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Two unanticipated disasters hit Houston hospitals hard

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston-area hospitals are now assessing the financial damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Several Houston hospitals are estimating the price tag for the help they offered during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could be about $10

Pearland ISD ekes out a bond victory

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Elam points to this Chron story that says voters approved Pearland ISD’s bond proposal — but just barely: Voters in the Pearland Independent School District on Saturday narrowly passed a $58 million bond package

It's not a Pulitzer, but it's something

October 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chron‘s Religion section has won an award: The Houston Chronicle has won the Religion Newswriters Association’s Schachern Award for the best religion section among newspapers with circulations over 100,000. The Chronicle was among five

STAR: The wonders of METRO

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, the Chronicle‘s Lifestyle & Features (STAR!) section ran an advertisement for METRO posing as news. Owen Courreges promptly took issue with the cheerleading, as did Laurence Simon. Here’s an excerpt from Laurence:

Chron finally opines on DeLay indictment

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Thursday, every major state newspaper and many “national” newspapers editorialized on the DeLay indictment. The Chronicle was silent. Friday? Silence. Saturday? Silence. Today, in their usual timely manner , the Chronicle managed an editorial

KTRK posts interview with DeLay

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Tom Abrahams scored an interview with Rep. Tom DeLay a couple of days ago. The transcript of that interview is posted on KTRK’s website, for those who are interested.

In the aftermath of Rita…

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Readers may recall that a while ago, I highlighted a new Chron approach to editorializing: Simply write, “in the aftermath of Katrina,” followed by whatever opinion previously held on unrelated issues. Today, the newspaper’s partisan

Mack on the Mayor's minor council setbacks

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the Rita excitement, I was remiss in calling attention to Kristen Mack’s column from over a week ago, in which Mack noted that Mayor White recently suffered two rare public defeats in council: The

Douglass Elementary becomes charter school for Louisiana children

October 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Jim Bell of KUHF-88.7 has the story of a new mission for the former Douglass Elementary: A historic school in Houston’s Third Ward — that was closed last year because of declining enrollment — is

Go 'Stros!

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to the Astros, who just clinched a wild card spot with a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.