• How Houston has transformed its airports into hubs for art

    How Houston has transformed its airports into hubs for art

    Mar 27, 2022 09:57 PM EDT

    ... moving sidewalk. It's kind of like a drive by gallery that you could just stand here and enjoy the art as you roll by.  Karla Murthy: Since DuLaney began as curator three years ago he’s doubled the collection at Hobby Airport which is funded by a city ordinance ...

  • Redistricting embroils Texas in contentious legal fight

    Redistricting embroils Texas in contentious legal fight

    Mar 20, 2022 08:17 PM EDT

    ... and it's really not accurate or fair. But it's, you know, both both both parties use it to their advantage when they can.  Karla Murthy: He cites Democratic-controlled legislatures in New York and Illinois that have also drawn maps aggressively in their favor.   Michael Li: Republicans are ...

  • NewsHour Weekend 2021: Best of climate, environment and nature

    NewsHour Weekend 2021: Best of climate, environment and nature

    Dec 26, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    As 2021 draws to a close, the NewsHour Weekend team selected some of our favorite stories from this past year on nature and the environment. Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reported on a potential climate change solution – planting trees. She went to Cleveland, a city once known as ‘The Forest City ...

  • An international mural festival brings art to Cleveland's walls

    An international mural festival brings art to Cleveland's walls

    Nov 07, 2021 10:52 PM EDT

    ... this every day. I'm going to leave, right? So to hear people’s comments is really nice too. It’s just different for me.  Karla Murthy: And what do you hope people will get out of walking by.  Julia Kuo: I think I hope they'll just enjoy the ...

  • Research on the run: How a Cleveland city planner is mapping his city

    Research on the run: How a Cleveland city planner is mapping his city

    Oct 10, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

    Phil Kidd: This is the old Westinghouse building, which was one of the two major industrial businesses that helped form this neighborhood. Karla Murthy: Westinghouse used to manufacture industrial lighting here, and employed more than 500 people. In recent years a developer has proposed turning this building into a residential ...

  • Broadway’s Tina Turner musical returns as theaters reopen

    Broadway’s Tina Turner musical returns as theaters reopen

    Oct 03, 2021 06:41 PM EDT

    Karla Murthy: She also wanted to show a different side of Ike Turner than what was widely known about him. Katori Hall: The narrative and the public opinion of him was very sharp, and automatically you’re like, he’s the villain of her life story. I felt like it ...

  • Can urban reforestation help lower rising temperatures?

    Can urban reforestation help lower rising temperatures?

    Sep 26, 2021 08:53 PM EDT

    Jenny Spencer: When people think about trees, you think about tree planting and how gratifying that is to plant a new tree. But what we've learned is that it's just as important to preserve the existing canopy, the mature tree canopy.  Karla Murthy: Jenny Spencer is a City ...

  • This former steel mill used to employ thousands—how the site is adapting and creating jobs now

    This former steel mill used to employ thousands—how the site is adapting and creating jobs now

    Jul 10, 2021 07:13 PM EDT

    ... and Bethlehem Steel and subsequent iterations, I mean, people were excited to have people working again on site. They were excited to have economic activity.  Karla Murthy: He also points out that local officials negotiated with Tradepoint to ensure that minority-owned local businesses would benefit from the development, like ...

  • ER doctor shares her vaccination experience

    ER doctor shares her vaccination experience

    Dec 20, 2020 09:59 PM EDT

    Karla Murthy: A month later, PPE was more available, lockdown measures were in effect in many states and the curve was beginning to flatten. But when we spoke to Dr. Langsfeld in late April, she worried about the new shape the battlefield was taking. Dr. Alexis Langsfeld: Now everyone's ...

  • Quest for home ownership turns dreams into nightmares

    Quest for home ownership turns dreams into nightmares

    Jun 27, 2020 09:15 PM EDT

    Karla Murthy:  McGarrity believes these contracts were built to fail.  A long term study out of the University of Texas looked at these contracts in 8 counties there and showed that only 20% percent actually end up in home ownership.   Outside of Youngstown, Vision has been the subject of numerous ...