Alan Fossler
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Interim business editor @houstonchronicle.com | “Most modern people don’t belong anyplace as intimately as we belonged to Hudson.” — Ian Frazier #PonyUp
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Houstonians who died in 2025: Remembering the leaders, artists and icons who shaped the city, via @sarahesmith23.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Notable Houstonians who died in 2025: Sylvester Turner, Dave Ward and more
Houston reflects on the lives and legacies of the notable leaders, artists and icons it lost in 2025.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Houstonians who died in 2025: Remembering the leaders, artists and icons who shaped the city, via @sarahesmith23.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Sharpstown scandal developer's former River Oaks mansion tops November’s most expensive home sales www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
River Oaks mansion with scandalous past sold for more than $10M
November’s most expensive home sales were led by a mansion once owned by Frank Sharp, a Houston developer tied to a big banking scandal in the 1970s. The River Oaks home was listed for $15.9...
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December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Sharpstown scandal developer's former River Oaks mansion tops November’s most expensive home sales www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
Why Houston’s Tesla drivers put oil, gas and coal on their license plates, via @amandadrane.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
Teslas with license plates promoting oil and gas? Only in Houston
EVs could kill demand for gasoline, which has long been a core product of Houston’s oil industry. But there’s an upside.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why Houston’s Tesla drivers put oil, gas and coal on their license plates, via @amandadrane.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
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Shale drillers have turned the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Shale drillers have turned the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
These 5 Houston-area neighborhoods saw the most floodplain development since Hurricane Harvey, via @chengyilun.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Top 5 Houston neighborhoods with the most floodplain development since Harvey
Since Hurricane Harvey, over 65,000 new properties have been built in official flood zones across the region. Here are five areas that have seen the most floodplain construction.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
These 5 Houston-area neighborhoods saw the most floodplain development since Hurricane Harvey, via @chengyilun.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
What happens to your Amazon returns? This Christmas, they might end up at a Houston 'bin store' www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ret...
Didn’t love your Christmas gift? It may end up in a Houston 'bin store'
At so-called "bin stores," Houston shoppers can find anything from iPhones to cat diapers that were once returned to Amazon.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What happens to your Amazon returns? This Christmas, they might end up at a Houston 'bin store' www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ret...
Seven iconic Houston businesses that have stood the test of time, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Seven iconic Houston businesses that have stood the test of time
Explore iconic Houston businesses, from Arne's to Phoenicia, that have thrived for decades with loyal customers and deep community roots.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seven iconic Houston businesses that have stood the test of time, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
How Houston nonprofits are meeting higher holiday demands amid economic concerns, via @haajrah.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Why Houston nonprofits are seeing a surge of aid requests this Christmas
Economic uncertainty is increasing needs on Christmas, and Houston's nonprofits are filling that gap.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How Houston nonprofits are meeting higher holiday demands amid economic concerns, via @haajrah.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
An internet scammer nearly conned me. Here's how they are using AI to personalize scams, via @cltomlinson.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: I nearly fell for an internet scam. What you should look out for.
Artificial intelligence is making it easier to create more sophisticated and personalized internet scams.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An internet scammer nearly conned me. Here's how they are using AI to personalize scams, via @cltomlinson.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
NASA eyes pivotal 2026 with Artemis II moon mission, new telescope and leadership changes, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
A moon mission, a new boss and a potential museum fight: NASA’s year ahead
Jared Isaacman will lead NASA as it sends astronauts around the moon and hopes to launch a space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NASA eyes pivotal 2026 with Artemis II moon mission, new telescope and leadership changes, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
New reflective stripes on Houston’s Loop 610 ramps aim to avoid night crashes www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Did you see the white, yellow stripes on Houston’s highways? Here’s what to know
Reflective paint is a safety treatment used by TxDOT on ramp curves for more visibility at night.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New reflective stripes on Houston’s Loop 610 ramps aim to avoid night crashes www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Communities near NASA keep Apollo 8 history alive with luminarias Christmas Eve tradition, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
How Apollo 8 inspired luminarias tradition in communities near NASA
Communities near NASA lit luminarias so the Apollo 8 astronauts could find their way home. The tradition has continued ever since.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Communities near NASA keep Apollo 8 history alive with luminarias Christmas Eve tradition, via @andrealeinfelder.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Americans have spent more than $500 million on tariffs for Christmas decorations in 2025 www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
How $500 million of tariffs on holiday decorations stole Christmas
Tariffs paid on imported Christmas decorations, toys, video game consoles and other gifts have soared this year, according to a new analysis from the Tax Foundation.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Americans have spent more than $500 million on tariffs for Christmas decorations in 2025 www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
$300 rates and 14-hour days: What it's like to be Santa Claus in Texas during Christmas, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
$300 rates and 14-hour days: What it's like to be Santa Claus in Texas
Business is booming for Texas’ enterprising Saint Nicks.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
$300 rates and 14-hour days: What it's like to be Santa Claus in Texas during Christmas, via @maliyaellis.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
U.S. billionaires got a lot richer in 2025. Here's how Houston's wealthiest people fared, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Houston's wealthiest billionaires got richer this year. Here's how much
Houston's wealthiest men and women have seen their fortunes grow since the year began, according to a real-time net worth tracker maintained by Forbes magazine.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
U.S. billionaires got a lot richer in 2025. Here's how Houston's wealthiest people fared, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
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Michaela “Michi” Benthaus made history from West Texas on Saturday when she became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.
