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You Still Have Time To Prepare For The First Area-Wide Freeze Of The Season After a weekend warm enough to run around in shorts, the first area-wide freeze of the season is coming to Houston tonight. But forecasters say it won't last long enough to be considered a hard freeze. |
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Warning About Holiday Charity Scams Lots of people like to donate to charities this time of year, but consumer advocates warn there are some individuals who want to take advantage of that goodwill. They say you need to ask questions if someone calls asking for a donation, even if they sound legitimate. |
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Texas Wind Power Faces Future Of Fewer Tax Breaks There's a good chance that some of the electricity you’re using in your home is generated by a windmill. The world's biggest "wind turbine project" is in west Texas. And the state is the national leader for wind power. But it's all come at a cost to taxpayers. StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling looks at how that cost is now being challenged. |
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St. Joseph Cuts Ribbon This Morning On An Old Hospital Brought Back To Life After nearly twenty years, the Houston Heights neighborhood has a fully-functioning hospital. Today is the grand opening of St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights. It's on the site of one of the oldest hospitals in the city. But why the heights — and why now? |
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More Companies Find Reason To Celebrate In 2012 A survey of human resources executives finds that more firms are holding holiday parties this year than at any time since the start of the recession. |
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The Missing Link: Performance and Job Security Imagine a government as accountable to voters for its performance as football coaches are to the ire of fans and |
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Lawmakers Could Restore Family Planning Funds When state lawmakers passed a budget in 2011 that moved $73 million from family planning services to other programs, the goal was largely political: halt the flow of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood clinics. Now they are facing the policy implications, and a bipartisan coalition is considering ways to restore some or all of that financing. |
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MD Anderson Strikes Deal With Drug Company With Up To $335 million MD Anderson has struck a deal with GlaxoSmithKline to bring a new cancer treatment to market. To date, it's the largest financial partnership the cancer hospital has made with an outside pharmaceutical company. |
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RecruitMilitary Helps Veterans With Employment For veterans, the transition from the military to a civilian job can be difficult. Post-9/11 veterans face an especially high unemployment rate. Job fairs that are tailored to veterans can help. |
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UH Robertson Stadium Demolition Starts Monday Major demolition of Robertson Stadium on the UH campus will begin on Monday. The 70 year old structure is being torn down for a new state-of-the-art facility. |
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Local Neurologist Says No-Kickoff Idea Might Be a Good One The NFL says it will consider ways to make kick-offs less violent, including an idea that would wipe them out all-together. One local neurologist says reducing high impact plays would be a step in the right direction. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Steven Murray Direct Energy, the largest retail electricity provider in North America, is moving its corporate headquarters from Toronto to Houston. Steven Murray heads the company’s residential service. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s Bauer Business Focus. |
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Fiscal Cliff Threatens Houston's Finances Houston's could take a serious hit if the White House and Congress aren't able to work out a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff. |
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New American Community Survey Provides Data For Houston Metro Area The U.S. Census Bureau has released its newest American Community Survey numbers. The annual survey for the first time includes data for specific ZIP codes. From the KUHF NewsLab, Florian Martin has more. |
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Unique Program Helps Students With Neurological Differences A group of students dealing with autism, learning disabilities, brain injuries, and other challenges are learning how to make their way in the business world. |
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Coming 2013: New BP Facility To House Largest Commercial Research Supercomputer Oil giant British Petroleum is building a new facility that will house the world's most powerful supercomputer at its North America office based in west Houston. It will go farther, faster and deeper in its search for oil and gas anywhere in the world. |
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Former President Bush Remains Hospitalized, But Improving Former President George H. W. Bush remains in Methodist hospital as he recovers from bronchitis. |
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As Disposal Wells Age, The Risk Of Stronger Quakes Grows This week researchers presented new findings about the links between oil and gas operations and the increase in man-made earthquakes. Mose Buchele reports for StateImpact Texas. |
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Forum Buys Merrimac, Twelfth Acquisition In Two Years Houston-based Forum Energy Technologies has acquired Merrimac Manufacturing of Plantersville for an undisclosed sum. |
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Norwegian Cruise Line Formally Signs Contract With Port Of Houston The Port of Houston has formally signed a contract with Norwegian Cruise Line to add the Bayport cruise terminal in Pasadena to the company's home ports starting in 2014. As Florian Martin reports from the KUHF NewsLab, Norwegian joins Princess Cruises to service the long-time vacant cruise terminal. |
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Measure To Regulate Parking Along Washington Avenue Shelved One Week A vote on that measure to test a paid parking district along the Washington corridor will wait another week. It was tagged to allow for even more public input. |
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Two Astronauts To Spend Full Year In Orbit Two astronauts, one American and one Russian, will spend a year in outer space on board the International Space Station. NASA scientists say they need to know more about how extended periods in orbit affect the human body, so they can plan for long-haul missions to Mars or other places. |
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Galveston Coastline To Go Virtual Thanks To New Partnership Galveston parks officials hope a new partnership will lead to a science-based strategy to help manage the sand on island beaches over the next few decades. |
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Longtime Richmond Mayor Hilmar Moore dies at 92 The Houston area has lost a bit of history this week with the death of Richmond Mayor Hilmar Moore. Moore led the small city in Fort Bend County for 63-years and leaves behind a rich legacy. |
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Disturbing Incident At Mosque In Cypress A dead pig left outside a Muslim mosque in Cypress has worshipers wondering if they were the target of a hate crime. The pig appeared to have been place on a deck outside the place of worship and was found by members of mosque last night. |
