Year: 2009

On the Texas Watchdog site, Trent Seibert announces the addition of two new reporters to the organization: Steve McVicker and Rosanna Ruiz. Readers here should be familiar with both. Ruiz most recently provided the Chronicle

Several Tea Parties are planned in and around the Houston area tomorrow, and the big one at Jones Plaza should be jam-packed: We expect quite a crowd. If we have overflow we are setting up

Want to learn how to file a public information request? The folks at Texas Watchdog are hosting a blogger meetup on Tuesday to explain how the pros do just that. The gathering is set for

. . . which was research of the Batson challenge that led to the Chronicle story about DA Lykos publicly tossing two prosecutors under the bus. Click here to refresh your memory. Murray forked out

The Chronicle ran a three-author story today that discusses the city’s seemingly capricious decisionmaking process regarding aid to developers. Here is an excerpt: The City Council’s decision last week to assist the developer of Regent

KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey broke a story last night on a HUD audit of a City of Houston housing program: The audit is best described as explosive. It targets the City of Houston’s Housing Department. It

A sign of the times (via HBJ): During the month, the state collected $1.58 billion in sales tax revenue, 3.8 percent less than in March 2008. In February, sales tax revenue was down 2.6 percent

Craig Malisow continues his diligent reporting for the Houston Press on the deplorable conditions at BARC. Here is the lede from today’s post: A faulty anesthesia machine, a dog that nearly escaped during euthanasia, poor