Q&A: New Metro Board Member Teresa Morales Shares Her Goals for Houston's Transit System
In July, Morales was appointed by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for the Metro board position.
INTERVIEWS: August 1, 2018 TRANSPORTATION
Texas High Schools Are Supposed to Help Students Register to Vote. Many Aren't.
A new study from the Texas Civil Rights Project tracked which schools had requested voter registration forms from the state and which hadn't.
INSIGHTS: July 31, 2018 ELECTIONS, GOVERNANCE
Metro Presents Draft Long-Range Plan
Still preliminary, the plan includes airport rail connections, bus rapid transit and more but will likely face serious financial constraints.
INSIGHTS: July 29, 2018 TRANSPORTATION
Urban Review: Parking, A Football Oz and How To (Not) Write About Los Angeles
This week, new data on parking, a review of a fabricated sports city, the problem with work requirements and a lesson in writing about Los Angeles (and all cities).
INSIGHTS: July 26, 2018 GOVERNANCE
National Partisan Nastiness Is Now Poisoning Local Politics
Zocalo Public Square | "Sometimes we couldn’t even agree on what to call our city."
PERSPECTIVES: July 26, 2018 GOVERNANCE
Families with Children Are Renting More
Houston had the largest increase in families with children who rented of the 30 biggest metropolitan areas between 2006 and 2016.
INSIGHTS: July 24, 2018 HOUSING
This Is What Resiliency Planning Looks Like
OffCite | The Resilient by Design challenge offers lessons for resiliency planning that can address environmental crises as well as challenges in socioeconomic and racial inequity.
FEATURES: July 22, 2018 HURRICANE HARVEY
Urban Review: Parks versus People, Prenatal Care in Texas and School to Prison Research
This week's roundup covers a new analysis of maternal risk factors across Texas, asks whether big park projects and the communities around them can get along, looks at law enforcement referrals in schools after high-profile shootings and even a Drake reference.
INSIGHTS: July 19, 2018 EDUCATION, HEALTH
Blue Needle In A Red Haystack: Why One Texas Woman Is Taking on the Odds This November
Amid a wave of women candidates, Lisa Seger of Blue Heron Farm makes a run for it.
FEATURES: July 18, 2018 ELECTIONS
How To Improve The Recovery Funding Process
Eleven months post-Hurricane Harvey, what lessons have been learned?
RESEARCH: July 17, 2018 GOVERNANCE, HURRICANE HARVEY
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