In the News

HOUSTON – At KPRC 2, we're dedicated to keeping Houstonians informed. As part of our new Ask 2 series, the newsroom will answer your questions about all things Houston.

The question: Why don't all Texas School buses have seatbelts?

When Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 693 into law in 2017, Texas became one of only a handful of states in the country to pass some variation of a school bus seat belt law.

Dozens of activists and protesters rallied near downtown Houston Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant women and children.

The "Unlock the Future" rally, organized by the D.C.-based National Organization for Women, addressed reports of physical and sexual abuse in detention facilities and the living conditions of women and girls who are currently being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Over 80 members of the House of Representatives have now called on White House senior adviser Stephen Miller to resign after leaked emails published this week showed his affinity for white nationalism.

As the Getty Fire bellowed over an affluent part of Los Angeles last month, belching black smoke and turning the skies a hellish red, dozens of housekeepers and nannies trudged up hills, headed to work in multi-million-dollar homes.

Their employers had fled, seeking safety far from the danger zone. But many domestic workers still reported to their jobs for fear of being fired or losing a day's wages. Others were unaware of a mandatory evacuation order.

WASHINGTON — Hispanic lawmakers from Texas and around the country blasted President Donald Trump as a bigot Tuesday, as he dusted off a provocative claim that many young immigrants protected from deportation under an Obama-era program he ended were "hardened criminals."

Trump made the assertion just before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on his decision to scrap DACA, or Deferred Adjudication for Childhood Arrivals, in September 2017.

HOUSTON – The fallout continues from the impending state takeover of the Houston Independent School District, including the impact it will have on a school at the center of the state's decision to take control.

Elaine Jackson Willis is working hard to keep Wheatley High School open.

"I came, in fact, last week to collect petitions from parents to keep the school open," said Willis, who is part of the school's alumni group.

When Katie Hill made her powerful speech about misogynistic double standards on the House floor last Thursday before getting ready to resign, there were only a handful of other members of Congress present: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York); Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts); Rep. Lori Trahan (Massachusetts); Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota); Rep. Lauren Underwood (Illinois), who is Hill's roommate in D.C.; and Joe Neguse (Colorado), her co-representative to leadership among the freshmen.