Month: January 2008

KHOU-11’s Rucks Russell reports on a familiar problem: Steve Mueller anticipated construction of the new Highway 90 could bring some traffic headaches to the area. What the leader of the Songwood Civic Association’s Civilian Patrol

Earlier in the week, Anne Linehan noted County Judge Ed Emmett’s opposition to granting the Astrodome Redevelopment utopians yet another extension of their exclusive redevelopment rights to the decrepit dome stadium. It therefore came as

It was at the end of December that we learned that Mike Surface had resigned as chairman of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corp., citing “personal and professional interests” as reasons. About one week

KHOU-11 posts the latest distressing news about HPD’s Crime Lab: The head of the Houston Police Department’s DNA testing lab has resigned and two other crime lab employees have been suspended following an investigation into

Justin Baer reports in the Financial Times that United Airlines may consider rekindling merger talks with Continental Airlines: United Airlines is considering a new round of talks to merge with Continental Airlines if its negotiations

Remember all the hoopla when it appeared that the Kirby widening project had been modified in a way that would preserve trees and walkability? Apparently, it was another case of irrational exuberance from pols (imagine

As commenter Rorschach notes here, the City of Houston is apparently considering selling the Hilton Americas Hotel to help finance another convention center hotel. Nancy Sarnoff and Carolyn Feibel report for the Chronicle: The city