The city’s local media have engaged in a fair amount of cheerleading over the fact that the Service Employee’s International Union will be moving into Houston in order to better the lives of janitors citywide
KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg and KHOU-11’s Amy Tortolani seem to have attended the same briefing on shoplifing and MS-13. Here’s an excerpt from Oberg’s reporting: Organized crime is active in Houston and police say the crooks
KHOU-11’s Carolyn Campbell reports that Council today tabled a vote on a new contract for MediaSource, the controversial custodian of the public access cable channel. The contract apparently will impose (minimal) new screening requirements on
The New York Times has had an ongoing problem with its star columnists either getting their facts wrong or making up facts out of thin air, and then refusing to issue corrections. The Chronicle‘s Rick
Nothing causes the White Administration to swing into action like negative reporting, and so several media reports on HPD’s worsening manpower woes and four hours of criticism from Chris Baker yesterday in response to Chief
via Laurence Simon: The farebox on the 9 bus this morning (#3331) was broken and covered up with a world-class plastic bag. I see this at least twice a week. Roughly, that’s a 10% failure
KRIV-26 reported last night that Ken Hatfield would be announcing he is stepping down at Rice. The Chronicle‘s Moisekapenda Bower reports that a press conference has been scheduled for 11 am. Beyond that, the column
The Chronicle business section picked up an LA Times story on the sorts of raises workers might expect next year. The following line made it into the story: The salary increases reflect a continuing push
The Houston Business Journal reports that Houston didn’t rank very highly in a study designed to measure overall literacy: A national study has placed Houston 53rd out of a total of 69 cities in a
KHOU-11’s Carolyn Campbell reports on a problem with Houston Public Works: He warned them. A Houston man said he called the city to tell them about a destructive problem, but believes his words fell on