In-Depth
After A Dire Year, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Looks To The Future
Posted on · "What St. Luke’s needs more than anything else is no more changes for awhile.”
News
Education News
State Agencies Try To Push More Companies To Offer Paid Internships for Texas Students
Posted on · The Texas Education Agency, the state’s Workforce Commission and the Higher Education Coordinating Board launched what they call an internship challenge in 2017.
Politics
Control Of Texas Legislature, Redistricting May Split In 2020
Posted on · Democrats only need to win a net nine seats to retake control of the state House of Representatives.
Business
Houston Breaks Ground On Innovation District
Posted on · “The Ion” is a major step towards growing Houston’s innovation culture.
Top Stories
Natural Gas Flaring Underestimated In Texas, Abbott Tells DAs Not To Decriminalize Marijuana, And US Expands ‘Remain In Mexico’ To Dangerous Part Of Border
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Energy & Environment
Natural Gas Flaring Significantly Underestimated In Texas, Study Suggests
Posted on · The study is the latest evidence of a discrepancy between state data and federal government satellite imagery.
Houston Matters
More Extreme Heat Expected For Houston’s Future, And Attwater’s Prairie Chickens On The Rebound: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · Houston Matters breaks down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news.
Immigration
US Expands ‘Remain In Mexico’ To Dangerous Part Of Border
Posted on · The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it would implement its Migrant Protection Protocols in Brownsville, Texas, across the border from Matamoros, Mexico.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Groundbreaking For Midtown’s New Innovation Hub, And State Leaders Urge Prosecutors To Enforce Marijuana Laws (July 19, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We find out what The Ion, a new innovation hub in Midtown, will do, and hear from Houstonians who remember watching the live broadcast of the moon landing. Also, NASA's astronaut Andrew Feustel talks with a student from the Mars generation, and we cover The Good, The Bad And The Ugly of the week.
Texas
Texas Leaders: Hemp Law Did Not Decriminalize Marijuana
Posted on · A law legalizing hemp changed the definition of marijuana, causing district attorneys across the state to drop low-level possession cases and stop accepting new ones.
Business
Toys R Us Is Coming Back But With A Different Approach
Posted on · More than a year after filing for bankruptcy, the chain is relaunching in Texas and New Jersey. Its new stores will feature spaces for toy demonstrations and events.
Moonwalk
Groundbreaking Black Astronaut On Breaking Barriers And A Mission To Mars
Posted on · "[Space Exploration] is going to drive us to really think about race in a different way.”
Education News
Houston School District Ramps Up Advertising Campaign To Stem Enrollment Decline
Posted on · This fall, HISD expects to lose about 1,500 students, in addition to some 4,000 who left last year.
Transportation
Construction On The Bolivar Peninsula’s Only Hurricane Evacuation Route Nears Completion
Posted on · Over 2,000 residents rely on a single highway to get them off the Bolivar Peninsula in case of a hurricane.
Politics
Why Are So Many Democrats Challenging Sen. John Cornyn?
Posted on · Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards is now the fourth Democrat to jump in the race. A fifth, State Sen. Royce West, is expected to declare next week.