Business
Port of Houston’s plan to expand Bayport Container Terminal is nearly complete
Posted on · The $91.6 million project will expand the Bayport Container Terminal in the Port of Houston by adding more dock space and cranes.
Tag: expansion
Business
Port Houston Clears Final Hurdle For Ship Channel Expansion
Posted on · Groundbreaking for the channel’s widening and deepening is expected in a few months.
Transportation
TxDOT Kept Moving Forward On I-45 Project Despite Federal Warning, Feds Say
Posted on · TxDOT was told in March to pause its North Houston Highway Improvement Project over civil rights and environmental concerns raised through the public input process.
Education
Rice University Reveals Expansion Plan To Increase Student Body, Campus Size By 2025
Posted on · The university's Board of Trustees approved the expansion plan to enlarge the student body by 20% over the next five years and open a 12th residential hall.
Transportation
Federal Highway Administration Asks Texas To Halt I-45 Expansion, As Harris County Sues TxDOT
Posted on · In its letter, the FHWA said it was acting in response to public input on the state's project -- which would widen I-45 in three segments from downtown Houston to Beltway 8 -- raising concerns under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Texas
After A Decade Of Refusing Medicaid Expansion, Texas Lawmakers Might Be Forced To Reconsider
Posted on · The state's health care coverage crisis has gone from bad to worse during the pandemic. Experts say Medicaid expansion remains the best way to address it.
Arts & Culture
Holocaust Museum Houston Reopening After $34 Million Expansion
Posted on · The Houston Holocaust Museum has expanded to a new three-story building, featuring four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries.
News
More Than $49M Expansion Begins At Holocaust Museum Houston
Posted on · The expansion project aims to double the size of the museum
Houston Matters
What Would UT Expansion in Houston Mean for Local Universities?
Posted on · Earlier this month, the University of Texas announced plans to buy land to build an ‘intellectual hub' here in Houston. The Houston Chronicle reported that UT Chancellor William McRaven wants the land to create a sort of collaboration and research center to bring new investment into Houston. However, the University of Houston is concerned that […]
Houston Matters
At What Age Should Public Education Begin?
Posted on · Some see value in Pre-K programs as a way to ensure children are ready to learn by kindergarten. Others see an unnecessary expansion of public education. Underlying it all are fundamental questions, like at what age should formal education really begin for a child? And shouldn’t preparation for school really happen at home? We talk […]