Posted on · The policy bans transgender recruits and prevents current troops from transitioning to another sex unless they were diagnosed with gender dysphoria before April 12.
Posted on · As students sit down to take the STAAR test, state lawmakers are questioning whether the test may be too difficult.
Posted on · The Texas Coastal Exchange seeks to connect companies or individuals with marshland owners to "offset" carbon emissions.
Posted on · Whether urban or rural, the 12 counties that make up the Houston metro area are increasingly diverse. With thousands of residents who struggle with English, it’s unclear who is making sure all communities get the emergency information they need.
Posted on · House Bill 3 would pump $9 billion into the state’s public education system. But HB 3 doesn’t provide a significant funding boost for educating all English language learners -- that funding has been flat since the early 1980s.
Posted on · Financial planner KP George grew up in poverty in southern India. He took office as Fort Bend County judge in January.
Posted on · There’s a variety of ways that wage theft happens. Sometimes employers will refuse to pay outright, but others refuse to pay overtime or misclassify their employees as independent contractors.
Posted on · In a recent poll, 28 percent of Texans said they believe noncitizens are “frequently” voting in Texas elections.
Posted on · City Controller Chris Brown says Houston is already facing a budget deficit of at least $120 million in the next fiscal year. Enacting full pay parity for firefighters in a single year would nearly double that gap.
Posted on · Nearly 100,000 of Houston's construction workers are undocumented. A recent report found that cutting immigration by 30 percent could lose Houston $51 billion.
Posted on · METRO’s General Mobility program helps fund transportation projects in areas that don't have bus service. One resident started looking through public records to find out how exactly her city is spending the money.
Posted on · The last time a major Van Gogh exhibition was in Houston was 1951, when the de Menils arranged an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum.
Posted on · The Texas Senate is moving fast on bills that would draw $3 billion from the Rainy Day Fund for disaster relief and flood mitigation infrastructure. That’s scant comfort for people who’ve been stuck in toxic homes since September 2017.
Posted on · For nine years straight, Kashmere High School in Northeast Houston has been on the state’s list of failing schools. That’s the longest for any school in Texas.
Posted on · People who live on the Texas Gulf Coast share a common concern with Hill Country residents: How do you escape a disaster?