Families in Harris County’s low-income neighborhoods have long said that official flood plain maps do not match the chronic flooding they see on the ground. Now that the maps are finally getting updated, many worry that the first thing they...
Intrigued by businesses that operate in the legal shadows, a team of Texas Christian University researchers set out in 2017 to measure how busy Houston’s illicit massage parlors were. For help, they turned to the international spy...
In a fiery exchange at Houston’s City Council over how to handle immigration warrants, the Houston police union president made a startling admission: “You don’t know what those warrants are for, ma’am,” the union official, Doug...
NEW YORK — The lingering impact of COVID-19, a few years out from the declaration that the pandemic was over, is scattered across how we live today — the work-from-home jobs, the way some have decided wearing masks is their new normal, the hand...
In celebration of the Houston Chronicle’s 125th birthday, we are publishing stories from our archives on Sundays through December. Look for our special section on major events in Houston’s history on May 24. Today, read how the Great...
Houston is one of the best cities in America for Vietnamese food. Good luck finding anyone who disagrees. Residents and visitors embrace the cuisine as fiercely as they do barbecue or Tex-Mex — and why wouldn’t they? Decades of...
