Chron op-ed: There's a cop shortage

Today’s Chronicle carries a story about other local mayors’ irritation with Mayor White’s call for voluntary benzene emissions reductions from area chemical plants: The mayors of LaPorte, Baytown, Pasadena and Deer Park say White has

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has suggested cutting the county’s property tax rate by one cent, and the Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy has the story: Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday floated the idea of cutting

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder checks in with the latest developments with regard to the city’s poorly considered floodway ordinance: The Harris County Appraisal District has increased the taxable value on thousands of properties in floodways