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Astros Dedicate New Bob Watson Education Building

A happy morning for the team.

03/05/2020 By Jeff Balke

Driving Change

A Tour of Northwest Mall (Before It Becomes a High-Speed Rail Station)

The site for the shuttered shopping center will transform into a terminal for 240 miles of track.

03/02/2020 By Dianna Wray

Fix Houston

How to Balance the City Budget

We should be more fiscally responsible.

01/30/2020 By Laura Furr Mericas

Fix Houston

How to Fix Public Transportation

Does anyone like the traffic?

01/30/2020 By Dianna Wray

Fix Houston

How to Make Houston Greener

It doesn't take a lot of money to start making your home more efficient.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

Fix Houston

How to End the Cycle of Homelessness

For one expert, the answer lies in education and mental health treatment.

01/30/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Fix Houston

How to Mitigate Flooding

10 tips to help prevent future disaster.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

Fix Houston

How to Improve Sex Education in Houston Schools

Let me tell you about the birds and the bees.

01/30/2020 By Dianna Wray

Fix Houston

How to Add More Affordable Housing

We all want a place to call home.

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

Fix Houston

How to Fix Our Bayou System

Does widening the bayous really work?

01/30/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

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Fix Houston

How to Insure the Uninsured

Is it time to expand Medicaid?

01/30/2020 By Jeff Balke

Fix Houston

How to Get Houston Voting

The League of Women Voters of Houston has a three-pronged approach.

01/30/2020 By Abby Ledoux

Features

How to Fix Houston

20 solutions from 20 great minds.

01/30/2020 By Houstonia Staff

I have a dream

Crowds Throng Downtown in Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Approximately 20,000 people gathered in downtown Houston for the 42nd annual parade.

01/21/2020 Photography by Daniel Kramer and Samantha Dorisca

Shaken, Not Stirred

New Study Ranks Texas the 39th Drunkest State in America

Bottoms up.

01/20/2020 By Abby Ledoux

Presidential Picks

Obama Had Love for Houston in 2019

Here are all the Houstonians who made 44's famous year-end lists of favorites.

12/30/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Ice House

This Renowned Photographer Captures the Beauty and Ugliness of a Changing Houston

Our city’s evolution, in images.

12/27/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Ice House

How Did a Houston Med Student Fall for a Major Psychic Scam?

“The psychic is offering a very powerful product,” says investigator Bob Nyaard. “They’re selling false hope.”

12/27/2019 By Dianna Wray

Ice House

How Many Bananas Does It Take to Refuel Houston Marathon Runners?

That answer and more in the 48th annual Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half by the numbers.

12/27/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

The Drawl

Face-Off: Houston 2010 vs. Houston 2020

Yes, there was a time before Altuve, Harden, Watson, and Watt.

12/27/2019 By Craig Hlavaty Illustrations by Amy Kinkead

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