The Chronicle reported a couple of days ago that the man killed recently by a MetroRail train was not legally impaired. Also, Don Gallagher — who moderates the Houston-MET Yahoo group — visited the intersection
The deadline to protest a property tax appraisal is Tuesday, but according to KHOU-11, hundreds of thousands of Harris County homeowners still haven’t received an appraisal: When it comes to notifying homeowners about 2005 appraisals,
KHOU-11 decided to check out how accurate utility meter reading is: Sanford Dow is one of thousands of customers who feel they’ve been ripped off. Dow explains that the water bill was outrageously high, as
I have two questions regarding today’s Chronicle editorial titled, “BETTER PROBATION: Governor should sign bill to keep dangerous criminals behind bars and help others go straight”: While partisan bickering prevails in Washington, a measure of
An internal HISD investigation, prompted by a Chronicle inquiry, has sent a top HISD official packing: The Houston school district’s chief school administrator agreed Friday to retire and repay the $63,000 her son was paid
Here’s the link to Mayor White’s proposed 2006 city budget. And here’s the link to Metro’s FY2004 Annual Report, including Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). You have to skip to Page 16 to begin reading
The city of Houston is expected to lose $2 million next year due to diminishing telephone landline franchise fees. More and more people are ending traditional phone service and relying only on cellphones, and that
Since Kevin decided to go away for the long weekend (very long, you poor readers), Saturday morning’s BizRadio (1320 AM) show will have to make do with me, along with Charles Kuffner. I have already
The Chronicle is adding blogs at a fast and furious pace. The newest one, HandStamp, will focus on the local music scene: Welcome to HandStamp, a new blog dedicated to Houston’s local music scene. Writers
I was able to attend the Grand Parkway meeting last night and I’ll get a post written up later today. For now, though, here’s the Chronicle‘s story, by Kim Jackson: State transportation officials assured Spring-area