To Expand Houston’s I-45, TxDOT Made a ‘Mafia Pitch’
An exclusive excerpt from ‘City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.’
An exclusive excerpt from ‘City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.’
By Megan Kimble
Severe freezes have brought the state’s once-booming olive oil industry to its knees. But passionate farmers keep hope alive for solutions.
By Megan Kimble
Last year, one in every ten Harris County renters faced losing their home. A new program aims to connect tenants with resources.
By Megan Kimble
With $2.5 million in federal grants, Amtrak and TxDOT will study adding passenger rail in Texas.
By Megan Kimble
A recent neighborhood fight demonstrates how the outsized influence of existing homeowners restricts supply in a city that badly needs 135,000 new homes.
By Megan Kimble
The nonprofit effort will cost hundreds of millions and preserve 50,000 acres over the fragile Edwards Aquifer. Can it be done?
By Megan Kimble
As home prices skyrocket in Texas, buyers will try anything to stand out—and neuroscience shows these letters work. But housing experts say the implications are troubling.
By Dan Solomon and Megan Kimble