
Houston Matters
Houston’s evolving mayoral race (April 10, 2023)
Posted on · On Monday's show: The race for the city's top job keeps getting more interesting, even with the election seven months away.
Posted on · On Monday's show: The race for the city's top job keeps getting more interesting, even with the election seven months away.
Posted on · Houston energy companies say there is a major gap between what skills their current workforce has, and what they’ll need for a low-carbon future.
Posted on · As power outages continue, many K-12 schools, colleges and universities have announced closures through the end of the week.
Posted on · Like many oil and gas companies, ExxonMobil had a rough 2020. But what does that mean for Houston?
Posted on · Expect a new normal with social distancing, at least some remote learning and increased financial pressure at higher ed institutions.
Posted on · (Above: A class at Lone Star College. Photo: Laura Isensee | Houston Public Media) Right now, just three community colleges in the state of Texas are allowed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees. Houston's Lone Star College is not one of them, but wants to be. Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Steve Head argues allowing schools […]
Posted on · (Above: A class at Lone Star College. Photo: Laura Isensee | Houston Public Media) Right now, just three community colleges in the state of Texas are allowed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees. Houston's Lone Star College is not one of them, but wants to be. Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Steve Head argues allowing schools […]
Posted on · The college has more than 3,000 foreign students and nine of them are from countries impacted by the travel ban.
Posted on · Dr. Austin Lane is the former vice chancellor at Lone Star College.
Posted on · The Mueschke Cemetery is located in Spring and its oldest graves date back to the late 1870s.
Posted on · The provision cuts the retirement benefits of public sector workers, such as teachers, who worked a second job in the private sector to make ends meet.
Posted on · A new law for Harris County allows students more community college options and also lifts the three-course limit for dual credit.
Posted on · Hundreds of students and faculty members took part in a forum on open carry at Lone Star College Monday. It comes as legislators in Austin debate rewriting gun control laws to allow weapons in more public places.
Posted on · Lone Star College-CyFair's drama department presents John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, A Parable from March 27 to April 12. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play was written just a decade ago but is set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964. It explores what happens when a nun, without direct evidence, suspects […]
Posted on · The changes are coming from the Obama administration and would impact higher education in Texas.