Month: February 2006

Harris County Judge Robert Eckels gave the State of the County speech yesterday before the Greater Houston Partnership. Here’s the text of the speech, here’s the Chronicle‘s coverage and here’s KUHF-88.7’s coverage, which includes this:

There were several notable items today related to Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado and the bonusgate scandal. As Anne Linehan noted in the forum, KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reported earlier that Mayor Pro Tem Alvarado is

Banjo Jones tells us about a little something that should upset both PETA and Dina Cappiello: Dow Chemical, in its continuing efforts to protect the environment, intentionally released 194 lbs. of nitric oxide and 194

Bruce Nichols, the Dallas Morning News‘ man in Houston, has a lengthy story about the ongoing HPD crime lab investigation posted on several Belo news sites. While there’s not much new information for people who

Yesterday, the retrial of Max Soffar went to the jury. Soffar had spent over 20 years on death row after confessing to a brutal triple murder, but his conviction was overturned by a federal court