Author: Laura Gillespie

Highway Vodka owner Ben Williams is the first Black business owner to open a distillery in Texas, let alone one using hemp.

As the year rounds to a close, it capstones a difficult year for restaurants. Still, some restaurants persevered and opened new locations in the final days of 2020. Here’s a few of the latest openings. 

Craft Burger leases solo brick and mortar

Craft…

The change in thought comes after manager Michael Saghain came on board.

Family First ER, the first tenant of a 9-acre development meant to modernize Baytown, will open Jan. 11. 

The 24-hour Family First at 5410 East Freeway Service Road will offer rapid Covid-19 testing, emergency care, on-site diagnostic lab testing, on-…

The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic was one of the biggest disruptions the country’s education system has ever seen.

Covid-19 closed K-12 schools on and off, slashed budgets and caused a huge amount of stress for parents, students, faculty and staff ali…

Through the end of December, we’re taking a look back on some of the biggest trends in restaurants.

We took a look back at the biggest trends in retail in 2020.

Whether directly due to Covid-19 or not, some restaurants like Luby’s, The Union Kitchen and Burger-chan struggled nonetheless, even with PPP funds.

Loren James Blanchard, currently the executive vice president for academic and student affairs at California State University, is the sole finalist for president of the University of Houston – Downtown. 

Blanchard is scheduled to take office March 15,…

Covid-19 has devastated restaurants. Over 10,000 Texas restaurants have closed since the beginning of the pandemic, and 30% of Texan operators are saying they may not survive the next six months. Houston alone has seen a huge ripple effect this year fr…