Year: 2007

The Chronicle has published a long letter from former city attorney John Wildenthal, criticizing the White Administration’s legal efforts to dishonor an agreement with the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation in order to boost

Several days ago, a reader called our attention to the latest foray by the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists into international politics. In particular, this excerpt caught our reader’s eye: Zambia’s 11-million population has been decimated in

As expected, HISD’s board today voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that calls on the state legislature to end TAKS testing, and replace it with end-of-course exams. Here is a snippet from HISD’s press

KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely reports on METRO’s latest waste of money: You likely never notice them driving by. Metal cabinets line the on-ramps to five Houston HOV lanes. They’re part of a broken safety system in

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