Posted on · In her book, Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks and the Making of an Oil Frontier, journalist Maya Rao explores how the oil boom in North Dakota affected life there -- compared to how it impacted Houston.
Posted on · Producer Joshua Zinn spoke with composer Ellen Reid and librettist Sarah LaBrie about their new work "dreams of the new world," which examines the idea of the American Dream through three prominent American cities, including Houston.
Posted on · Slogging through an economic slowdown after a period of rapid growth can be frustrating. It can also be easy to lose perspective. To gets some of that perspective, we travel back in time 30 years to July of 1986, with the help of Houston Matters' new WABAC machine (…also with the help of an area […]
Posted on · Texas Transportation Commission plans to redirect funds from less "shovel ready" projects.
Posted on · The revolution in oil and natural gas production has been a windfall for trucking companies and commercial drivers across the state. But it's also led to a surge in fatal accidents on Texas highways. All this week, Houston Public Media News 88.7’s Andrew Schneider and the Houston Chronicle’s Lise Olsen have collaborated in a series […]
Posted on · Oil worker road deaths slipped in 2013, but remain near 10-year high.
Posted on · Multiple deaths are becoming increasingly common as exhausted workers share their commutes.
Posted on · Since 2009, Texas roads have become the deadliest in the country.
Posted on · Fatal crashes on Texas highways jumped 50 percent from 2009 through 2013.
Posted on · We all know the stereotypes of Texas and Houston as places where everyone’s supposedly riding horses. But a new novel flies in the face of Houston’s cowboy myth by telling the historical fiction of a largely forgotten era of the city’s history — the roaring 1920s — when Houston was known as the Magnolia City. […]