Houston Matters
From A Texting Ban To Insurance Claims — More Than 670 New Laws Took Effect Today
Posted on · More than 670 new state laws have taken effect across Texas as of Sept. 1. We learn about them and how they might effect Houston.
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Prisons, Queso and Pints: Houston Matters Weekend for Dec. 17, 2016
Posted on · A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education says over the past three decades, state and local spending on prisons and jails has risen more than three times faster than spending on elementary and secondary education. The disparities are far greater in Texas, where prison spending grew at nearly eight times the rate of […]
Houston Matters
Why Are There Gaps in Information About Officer-Involved Shootings?
Posted on · The Texas Tribune just released results from a yearlong investigation into data about police shootings from departments in the state’s 36 largest cities. That data indicates there were 656 incidents of officer-involved shootings in those cities between 2010 and 2015. But that may be an incomplete picture. We find out why the total number of […]
Education News
School Official Criticizes ‘Dropout Factories’ Report On Texas Public Colleges
Posted on · A new report by a public policy think-tank calls Texas public colleges, including some in Houston, "dropout factories," and school officials named in the study are not happy about it.
Houston Matters
Why is Prison Spending Outpacing Education Spending in Texas?
Posted on · A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education says over the past three decades, state and local spending on prisons and jails has risen more than three times faster than spending on elementary and secondary education. The disparities are far greater in Texas, where prison spending grew at nearly eight times the rate of […]
Houston Matters
Campus Carry Law Takes Effect Monday, University of Houston Prepares
Posted on · The state’s new campus carry law takes effect Monday (Aug. 1, 2016). Campuses across Texas have been preparing by establishing their own rules and policies as dictated by the new law. Privately owned colleges can opt out, but public colleges and universities must comply. We hear from Marcilynn Burke, chair of the University of Houston’s campus […]
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Some Houstonians Want A City Task Force To Help Coordinate Campus Carry Law
Posted on · The law goes into effect next month at all Texas public universities.
Education News
UH-Downtown Plans To Expand, Purchases 17 Acre Property
Posted on · Officials with the university say it is the preferred location to build a science and technology building.
Houston Matters
How Does Black Lives Matter Compare to Other Movements?
Posted on · Social activist and philosopher Dr. Cornel West will speak at the University of Houston Downtown on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. He’ll discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and race relations in America today. In conjunction with that event, we learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement — both nationally and in Houston […]
Houston Matters
Why Telling Stories Matters
Posted on · Dr. Hank Roubicek, communication professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaches a class in storytelling and talks about why telling stories matters. He says we’re better people after we listen to a story.
Houston Matters
Why Telling Stories Matters
Posted on · Dr. Hank Roubicek, communication professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaches a class in storytelling and talks about why telling stories matters. He says we’re better people after we listen to a story.
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Racial Opportunity Divide, Political Roundtable, and Houston Dynamo: Houston Matters for Monday, August 25, 2014
Posted on · For the last two weeks, the nation has watched events transpire in Ferguson, Missouri. Nightly protests, occasional looting, and a general mistrust of the police by members of the community, have all been spurred by the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a Ferguson police officer. But as we’ve learned in the two weeks […]