Muslim parent sues Texas over exclusion of Islamic private schools in voucher program
A Muslim parent has sued Texas leaders for excluding Islamic private schools from participating in the state’s private school voucher program. The federal lawsuit, filed March 1 by a parent acting on behalf of two children who attend a Houston private school, asks the court to block the voucher program from...
Texas awards $160M in grants for 5 rail-crossing separation projects
The Texas Transportation Commission on Feb. 26 awarded $160.4 million in grants for five grade separation projects in the Amarillo, Houston, Laredo and San Antonio areas. The projects — which include separations of grade crossings along BNSF Railway, CPKC and Union Pacific Railroad lines — received the grants through...
Extreme high-temperature small modular reactor to be built at US’ experiment station
ZettaJoule would build the ZJ0 reactor adjacent to the TEES Nuclear Engineering & Science Center in College Station.
The US Neighborhood Where Residents Have To Pay To Leave
There are so many fees you have to pay when buying a home. People living in a new Texas development have to pay an unexpected fee when leaving the neighborhood.
March begins with above average temperatures, rain chances return midweek
The first day of March will bring warm, sunny weather to southeast Texas after some morning fog.
Houston area voters tell ABC13 what’s important to them ahead of Primary Day
As Primary Day in Texas inches closer, Houston area voters tell ABC13 what issues are driving them to the polls.
Riverside returns: Historic Houston Negro Hospital restored for a new generation
Nearly a century after it first opened to serve Black patients barred from other hospitals, community leaders gathered Saturday in Third Ward to cut the ribbon on the renewed Riverside Hospital campus — marking a major milestone in honoring one of Houston’s most significant Black medical landmarks. The...
TX Professors Share Concerns on How New University Restrictions Might Affect Art Programs
In university art programs throughout Texas, instructors are dealing with new administration directives and mandates that they fear might compromise their ability to teach effectively. For studio art classes in particular, the directives create dilemmas in encouraging free expression among students in their artwork,...
Off-duty Pct. 3 deputy shoots at suspects outside Atascocita-area business, Houston police say
Officials said the off-duty Precinct 3 deputy identified themself as an officer to the suspects allegedly assaulting someone in a northeast Houston parking lot, before firing shots at them.
Mealtime company Wonder plans for 1,000+ jobs for more than 100 Texas locations
The Grubhub parent company will launch its first location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with its sight set on San Antonio as the second Texas city opening.
