Month: June 2010

THE AP’S JAY ROOT has reported an interesting finding in the tax returns finally released by former Mayor Bill White yesterday. In preparation for Hurricane Rita, Mayor White lined up several companies whose services might

KRIV-26’S MARK BERMAN reports that Harris County officials next week plan a news conference that will discuss options for the Astrodome. The options that will reportedly be presented include demolition, redevelopment into a planetarium, and

TEXAS WATCHDOG’S STEVE MILLER posts a story about former UTMB police chief Charles Brown, who was fired in February but apparently still continues to be paid. That seems odd, but perhaps there is a good

KPRC-2’S STEPHEN DEAN reports that the new president of the University of Houston-Downtown has generated controversy after spending public — not private — money on a big weekend celebration of his arrival. Dean reports that

A RECENT CHRONICLE ARTICLE described the construction of light-rail on the near northside as a potential “game-changer” in terms of development (sadly, the Chron tradition of uncritical cheerleading for METRO rail seems now to have

THE HILL reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is one of several co-sponsors of a bill that would weaken the ability of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate member behavior. Interestingly, we can’t

HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE ED EMMETT makes the case that Harris County should seriously consider creating a nonpartisan office of elections administration (and corrects a Chron editorial board error).

THE CHRONICLE’S JAME PINKERTON reports that the City of Houston still lacks an FCC license for its ambitious public safety radio makeover. A city official assures us that the project — which dates to 2003

NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino had an interesting story on METRO bus drivers regularly blitzing through red lights. Today, Chron.com follows up* with a more comprehensive analysis of accidents, citations, and breakdowns involving

CHRONICLE REPORTERS Lise Olsen and Eric Nalder have posted an interesting story today that analyzes offshore accidents investigated by the Minerals Management Service as well as other public documents in recent years, and draws some