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2 weeks ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Tom Perumean
Klein ISD is being sued by a former teacher who claims she was forced to resign in retaliation for reporting sex trafficking allegations against a fellow teacher. Desma Darden, a former special education teacher at Klein Cain High School, filed her lawsuit in February against the Houston-area school district and two people who served as administrators during the 2022-23 school year.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Tom Perumean |Adam Zuvanich
A Houston legislator and civil rights advocates voiced opposition this week to a proposed Texas law that would ban some people from designated foreign countries — such as China and Russia — from owning land in the state. House Bill 17, authored by Republican state Rep. Cole Hefner of northeast Texas, also would apply to some people from Iran and North Korea as well as any other country designated by the Texas governor.
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1 month ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Tom Perumean
CenterPoint Energy is partnering with two technology companies — Neara, a platform developer, and Osmose, an infrastructure data firm — to use artificial intelligence to help identify problems in its Houston-area power distribution system and prioritize repairs. Neara’s Robert Brook said the partnership will result in cost savings and more dependability for the 2.8 million CenterPoint customers in the Houston area.
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1 month ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Tom Perumean
The 83-year-old Houston-area man accused of shooting someone last month at Pasadena Memorial High School — who died shortly after being released from the Harris County Jail last week — died from natural causes, according to the county medical examiner. Dennis Brandl Jr. was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the Feb.
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2 months ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Tom Perumean
A man accused of sexually assaulting a University of Houston student in a campus parking garage earlier this month was arrested Tuesday afternoon — hours after local authorities offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Eric Latroy Brown, 40, was arrested in the East Downtown area near the intersection of Texas Avenue and St. Emanuel Street, according to a social media post by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
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2 months ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Tom Perumean
A man accused of sexually assaulting a University of Houston student in a campus parking garage earlier this month was arrested Tuesday afternoon — hours after local authorities offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Eric Latroy Brown, 40, was arrested in the East Downtown area near the intersection of Texas Avenue and St. Emanuel Street, according to a social media post by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Tom Perumean
Fire departments from Houston and other parts of Texas sent crews and trucks to help with the California conflagrations that have levelled communities from inland Pasadena to the Pacific Palisades and Malibu on the coast. The first crews deployed Sunday into Monday. More than 135 firefighters, emergency management and medical personnel from Texas, along with more than 45 fire engines, ambulances, command vehicles and equipment have arrived in the Los Angeles area. Texas Gov.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Tom Perumean
Houston-area consumers paid more than a half-billion dollars in hidden debit and credit card fees during the 2024 holiday season, according to Texans Against Hidden Credit Card Fees, which says that money flowed to two major credit card companies and the 10 major banks issuing credit cards in the U.S."This is not a number we see on our receipts; this is not a number we see on our credit card statement,” said Kelsey Erickson Streufert, a spokesperson for the statewide coalition.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Tom Perumean
Texas has joined Louisiana and Florida as the states with the highest home insurance rates as coverage areas continue to shrink. Houston Chronicle reporter Megan Kimball, speaking on Houston Matters, said the increase began only a few years ago. "The spike really started happening in 2022 and especially in 2023," Kimball said. "According to the Texas Department of Insurance, rates have gone up across the state by an average of 21% last year.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Tom Perumean
On Thursday, the director of aviation for the Houston Airport System, Jim Szczesniak, gave a state of the airports address to discuss the recent performance of Houston-area airports and potential plans for the future. Szczesniak made his comments at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. The address came after the crucial Thanksgiving holiday when The George Bush Intercontinental Airport and The William P. Hobby Airport both saw record travel numbers.
