Protecting the power grid

The panel discusses the plan to offer ultra-low interest state-backed loans for construction of a new "dispatchable" power plants.

Property tax relief

Panel discusses the state's $31 billion dollars being deemed as "property tax relief" funding.

Parental benefits for Texans with "more" children

In a bid to incentivize parenthood here in the lone star state - representative Bryan Slaton has proposed major property breaks for couples who have four or more kids. The benefit comes with an upwardly sliding scale - with parents rearing ten children - wiping out their property tax burden altogether.

I-45 expansion project gets the green light

The "rebuild", is set to displace more than a thousand dwellings and an estimated 340 businesses. Both Mayor Turner and Harris County leaders have withdrawn their objections and legal challenges, but opposition to the project still exists at the grassroots level,

Trust the process, best outcome for the city

In the recent bidding process for the concessions at Houston's Hobby Airport, the incumbent Pappas family business was outbid by Areas, an international company that incorporated local restaurants in its bid. Prompting our Sunday survey question: Should local businesses be favored over out-of-town competitors when it comes to city contracts, even if it means less revenue?

5 women sue Texas for lack of abortion access

In partnership, with the Center For Reproductive Rights - the five women are demanding the state clarify what constitutes an emergency medical exception for receiving an abortion in Texas.