by Janet | Sep 29, 2014 | Politics, Safety
On Sunday, candidates for the Harris County District Attorney’s race went head-to-head on the issues important to Harris County. This is a hot race to watch not only because Harris County has the largest DA’s office in the state with more than 600 employees, but they...
by Janet | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
The paper and plastic that Beaumont residents throw into their big green garbage cans every week could have a new destination by the end of this year – becoming diesel fuel. And the other garbage in there, like chicken bones, shrimp hulls, leftover pasta and...
by Janet | Aug 1, 2014 | Healthcare
In a perfect world, there would be no need to reform our healthcare system in the United States. As the wealthiest and most ingenious nation in the history of the world, we would have already figured out a way to guarantee access to medical care for all citizens,...
by Janet | Jul 31, 2014 | Education
Texas is fleshing out a new statewide teacher evaluation system, which is expected to roll out next year. The system will tie teacher evaluations to student performance on standardized tests. School districts will base 20% of each teacher’s evaluation on student...
by Janet | Jul 10, 2014 | Urban Affairs
Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research Introduction This report presents some of the most important findings from three expanded versions, in particular, of the Kinder Institute’s annual “Houston Area Survey” (1982-2012). In all but one of the years...
