
Elections
John Whitmire elected Houston’s next mayor
Posted on · State Senator John Whitmire defeated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston’s mayoral runoff by a margin of 65% to nearly 35%.
Posted on · State Senator John Whitmire defeated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston’s mayoral runoff by a margin of 65% to nearly 35%.
Posted on · Official election results for Houston mayor, city council, and controller
Posted on · Former Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins defeated former Harris County Treasurer Orlando Sanchez by a margin of just over 59% to 40% in early voting results.
Posted on · In a statement on Saturday, Reyes-Revilla said she was publicly releasing the endorsements of Gonzalez and Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia.
Posted on · We reflect on the 1983 Houston-based film and its significance to the city for its 40th anniversary.
Posted on · The long-envisioned initiative was one of seven high-speed rail projects across the country selected to receive grant funding from the Federal Railroad Administration, which awarded a total of $8.2 billion to 79 rail projects that are in varying stages of development.
Posted on · Houston's population increased by an estimated 1,306 residents from 2020 to 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. During the same span, Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties each grew by at least 49,000 residents.
Posted on · The Axiom Space facility will be used to create new space suits for Artemis astronauts and build a new hub for research 250 miles above Earth.
Posted on · In a one-page order, the court said it was temporarily staying Thursday's ruling “without regard to the merits." The case is still pending.
Posted on · The Bengal tiger was the subject of a weeklong search in 2021 that captivated the city and country as a whole.
Posted on · The U.S. 5th Circuit has stayed a district court’s order that the county adopt a new redistricting plan to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans racial gerrymandering.
Posted on · J.B. Sauceda grew up in La Porte and begins hosting the well-known TV show in September 2024.
Posted on · Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in national and local politics.
Posted on · Houston’s own Fat Tony breaks down the future of rap music, issues out a warning to digital music consumers, and shares his thoughts on what makes the Bayou City a cultural music innovator. This episode is an encore of the March 19, 2022 original broadcast.
Posted on · Mercury performs music by Baroque-era composers from Mexico and Spain.
Posted on · On Friday's show: We look back at the film "Terms of Endearment," released 40 years ago. The Oscar-winning movie was set in Houston and based on a book by Larry McMurtry. And we meet the next host of "Texas Country Reporter."
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 · A proposed ordinance by Houston's outgoing mayor would require city council approval to terminate the existing concessions agreements at Hobby and Bush Intercontinental Airport as the city faces an ongoing lawsuit filed by a Pappas-led group, which was a longtime Hobby concessionaire that lost a competitive bid earlier this year.
Posted on · City officials argue the initial deal was invalid because the land tract is not adjacent to city limits.
Posted on · Prior to the vote, a resident who wanted a new street light had to pay the first year's operational costs, about $200.
Posted on · The mother of a 6-year-old Aldine ISD student has filed a lawsuit against the district after her son was allegedly sexually assaulted for months by an older student on his school bus. The lawsuit was filed Thursday and alleges that Aldine ISD’s negligence allowed an 11-year-old student to sexually assault the mother’s 6-year-old son in […]
Posted on · Campus leaders previously said 10 absences would lead to automatic termination. According to the district’s head of human resources, the policy is more complicated.
Posted on · Melissa Moore, attorney for former Agwan staffer Maha Chishtey, said her firm is representing other former Agwan campaign employees who will be filing charges related to alleged sexual harassment by former senior staffers.
Posted on · Greater Houston Partnership’s Patrick Jankowski predicts Houston will add 57,600, specifically, in 2024.
Posted on · The Houston-area dessert shop has had lines wrapping around its business since Lee, a popular food critic on TikTok, reviewed The Puddery in late November.
Posted on · Houston Matters visits a regular Sunday night lucha libre event in the city's Magnolia Park neighborhood.
Posted on · An area chef and alum of the recently closed Art Institute of Houston's culinary school shares his thoughts.
Posted on · "The idea that Miss Cox wants desperately to be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice," Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said after an emergency hearing Thursday.
Posted on · Paxton, a Republican who beat impeachment charges this year, has not reported at least a half dozen properties in Florida, Hawaii, Oklahoma and Utah to the state.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: What will the job market look like in Houston next year? The Greater Houston Partnership unveils its jobs forecast for 2024.
Posted on · A total of six community meetings will be held this week and next to address design and construction updates related to a $9.7 billion initiative to widen and reroute I-45 near and north of downtown.
Posted on · Many of the inventions at the showcase were focused on the energy industry. The university plans to have three to four showcases each year.