Year: 2009

From the Department of Conflicting Messages comes this report by KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan on downtown crime. On the one hand, downtown sounds a little scary: A Houston security guard said he was making his rounds

The Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson reports that Mayor White and his Council today took on the pressing matter of … downtown parking meter limits: Bolstered by an update to Houston parking laws that sailed through City

Tom Kirkendall noticed something interesting in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent Skilling decision: The Court clearly is not impressed by the objectivity of the Houston Chronicle, citing the newspaper’s highly inflammatory coverage of

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that the city would like you to know that “total crime” is down in Houston. Unfortunately, violent crime in Houston is up: “Total crime,” as defined by city data reported to

KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan reports that murders as reported by HPD declined in 2008: In 2006, there were 376 homicides within the city limits. In 2007, the number dropped to 347, and in 2008, it dropped

Way back in November, we noted the problems caused by Ike to UTMB, and pointed out that it would be nice if various pols could get behind rebuilding the important resource. While people were busy