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Upstream Building & Operating Costs Hit Record Highs The cost of building and operating upstream oil and gas facilities climbed to all-time highs during the first nine months of the year. |
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New Metal Recycling Regulations Hope To Catch Thieves The Houston area is struggling with a rash of costly metal theft. Lawmakers, city officials and business owners urge the Harris County Commissioners Court to adopt tougher regulations when it comes to the sale of scrap metal. |
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METRO Chief Looks At Future Of Houston Transit METRO's CEO told members of the Greater Houston Partnership the transit organization is much improved over what it was a few years ago. The occasion was the annual "State of METRO" address. |
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Number Of Texas Children In Poverty Rises The number of Texas children who live in poverty has nearly quadrupled since 2007 — according to a new report by the Washington, D.C. based child advocacy group first focus. The child poverty rate in Texas is worse than the national average. |
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Airport Minority Business Advocacy Group Holds Conference In Houston The airport Minority Advisory Council is holding its annual Airports Economic Opportunity and Policy Forum in Houston. As Florian Martin reports from the KUHF NewsLab, the organization's goal is to empower minority and women-owned small businesses at U.S. airports. |
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Garbage Gas: Is Methane Going To Waste In Texas? There's a debate over the billions of dollars in tax breaks that promote the use of alternative, "renewable" energy. In Texas, wind energy is the big one. But not the only renewable source of power StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling found in one picturesque part of the state. |
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Job Loss Streak Snaps, But Small Business Hiring Still Weak Small business hiring was virtually flat in November, both for Texas and for the country as a whole. |
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CDC Says Flu Season Starting Early Health officials say flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade. Available vaccines seem to be well-matched to the strains of flu being found so far. |
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Neighborhood Centers Reflects On The Success Of Certain Initiatives Some leaders of community-based groups across the nation are looking at new ways to approach community building in poor neighborhoods, given the financial constraints of this economy. Houston-based Neighborhood Centers Inc. is one group that's a part of that conversation. |
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Hobby Airport Now Offers Valet Parking Hobby Airport is making it easier for travelers having trouble finding a parking spot and might be in a hurry to catch a flight. Valet parking has begun with online reservations now being accepted. |
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Houston To Add Paid Parking Along Washington Avenue The City of Houston is piloting a program to test a paid parking district in the Washington corridor. City Council will vote later this week on the plan to install metered parking along Washington Avenue. |
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Galveston Emergency Management Official Discusses Hurricane Sandy Recovery Galveston County's Emergency Management Coordinator will be in Washington Tuesday to testify before a House committee looking into FEMA's response to Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. |
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Former President Still Hospitalized For Persistent Cough Former President George H.W. Bush will likely spend at least a few more days in the hospital as he fights a persistent cough. Bush is in good spirits as doctors at Methodist Hospital treat a lingering case of bronchitis. |
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Energy, Medicine And NASA Swap Ideas Today At Houston's 'Pumps & Pipes' Conference Today scientists from Houston's medical and oil-and-gas industries will come together to share research and ideas. It's the sixth annual "Pumps & Pipes" conference at Methodist Hospital, a conference that could probably only happen in Houston. |
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Resurgence Of Bars And Cars Program Hopes To Crackdown On DWIs The holiday season means a rise in the number of arrests for driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance, because of zero tolerance programs. One area north of Houston is increasing focus on those who over-serve alcohol to patrons. |
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High-Stakes For Texas In Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Talks resumed today in New Zealand on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. |
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Texas Posts Top High School Graduation Rates, But Why? While skeptics say reporting requirements for state graduation rates contain too many loopholes, other education policy experts say Texas deserves credit for implementing innovative programs to keep students in school. |
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Plans Show Wide Gap Remains on Immigration A day after U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced immigration legislation that would give legal status to some undocumented minors, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus laid out its own goals for reform |
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Local Palestinian And Jews React To UN Decision Today, Israel authorized the building of 3,000 settler homes in occupied Palestinian territories. The decision comes a day after the United Nations General Assembly upgraded Palestine to a "non-member state." KUHF's Shomial Ahmad went out to get local reaction to that vote. |
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Texas End Of Course Exam Won't Affect Student Grades The Texas STAAR test which is used to evaluate college-readiness will not automatically count toward a student's final grade this year. Instead local school boards will decide how much weight to give the exam. |
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Metro Opens its New I-45 North HOT Lanes, and the Washburn Tunnel Gets Improved Security Cameras Metro is opening the latest in a series of HOT lanes, designed to provide a faster ride for freeway commuters willing to pay a toll. And some drivers in east Harris County will have to find another route this weekend as the Washburn Tunnel closes for work. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Marylyn Harris Women veterans face some of the steepest unemployment rates in the nation. For those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, the rate tops 15%. Marylyn Harris is a former Army nurse and founder of the Women Veterans Business Center. Harris joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Brookings: Houston Fastest-Growing US Metro Economy A new study from the Brookings Institution finds Houston's economy is growing at a faster pace than that of any other U.S. metro area. But it also shows Houston has yet to recover completely from the recent recession. |
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Builder Boasts Most Energy Efficient House First Built In Houston Houston becomes the first city in the country to build the most affordable zero-energy homes. They will be built by a Houston-based company and feature amenities that will produce more energy than they consume. |
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Holidays Bring Risk Of Home Fires Houston officials say the holidays bring a high risk of fire, and they're warning everyone to be careful as they decorate and warm their homes. |
