Month: April 2007

The Chronicle‘s Melanie Markley reports that Mayor White’s efforts to extricate the city from the legal commitment made by previous administrations to a local nonprofit organization that houses mentally retarded people so that he can

Various media outlets note that City Council today approved the wifi contract with Earthlink to construct a municipal wifi bubble that will, according to proponents, bridge the digital divide, improve public safety, make Houston world

The Chronicle today runs yet another story (35 paragraphs this time!) on the airport parking “scandal” (we add the quotes because we had trouble getting too excited about it when KTRK-13 first reported on it

So, how many writers do YOU know who can write this well about… garbage collection?! That Slampo has the gift.

On the Chron’s City Hall blog, Matt Stiles writes that the city is fed up with the municipal courts’ underperforming computer system, and Council will consider a contract with MITRE Corp. to figure out if

I hope you all are enjoying a blessed Easter Sunday. The weather’s a bit chilly, but the sun is peeking out — how appropriate! Thankfully, the Chron‘s ed board decided not to insult Christians today,

A Houston museum that we discussed recently just got a mention on Gadling, an excellent travel weblog. The National Museum of Funeral History is #2 on the Gadling list of 10 Strange and Obscure American