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Blue Origin flight makes space more accessible for people with disabilities
Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, who is paralyzed from the waist down, flew to space on Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket. She launched from West Texas.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Michaela “Michi” Benthaus made history from West Texas on Saturday when she became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.
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'Tis the season for giving: 3 things donors should know about giving as 2025 ends, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Three things Houston donors should know about giving as 2025 ends
Affordability concerns helped spur Houston donors into action this year, says longtime Greater Houston Community Foundation head Stephen Maislin.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
'Tis the season for giving: 3 things donors should know about giving as 2025 ends, via @ericatx.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Jobs of the rich: What the highest-earning Houston area residents do for work
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Jobs of the rich: What the highest-earning Houston area residents do for work
Gen X and Millennials made up the bulk of top earners in Houston, a Census data analysis shows. Explore our data.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Jobs of the rich: What the highest-earning Houston area residents do for work
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This historic Folgers coffee plant in Houston's East End is set for major redevelopment www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
Major redevelopment brewing for historic Folgers coffee plant in East End
Big plans are brewing for a historic Houston coffee plant. State filings show the former Folgers and Farmer Brothers site will be redeveloped next year.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This historic Folgers coffee plant in Houston's East End is set for major redevelopment www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
Risky floodplain development is surging in Greater Houston. What could local officials do differently? via @chengyilun.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
Risky floodplain development is surging. What could Houston do differently?
Over 65,000 new properties have been developed in Greater Houston floodplains since Harvey. Experts say reversing the trend will take more consistent rules.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Risky floodplain development is surging in Greater Houston. What could local officials do differently? via @chengyilun.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
Lululemon opens Houston store in Highland Village with first in-store La La Land cafe www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Lululemon opens new Highland Village store with first in-store La La Land cafe
The global lifestyle brand Lululemon opens a new 'experiential' store in Houston's Highland Village today, featuring an expanded footprint and an in-store La La Land cafe
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December 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Lululemon opens Houston store in Highland Village with first in-store La La Land cafe www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
Data centers will have to disconnect during severe Texas grid emergencies, ERCOT CEO says, via @clairehao.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
Data centers will have to reduce grid use during emergencies, ERCOT CEO says
Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Texas power grid operator, said the influx of data centers to Texas is “something that we've never experienced before in the history of ERCOT."
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December 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Data centers will have to disconnect during severe Texas grid emergencies, ERCOT CEO says, via @clairehao.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
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Michaela “Michi” Benthaus is about to become the first wheelchair user to fly to space.
The launch window for her Blue Origin flight opens at 10 a.m.
More on Michi and how this flight could make space more accessible for people with disabilities:
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The launch window for her Blue Origin flight opens at 10 a.m.
More on Michi and how this flight could make space more accessible for people with disabilities:
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Blue Origin to launch historic spaceflight with first wheelchair user
Blue Origin hopes launching Michaela Benthaus, a German space engineer who uses a wheelchair, will help make space more accessible.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Michaela “Michi” Benthaus is about to become the first wheelchair user to fly to space.
The launch window for her Blue Origin flight opens at 10 a.m.
More on Michi and how this flight could make space more accessible for people with disabilities:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
The launch window for her Blue Origin flight opens at 10 a.m.
More on Michi and how this flight could make space more accessible for people with disabilities:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Democrats crowd Harris County judicial races for 2026 primary www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...
Democrats crowd Harris County judicial races for 2026 primary
At least three dozen lawyers are vying for contested judicial seats on the Democratic ballot, crowding down-ballot races in Harris County courts.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Democrats crowd Harris County judicial races for 2026 primary www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...
Judge denies bail in Houston taco truck killing under new Texas amendment www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Judge denies bail in Houston taco truck killing under new Texas amendment
Angel Saldivar-James was calm, cool and collected as he told a Houston detective how he fatally shot a taco truck owner and carried out other armed robberies, according to testimony.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Judge denies bail in Houston taco truck killing under new Texas amendment www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...