2008 - Page 69 of 69 - blogHOUSTON

Mayor to O'Reilly: Don't use the S word!

January 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

Just before Christmas, in response to some immigration bluster from Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, the Chronicle ran a story asking once again if Houston is a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. We’ve grown a bit

METRO rolls out 2008 service "improvements," fare increases

January 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards reports that a Houston non-profit isn’t too pleased with planned fare changes: At the Star of Hope, caseworkers hand out small tokens to help some clients get to appointments and job interviews.

Remembering back when…

January 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Mike McGuff closed out 2007 with an interesting look back at various Houston landmarks that have shut down. The report (with video) is posted here.

Dolcefino: FBI launches City Hall investigation

January 5, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino reported last night that the FBI has subpoenaed City Hall in a new investigation: We’ve learned the FBI has delivered subpoenas to Houston City Hall looking for records of dealings with two

Mayor White is now ready to focus on crime

January 3, 2008 Anne Linehan

In his final two years as mayor, Bill White says he’ll make crime reduction a priority: On the other hand though, the Mayor said more work needs to be done, and one area of concern

Cohen: "The name of this newspaper is the Houston Chronicle…."

January 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

In the January 2008 Texas Monthly, Paul Burka writes about reductions in the size of the Austin press corps. His story includes snippets of a conversation with Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen: I called Jeff Cohen,

New GHCVB leader to focus on Houston's strengths

January 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle runs an L.M. Sixel Q & A with the GHCVB’s new leader, Greg Ortale. Here’s an excerpt: What I really want to do is to tie our convention solicitations with the economic demographics

DA Rosenthal won't seek reelection (updated)

January 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

Via the Chronicle‘s Alan Bernstein: Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal has withdrawn his name from the Republican ballot for re-election today amid pressure from his own party following last week’s release of intimate emails