will have quite a bit more money to work with than they did in the last session. The state's top accountant, Susan Combs, says revenues are up, which likely means a healthy budget surplus. |
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Former President George H.W. Bush Continues Treatment At Methodist Hospital Former President George H.W. Bush continues his recovery at a Houston hospital. |
