Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week. SAN ANTONIO Idol Worship The rivalry between Oklahomans and Texans remains intense, even off the football field. Kelly Clarkson scores one for Texas with her reclamation of ultimate ''American Idol'' status, which she had temporarily lost to her...
Granting legal status to the illegal immigrants living in one of Texas' largest metropolitan areas would generate at least $1.4 billion a year in revenue for state and federal agencies, with Social Security and Medicare being the largest potential beneficiaries, according to an analysis by a Houston business group. The report, from the Greater...
Mimi Swartz wrote this column for Texasmonthly.com. Houston is one of the few cities in America where the possible obliteration of a strip center can produce howls of grief and rending of garments. That's close to what happens when preservation-minded locals cruise the westerly blocks of West Gray Street and spot the squat turrets and sand-colored...
Houston; storby i den sydøstlige del af staten Texas i USA. Byen er USA's fjerdestørste med et indbyggertal på omkring 2 millioner og er en af USA's hurtigst voksende byer. Houston ligger nær den Mexicanske Golf. Houston ligger i "amtet" (the county) Harris.
NASA kontrolcenteret Johnson Space Center ligger i Houston hvorfra kontrollen med USA's bemandede rumflyvninger koordineres.
Houston blev grundlagt i august 1836 da brødrene John Kirby Allen og Augustus Chapman Allen, to ejendomsspekulanter fra New York købte 27 km² land af T. F. L. Parrot for at grundlægge "et mægtigt center for regeringsførelse og handel". Brødrene opkaldte deres by efter Sam Houston.
Houston var mellem 1836 og 1839 hovedstad i Republikken Texas. Nu er Austin hovedstad.