Patrick Jankowski, longtime Houston economist, reflects on the oil bust, the rise of tech, NAFTA, the growth of the suburbs ...

Waterfront leaders assert a contract that landed them in court was improperly executed by a former port employee who signed it without authority to do.

Whenever an epic national disaster happens, Congressional squabbling over relief funds is certain to follow as it undoubtedly will with the Los Angeles ...

On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa where she spent the rest of her life. The story of ...

Houston’s main electrical company backed off plans to raise rates after facing sharp criticism for its response to massive ...

Hurricane Beryl on average produced 4 inches to 8 inches of rain, according to the weather service. One Galveston County city ...

The National Hurricane Center released its final report on Hurricane Beryl and discovered winds just 3 miles per hour shy of ...

Texas' Port of Galveston almost filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s. Its CEO credits the booming cruise industry for saving the ...

The snow storm could hit over a dozen states through Wednesday, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People walk past the 1900 Storm memorial sculpture on Seawall Blvd. during an icy winter storm on Tuesday ...

during an icy winter storm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in Galveston, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) Snow covers Mardi Gras decorations in New Orleans on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo ...

grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days. The storm prompted the first-ever blizzard warnings for several coastal ...