Houston’s Top Workplaces in 2025 The @houstonchronicle.com ranked Houston’s best places to work based on hundreds of employee surveys. Here’s who came out on top in 2025: www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

A food bank visited NASA’s Gilruth Center on Wednesday. NASA’s federal employees have been without pay for more than a month, causing a ripple through the Clear Lake community as businesses report slowdowns and seek to support the workers. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

With SNAP benefits in limbo, many states have covered the gap and/or allotted more $ to food banks. Texas, which has a $20 billion+ rainy day fund, has done neither. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Texas agency spent at least $55K to withhold info about power plant loan program, cryptocurrency mines, via @clairehao.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

George R. Brown Convention Center workers ratify $20 minimum wage contract, avoid strike, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

From the Super Bowl to John F. Kennedy: The 5 biggest events in Rice Stadium history www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/colle...

Rice University to launch $120M stadium revamp, including pedestrian walkway to Rice Village www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

UH students relaunch anti-Starbucks campaign ahead of possible national barista strike, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

Food bank helps NASA employees as government shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Trump’s clean-energy ‘blockade’ could hit Texas hardest: ‘Every delay drives up bills’ via @clairehao.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

House of Blues Houston workers vote to unionize, a first for the chain, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

Trump renominates billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Construction advances on next phase of big mixed-use project with tower tied to Houston billionaire www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...

Dick Cheney had deep Texas ties after half-century influencing Republican politics and oil industry www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Houston oil company probes alleged leak of insider information involving golf star Phil Mickelson www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

How a growing form of 'invisible government' is driving up Texans’ tax bills www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Here's how much more the average Houston household will pay this year due to Trump's tariffs, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

Few schools can boast as cool an instructor as Purdue: In 1935, Amelia Earhart was a visiting faculty member, an advisor in aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to female students.

SMU does the improbable and beats No. 10 Miami in overtime. Two interceptions by Ahmaad Moses, a game-tying field goal by Sam Keltner and game-winning touchdown by TJ Harden kept the Mustangs' ACC title hopes alive. Here are 5 thoughts from the win ⤵️

SpaceX announces ‘simplified mission’ to return astronauts to the moon, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Your Halloween pumpkin probably came from this small Texas town www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/h...

Houston leaders confront middling upward mobility at new summit, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

Amazon, UPS and Target are laying off thousands of employees. How is it impacting Houston? www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

From fortress to gathering space: $50M overhaul to reimagine Houston's former One Shell Plaza www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...

Civil engineers could monitor aging bridges — and make timely repairs — by using satellites that can detect cracks as thin as a credit card. A UH scientist helped analyze how the Sentinel and NISAR satellites could observe long-span bridges. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

NEW FROM ME: Texas school boards are increasingly turning to ChatGPT & other AI programs to comply with SB 13, a new state law that requires them to vet school library purchase lists for "indecent" or "profane" content. #txlege www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...

Hundreds of ‘zombie’ wells likely plague a single Texas county, University of Houston study finds, via @amandadrane.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...

Satellites could monitor aging bridges from space, study finds, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Experts, residents and advocates warn that they’ve seen case after case of politics, not math, shaping floodplain development decisions. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

Houston retailers are expecting record Halloween spending this year, despite tariffs and inflation, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

A 123-year-old church in Houston’s Third Ward could receive landmark protection in November www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Apple's AI plant in Houston quietly starts operations months ahead of schedule www.houstonchronicle.com/business/eco...

Preservationists buy Victor Lundy’s Bellaire home in last-minute rescue of architectural gem www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian Institution for “potential violations of the Anti-Lobbying Act,” escalating prior claims as he works to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Texas needs ‘space cowboys’ and statewide talent pipeline to become a hub for space companies, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

Decades after Tom and Paula Goynes fell in love and settled on the banks of the San Marcos, their stretch of river turned into a trash-laden playground. 🚣 https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/san-marcos-river-retreat-tubing-trash/

UH scientists find NASA clean room bacterium ‘plays dead.’ Could other dormant germs be in hospitals? via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

A Houston oil company found itself in a fight with California. Now it has help from Trump’s team www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

NASA will allow other companies to vie for its Artemis III human landing system as Starship falls behind schedule in Texas. Artemis III is now set to launch no later than 2028, suggesting a slip from its launch target of 2027. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Historically, SpaceX has offset its wetlands destruction by donating land to the state. But now, SpaceX is hoping to preserve one piece of land that can be tapped again — and again — as it develops the world’s most powerful rocket outside of Brownsville. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

$100 million apartment project breaks ground on Montrose’s 'Disco Kroger' site www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...

NASA reopens Artemis III moon-landing contract as SpaceX falls behind schedule in Texas, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Average price for new vehicles top $50,000 nationwide for first time, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

Hard to beat “seeking the hand-blistered zen of the rake.” Always an enjoyable read.

$10 million mansion designed by early Rice University architect tops Houston's most expensive home sales www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...

Why SpaceX wants to ‘bank’ wetlands to expand its launch pad in South Texas, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Every Saturday, a suburban dad in Atlanta who never played competitive football watches the best college coaches in America pause at critical moments of games and seek advice from a book he wrote. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Texas Legislature launches new investigating committees for July 4 floods, via @taygoldenstein.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...