Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Guidelines for reopening businesses, job opportunities amid the pandemic, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and Mattress Mack discusses his COVID-19 relief efforts.
Posted on · New research shows how restrictive immigration policies could hurt the city’s future economic growth.
Posted on · Some nonprofits and school districts in Greater Houston are trying new approaches to develop the next generation of workers.
Posted on · The quality of childcare can impact a child's development.
Posted on · 35 percent of Houston's immigrant labor force has less than a high school degree, according to new research
Posted on · It says last year, 10.1 percent of the workforce was independent contractors, down from 10.7 percent in 2005. Those figures appear to go against other surveys showing huge growth in contract work.
Posted on · From checking work email from home, to increased automation, Houston Matters discusses the different challenges facing Houston workers in the 21st century.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We discuss the reliability of Texas' energy grid and consider the challenges facing Houston's workforce. Then, a former Congressman talks about growing up on a boys ranch. And a new book tells the story of the 2017 Astros against the backdrop of Hurricane Harvey and illustrates what the championship meant for the city.
Posted on · The head of the Texas State Employees Union discusses why turnover was so high and what can be done to better retain workers.
Posted on · What are the economic ramifications storms like Harvey have on our region, and how will Houston provide a skilled workforce to rebuild?
Posted on · (Above: Panelists discuss diversity in the workforce (L-R): Bruce Ruzinsky, partner and chair of the diversity committee at the Jackson Walker law firm; Ivette Mayo, president of Yo Soy I Am, LLC; and Dennis Kennedy, founder of the National Diversity Council. Photo: Derek Stokely | Houston Public Media) The Greater Houston region is well-known for […]
Posted on · In our ongoing series “Inside the Classroom,” Eloisa Cortinas, a senior at Alief Hastings High School, talks with her mentor María Carlota Palacios, who manages community relations at Williams, an energy infrastructure company.
Posted on · In previous programs we’ve discussed Plan Houston, the first general plan the city has ever undertaken. The city has high hopes of using the plan to guide it for decades. Some of the plan’s bullet points include broad aspirations such as having âa thriving local arts and creative communityâ and âa skilled and talented workforce.â […]
Posted on · Once upon a time, if you got a college degree you could feel pretty confident you'd get a job somewhere doing something. But times have changed. Lately we've heard about the need for more technical degrees or vocational training to meet the nation's workforce needs. In that climate, how do you justify getting a liberal […]
Posted on · With the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, we thought we'd take time on this edition of Houston Matters to tell the story of a Houstonian whose life was directly affected by Castro's rise to power. As a teenager, Lorenzo Martinez was evacuated in secret from Cuba in the 1960s. What Martinez didn't know […]