Month: August 2008

Earlier in the week, both KUHF-88.7 and the Chronicle reported that University of Houston-Downtown officials would like to change the institution’s name. Some ideas that have been tossed out include Houston International University, Gulf Coast

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports on a drainage-fund proposal developed by Councilmember Khan and supported by Mayor White: A plan to create a special fund in the city’s budget to act as like a detention pond

This curious blurb appeared on KHOU-11’s website yesterday: Houston City Council approved a proposal to upgrade the lighting beneath the Pierce Elevated parking garage. They plan to spend almost half a million dollars to fix

Richard Vacar, who has been a proponent of an expensive renovation and expansion of Bush Intercontinental Airport despite significant planned capacity reduction by airlines, today is given a platform on the Chronicle news pages for

An interesting post on a Harris County Democratic Party site indicates that the local Dems are working with the local sorta-professional soccer franchise to raise money for the party: On Sunday, September 7, the Dynamo

Consultant/advocate John Keeling, who’s never seen a boondoggle that didn’t merit a glowing feasibility study (so long as clients were paying), makes an appearance in a recent Nancy Sarnoff report for the Chronicle: Occupancy at

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee offers a primer on the confusing mess of managed HOV/toll lanes coming soon to the Katy Freeway: Sometime in late spring 2009, three important changes will occur. 1. Every vehicle on