2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (203+ words) Olympic champion Carl Lewis helped welcome about 100 Houston-area middle school students to a shopping trip for new athletic shoes Thursday at Academy Sports + Outdoors. The event was part of Kicks for Class, a charitable initiative sponsored by the Heil Law…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (836+ words) Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine, in 1977. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Houston gave the conference’s keynote address. Abzug, wearing one of her famous hats, sat next to her. Delegates shopped for merch to take home. In protest of the National…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1014+ words) The "Gulfton Pride" mural at Burnett Bayland Park in Houston. Think of the heart of Houston, and you may envision a bustling downtown where productive office workers scurry around underground tunnels like ants. Perhaps you’ll picture a world-class medical center…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (995+ words) An outside view of Texas Children's Hospital’s $200 million expansion to its Pavilion for Women, in Houston, Monday July 27, 2026. Children’s hospitals have spent the past year bracing for the fallout from roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts included in a sweeping spending…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1261+ words) Texas Republicans’ controversial move last summer to redraw the state’s congressional maps with the aim of flipping five Democratic seats this fall may be complicated by President Donald Trump’s low approval ratings, experts say. Several South Texas districts, including two…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (643+ words) Barry Klein, executive director of the anti-zoning Houston Property Rights Association, awaits election results Nov. 2, 1993 as voters consider whether to revoke a zoning ordinance passed by city council. The land-control measure ultimately was rejected by voters in a tightly contested…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (583+ words) Ysidera “Sissy” Kyles campaigns for the 209th District Court Judge outside the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center during the primary runoff election in Houston Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Democratic and Republican primary candidates whose races were too close to call in March are vying for…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (435+ words) The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board is a nonpartisan group of opinion journalists who are separate from the newsroom. We base our election recommendations for contested races on reporting, research and, in nearly all races, in-person interviews. Showing 24 of 24 available races....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (379+ words) Voting is underway in the race to replace state Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Conroe Republican who vacated his seat in October after he was named chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. The district stretches from Port Arthur up to…...

6+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (1346+ words) When Elmer Romero walks into his Gulfton office lately, the lobby is mostly empty — a sharp change from the crowds that once waited there for help with immigration cases. When he and his coworkers go to a nearby Salvadoran restaurant…...