Month: February 2008

The GOP candidates for Harris County District Attorney apparently met with the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists on Wednesday. The only accounts of the meeting come in separate articles from Alan Bernstein and Lisa Falkenberg — a

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reports that nobody seems very happy over the current status of legislation that Mayor White rushed forward in response to the demands of affluent political constituents: The city of Houston’s high-density

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports that some of Harris County Judge Ed Emmett’s colleagues at Commissioner’s Court are displeased with Emmett’s recent efforts to end what has been an unproductive exclusive relationship with Astrodome Redevelopment

Yesterday, KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan ran an important — albeit depressing — report on dilapidated equipment at HPD. Here’s an excerpt: They’re so frustrated with the conditions inside the city’s jail, Houston police detectives decided to

The Chronicle‘s David Kaplan reports that Cafe Express has been re-acquired by its founders from Wendy’s: Schiller Del Grande expanded its pioneering fast-casual concept Cafe Express into a 16-store chain and then sold a major

Texas Southern University may be about to receive another black mark; this time, firing a president and putting her on trial isn’t going to fix it. This issue goes deeper into TSU’s ongoing failure to

KTRK-13 reports on an effort to get homeless people out of White Oak Bayou parks: Police hope to crack down on crime by cleaning up public parks and getting the homeless the help they need.