District parents and students have watched as the FBISD issued a mask mandate, a mandate reversal, and a court filing in support of a lawsuit seeking to overturn mandates.
Deputies, detention officers and others say public safety is at risk if the county doesn't provide funds for more staff.
Net Choice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association say the law violates the constitutional rights of social media platforms themselves.
Elected republican leaders in the state say they are concerned about censorship, but actions silencing other voices paint a different picture.
Without a legal standard setting out what must be done to prevent heat deaths, workplace regulators have a hard time making violations stick.
The U.S. Department of Education announced the inquiry days after the Texas Education Agency quietly updated its guidance to say school districts can’t require masks.
Over half of U.S. flood deaths happen on roads, a risk that's growing as a warmer climate fuels intense rain. Texas, home to "Flash Flood Alley," is using high- and low-tech ways to keep people safe.
The former director accused the Turner administration of favoring an affordable housing developer in a process to secure $15 million in federal disaster recovery funding meant to replace housing lost during Hurricane Harvey.
Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.
Texas Public Radio compared year-to-date sales tax returns to major cities through July of this year compared to those during the same period in 2020. Both are pandemic years, but spending and sales tax collections are improving across the state.
On Wednesday's show: Why deputies are suing the county over working conditions in the jail, the week in politics, and remembering an historic fine art exhibition in Houston 50 years ago.
It’s World Alzheimer’s Day, and experts in geriatric care and psychiatry discuss new research for understanding and managing the disease.
Former HPD officer Tam Dinh Pham pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building.
For decades, rising property prices helped enrich China. Now one of the country's biggest developers is facing bankruptcy. Policy makers fear it could send China's financial system into a tailspin.
Newly published U.S. data finds overdose deaths from methamphetamine use more than doubled in recent years. Use of the stimulant among Black Americans surged nearly tenfold.
President Biden said the U.S. will buy 500 million more vaccine doses. The goal is to vaccinate 70% of the world's population within a year. But more rich nations need to pitch in, he said.
Entergy failed to rebuild a stronger system after hurricanes repeatedly damaged its electric grid. Then Hurricane Ida knocked out power for more than a week in the middle of a heat wave.
Senate Bill 1 would use a state tax surplus to lower school district property tax rates by roughly 3.3 cents, translating to about $100 in savings for the owner of a $300,000 home.
Dr. Hasan Gokal was fired in January after allegedly stealing doses and giving them to friends and family, a claim he has denied for months.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned would-be migrants that “your journey will not succeed” and promised to investigate the actions of mounted agents at the Rio Grande.
The lawsuit comes after Dr. Alan Braid said he performed an abortion prohibited by the law earlier this month. Braid said he was motivated by “a duty of care.”
Texas-based ConocoPhillips bought Shell’s Permian Basin assets for $9.5 billion, its second major purchase in the oil-rich area over the last year.
New measures come a month after Columbia Journalism Investigations-NPR revelations on rising worker heat deaths.
On Tuesday's show: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo answers your questions about issues facing the county.
How effective exactly are COVID-19 booster shots? Who should be getting them, and when? And what does the latest recommendation from an FDA panel really mean? Medical experts discuss.
A second officer was hospitalized, and the man they were trying to arrest was shot and killed by police.
"COVID just added more pressures, making them more vulnerable than they already were."
Guest: Dr. Ruth Bush
You may remember filling out a census questionnaire some time last year. Now, the data is being funneled into a process known as redistricting.
Dr. Alan Braid said that his decision to perform an abortion past the six-week mark earlier this month was a matter of duty.
The first draft of the Senate map was authored by a Republican who chairs the Senate redistricting committee. It immediately drew fire from a Democratic member who said her district was being redrawn to dilute voting power of people of color.
To some, this scene represents a broken immigration system that opportunistic migrants are taking advantage of. To others, it presents an opportunity for America to once again welcome people in need from around the world.
The vaccine maker said Monday it plans to seek authorization for this age group soon in the U.S., Britain and Europe -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
Attorneys for Carmine’s and for three women from Texas who are facing charges tell the New York Times that the women had provided documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations but that the altercation escalated after two men who joined the party didn’t have proof.
We hear a lot about the health impact of COVID-19. But what about what it literally ends up costing patients? From ER visits, to hospital stays, and even lost wages, we examine the cost of COVID.
Durst, 78, was convicted of the first-degree murder of Susan Berman, who was shot at point-blank range in the back of the head in her Los Angeles home in December 2000 as she was prepared to tell police how she helped cover up his wife’s killing.
Comedian Ali Siddiq brings therapeutic laughter to I SEE U as he prepares for a Comedy Central special being shot in Houston this week