Bauer Business Focus
Bob Harvey On The Economic Impact Of HERO
Posted on · Trade organizations fear that a vote to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance would cost the city billions of dollars in business.
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Politics
News 88.7/KHOU 11 News Poll: Economic Argument Could Make The Difference In HERO Vote
Posted on · The campaign around Houston’s controversial equal rights ordinance is heating up: Ads are running on radio and TV, endorsements are being made and rallies being held. But do Houstonians want to keep the law? Or make it go away? The latest News 88.7/KHOU 11 News poll shows they are split.
Houston Matters
Election Poll: One Mayoral Candidate’s Surprising Rise, One’s Surprising Fall
Posted on · In just a little more than three weeks, Houstonians will go to the polls to vote on a new mayor, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, and term limits for city council members – among other matters. But in what direction are voters leaning on these issues? We examine voter attitudes as determined by the latest […]
News
Houston City Council Changes Ballot Language For Equal Rights Ordinance Referendum
Posted on · The action comes after the Texas Supreme Court ordered the city to word it so a “yes” vote is a vote for the ordinance and not for repeal.
News
Activist Dave Wilson Asks Texas Supreme Court To Weigh In On Gender Identity Petition
Posted on · Wilson is asking the high court to force the city of Houston to quickly count signatures on a petition to define gender identity in the city charter.
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Matricula Consular, Water Treatment, and Gelato: Friday’s Show (August 21, 2015)
Posted on · While we wrap up today’s Houston Matters with a discussion about gelato, we start this post with a mention of it, because…well, it just looks really good. Okay, moving on. Texas no longer accepts IDs called matricula consular — issued by Mexican consulates located throughout the state — to obtain a birth certificate. The tighter […]
Local
Texas Supreme Court: Houston Has To Change Ballot Language On Equal Rights Ordinance Referendum
Posted on · The state's high court says the current language violates Houston's own charter.
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Mayor Annise Parker Fields Your Questions: Friday’s Show (Aug. 7, 2015)
Posted on · Annise Parker has a lot to juggle in her role as mayor of Houston: Thereâs management of the city, ensuring that all of its laws are properly enforced. There are ceremonial duties, as the cityâs official representative at special events, ribbon cuttings, and meetings with officials and dignitaries. There are appointments to make; budgeting to […]
Houston Matters
From Uber to the HERO Trial: Mayor Parker Answers Your Questions
Posted on · Houston Mayor Annise Parker joins us to field your questions on today’s Houston Matters. While she does so from time to time, this will be her first visit of 2015. Among the developments since her last appearance in November of 2014: The rejection of one Houston Equal Rights Ordinance petition challenge was heard in court, […]
Houston Matters
What Should Cities Control and What Should the State?
Posted on · Here in Texas, weâre familiar with disputes between our state and the federal government over a variety of issues, from voting laws to environmental regulation to same sex marriage and beyond. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution makes it clear that federal law âshall be the supreme Law of the Land.â In other words, this […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
HERO Trial, Student Records and Houston at the Oscars: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of non-experts to parse The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of it all. Today: Aurora Losada of La Voz […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
More Wind Power, HERO Trial, and Texas Earthquakes: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From an increasing percentage of Texas energy coming from the wind, to the winding down of the trial over Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance, to HISD police getting body cameras, to an increased risk for earthquakes in Texas: we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of this week’s Houston news. This week’s panel of […]
Houston Matters
Previewing the Trial Over Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance
Posted on · Jury selection begins Monday, with opening statements to follow Tuesday, in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance trial in Harris County District Judge Robert Schafferâs courtroom. Opponents of the ordinance allege the city wrongly invalidated thousands of signatures on their petition for a referendum on the law. Last week, Judge Schaffer granted the plaintiffâs request for […]
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HERO Trial, Cutting the Cable Cord, and the Houston Auto Show: Houston Matters for Friday, January 23, 2015
Posted on · Jury selection begins Monday, with opening statements to follow Tuesday, in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance trial in Harris County District Judge Robert Schaffer's courtroom. Opponents of the ordinance allege the city wrongly invalidated thousands of signatures on their petition for a referendum on the law. Last week, Judge Schaffer granted the plaintiff's request for […]
Houston Matters
What’s in Store for the Houston City Council in 2015?
Posted on · Last year, Houston’s City Council tackled some challenging issues, including passage of an equal rights ordinance, and folding app-based paid ride services into rules governing transportation in the city. We discuss what’s in store for the Houston City Council in 2015 with reporter Mike Morris, who covers City Hall for the Houston Chronicle.