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A Look Back At The Most Popular Videos Of 2014
Posted on · Take a look back at Houston Public Media's most watched videos of the year, ranging from history, people, politics, art and music.
Posted on · Take a look back at Houston Public Media's most watched videos of the year, ranging from history, people, politics, art and music.
Posted on · To celebrate the beginning of the new year, a list of great classical beginnings!
Posted on · As the year comes to an end, take a look back at Houston Public Media News 88.7's most popular page-viewed stories of the year.
Posted on · For the Texas oil and chemical industry, 2014 was a blockbuster year. It saw a surge in oil production and a boom in the construction of new petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast. But environmentalists warned that stricter regulation is needed to prevent the boom from leaving a toxic legacy, especially in Houston, the center of the refining and chemical industry.
Posted on · As you prepare to ring in the New Year, we thought it would be a good time to revisit the old one. From the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, to the DuPont plant accident, to the fight over ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft, 2014 was certainly a busy one for news stories. Some stories resonated with […]
Posted on · The nearly 50 percent drop in the price of oil was one of the biggest energy stories of 2014. Here's some other highlights as the year comes to a close.
Posted on · Each week, Houston Matters looks at The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of that week’s Houston news. And at the end of the year, we take a look back at The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the whole year that was 2014. We bring you a full hour of experts and non-experts […]
Posted on · Every few months, we give you the opportunity to vent. It could be something about Houston, like the traffic or the weather. It could be something about your life. It could be something you just wished was a little bit different. Itâs your pet peeve, that one thing that sticks in your craw, that you […]
Posted on · More than 90,000 people from more than 120 countries are expected to attend the 45th Offshore Technology Conference this week. Oil and gas industry executives, scientists and engineers will have access to the latest technical information and equipment. It's also an opportunity for local students and professionals to network. On this edition of Houston Matters, […]
Posted on · The Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey by Rice University will be released today. Now in its 33rd year, the survey is the nation’s longest-running study of any metropolitan area’s economy, population, life experiences, beliefs and attitudes. Its author, sociology professor and co-founder of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Dr. Stephen Klineberg, shares the latest […]
Posted on · The 2014 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee takes place tomorrow (March 29, 2014). The bee features the top 55 young spellers from more than a thousand schools from East Texas to Austin. They'll compete for the opportunity to represent Greater Houston in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. It's great fun watching these […]
Posted on · Lt. Governor David Dewhurst placed a distant second in Tuesday’s GOP primary. He will have to make up ground to defeat State Senator Dan Patrick in a runoff election on May 27 just to be his own party’s nominee for re-election to his current post come November. We discuss this and other results from Tuesday’s […]
Posted on · Hockey is one the of high-profile events of any Winter Olympics, but is the sport as prominent in Houston – a city known for its heat and that last year lost the Aeros — its minor league hockey team? As we continue our week-long look at unlikely winter sports enthusiasts in the area, Houston Matters' […]
Posted on · The 2014 Winter Olympics are now underway in Sochi, Russia. Because of our warm weather climate, you wouldnât automatically think of Houstonians engaging in winter sports. But a number of clubs here in the Bayou City are dedicated to pursuing some of the more popular events taking place at this yearâs winter games. In the […]
Posted on · We hear the story of Houstonian Brian Gilliam, who was the recipient of a heart transplant. He shares how the transplant changed his life and his connection to bringing the 2014 Transplant Games of America to Houston this summer.