Posted on · The report also found racial disparities among Texas children placed on probation, with Black children making up a majority of supervised youth throughout the state despite accounting for only 13% of Texas' population.
Posted on · A lawsuit is asking the state of Texas to clarify what exactly the exceptions written in the law entail.
Posted on · The Family Financial Stability and Income Program would provide low-income families with direct financial support for rent, groceries, transportation, housing and utilities, and care if approved at commissioner’s court on Tuesday.
Posted on · The newly-appointed leader of the largest school district in Texas shares his plans and ideas for enacting systemic change.
Posted on · There were 57 incidents in 2022 in which dogs bit postal service employees in Houston, which has led the country in the annual USPS rankings in five of the last six years.
Posted on · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment has exposed divisions among Republicans in Collin County, which has long been a party stronghold.
Posted on · Researchers project that 300,000 jobs will be added in the Greater Houston area by 2027.
Posted on · As part of the West Belt Improvement Project, seven at-grade railroad crossings will be closed and a total of four underpasses will be constructed on York Street and at the intersection of Commerce Street and Navigation Boulevard.
Posted on · Houston Matters engages in its regular monthly round of Houstonian Pet Peeves with listeners
Posted on · Harris County Commissioners Court will begin considering a proposed bond measure to raise some $2.5 billion for improvements to facilities within Harris Health System.
Posted on · Mike Stevens is accused of sending inappropriate messages and pictures to a person he thought was a 15-year old girl but was actually an undercover officer.
Posted on · Texas lawmakers made huge investments in community colleges and created new endowments for public universities. They also banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices and gave themselves more control over university faculty tenure.
Posted on · One single donation can help multiple people.
Posted on · On Monday's show: We offer listeners their monthly opportunity to vent about their pet peeves about life in Greater Houston.
Posted on · Events celebrating the Houston area's LGBTQ+ community are planned throughout the month of June.
Posted on · Our panel of guests share their thoughts on trending topics.
Posted on · Demands the campaign is pushing are expansion of the Supreme Court and adding about three to four seats to the court, impose term limits and a stronger code of ethics.
Posted on · "If you want buy-in then you need to include everyone in the process, and that's not happening."
Posted on · This weekend, Houston hosts the Gulf Coast Cruinniú, a gathering of traditional Irish musicians. We meet some of them and hear them perform.
Posted on · Jehffrey Gutirres, 26, has been accused of trespassing multiple times this year at Bush Intercontinental Airport. He is alleged to have entered the United States last year by hiding on an American Airlines flight from Guatemala to Miami.
Posted on · Senators have been publicly silent, citing their role as jurors with a weighty decision: Whether to remove one of the state’s top Republicans from office.
Posted on · Authorities say 47-year-old Michael Stephens, superintendent of Itasca ISD, wanted to come to Houston and engage in sexual acts with someone who he thought was a 15-year-old girl.
Posted on · The city identified the Gulfton and Kashmere Gardens communities as pilot projects for the plan.
Posted on · Legendary producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, take us on a musical journey of their past, present and hit-making future. This episode is an encore of the August 7, 2021 original broadcast.
Posted on · Retired Major General Rick Noriega was fired as Harris County's IT chief last month after failing to take mandatory sexual harassment training.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Now that we know who is going to lead Houston ISD under the state takeover, how is it sitting with area educators? We get reaction from the Houston Federation of Teachers to a new superintendent and new board of managers running the district.
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · Examining the early forecasts; plus, what to be aware of and how to best prepare.
Posted on · The state alleges that recipients benefit from using state-funded resources like public education and Medicaid, which places a strain on state funds.
Posted on · The corpse flower, Meg, has a bloom that will only last around one to three days, and it will take six to eight years before the flower blooms again.
Posted on · Hardin and DeGuerin said they were honored to represent the House in Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate, which has not been scheduled but will occur before Aug. 28.
Posted on · A school district spokesperson says the 20 impacted students should have been allowed to wear their colorful stoles at Saturday's graduation ceremony, but added that the snafu "had nothing to do with race or culture."