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Holiday Light Displays, Activities & Short-Distance Trips from Houston
Posted on · Great ideas of activities to do with your family this holiday season.
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Press
Houston Public Media Announces New Executive Director of Content Operations
Posted on · Houston Public Media is pleased to welcome Kyle Claude as the new Executive Director of Content Operations.
Houston Matters
How COVID-19 Is Affecting Men And Women Differently (Nov. 12, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: HISD votes on making Grenita Lathan its permanent superintendent, how COVID-19 is affecting men and women differently, Houstonians celebrate Diwali, and an exhibit about jazz funerals in New Orleans.
Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Air Travelers From New Orleans And Around New York To Self-Quarantine
Posted on · The order aligns Texas with federal guidance announced Wednesday that aims to contain the spread of the virus outside New York, which has become the epicenter of the outbreak.
Weather
Weakened Barry Unleashes A Final Blast Of Torrential Rains
Posted on · Barry was downgraded from a tropical storm on Sunday afternoon, but its torrential rains continued to pose a threat Monday.
Houston Matters
The Big Easy And The Bayou City: Exploring Houston’s Connections To New Orleans
Posted on · As New Orleans celebrates its 300th birthday, Houston Matters discusses that city's connections with Houston.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Age Limits For Tackle Football, And Houston’s Connections To New Orleans (April 2, 2018)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: We learn the latest on an incident at the Chevron Phillips facility in Baytown. Then, we discuss potential age limits on tackle football. Plus, we learn about Houston's connections to New Orleans as that city celebrates its tricentennial. And Jeff Balke updates us on Houston sports.
News
PHOTO GALLERY: Mardi Gras: New Orleans Throws Big Bash Of Parades, Partying
Posted on · The holiday climaxes a two-week Carnival season, which draws about 1 million visitors and pumps about $840 million into the city's economy, according to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau
News
11 Cities That U.S. Millenials Are Moving To: And One Of Them Happens to Be in Texas
Posted on · Business Insider compiled a list of places that the young generation is choosing to settle after college
News
Authorities Suspend Search For Missing Katy Worker, After Oil Rig Explosion Near New Orleans
Posted on · The missing man has been identified as Timothy Morrison, 44, of Katy, Texas, a subcontractor on the structure.
News
Nate Marches Across US East Coast, Dumping Heavy Rains
Posted on · Nate slogged its way across the U.S. East Coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states as a tropical depression.
News
Federal Court Hears Arguments on SB4
Posted on · The stage is set for a Friday court battle in New Orleans between the state's attorneys and local governments over Texas' immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Political Roundup, And Houston Restaurants Help Out After Harvey (Sept. 20, 2017)
Posted on · On Wednesday’s edition of Houston Matters: We discuss the latest political stories. We learn how local restaurants have stepped up to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey. And some New Orleans musicians help out their Houston counterparts after the storm.
News
Workers Take Jefferson Davis Statue Off Its Pedestal In New Orleans
Posted on · Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his allies say monuments to Confederate figures celebrate the "Cult of the Lost Cause" and hold the city back.
News
New Orleans Takes Down White Supremacist Monument
Posted on · A monument to a deadly white-supremacist uprising in 1874 was removed under cover of darkness by workers in masks and bulletproof vests Monday as New Orleans joined the movement to take down symbols of the Confederacy and the Jim Crow South.