Houston may boost historic preservation ordinance

Houston’s historic preservation rules, long maligned as overly deferential to developers, could get some new teeth today. …

Houston Engineers seek to fix city’s flooding problems

An influential group of engineers has begun to solicit voter approval for a 20-year, $8 billion campaign to shore up Houston’s…

Mexico’s Ryanair brings low-cost flights to Houston

And now one of the new airlines, VivaAerobus, will be expanding to Houston. Flights between Bush Intercontinental Airport and Monterrey begin July 1 and run …

BP robots hit snag while sawing pipe: Coast Guard

HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc has hit a snag in its attempt to saw through a riser pipe in a risky operation to funnel leaking oil from a blown-out Gulf of …

Cornell Cos., GEO Group merger gets green light

Houston based Cornell (NYSE: CRN) agreed to be acquired by Boca Raton, Fla.-based GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) in April in a deal valued at $685 million. …