Month: June 2011

Use it or lose it: Metro’s budget shuttle to the airport needs support from riders and stakeholders – Houston Chronicle Considering that Metro has a nearly billion dollar budget and just this April wrote off

The Examiner’s Charlotte Aguilar reported last week that the head of HISD’s Apollo 20 program is exiting the district one year after being recruited by Superintendent Terry Grier: Jeremy Beard, the school improvement officer in

Write On METRO: Long Commutes Lead to Divorce, Neck Pain, Insomnia The solution, Mary Sit says, is to let METRO do the driving. However, we would encourage potential riders to proceed with caution.

Houston ISD trustees president Paula Harris voted on millions of dollars in contracts involving close friend's firms – Lynn Walsh, Texas Watchdog Those business contacts would suggest that [Nicole] West is a person of many

Parker admits estimate wrong on drainage fee – Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle Mayor Annise Parker acknowledged Tuesday that her administration erred in telling voters that the average homeowner’s monthly Proposition 1 drainage fee would be

Nothing Found After Psychic’s Tip Leads To Search For Bodies – KPRC-2 News LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas — Liberty County officials said Tuesday evening they found nothing after a tip from a psychic that dozens of

Controller issues warning on mayor’s budget – Chris Moran, Chron Houston Politics This fiscal year, for example, the city banked on taking in $40 million on real estate sales. The controller did not include that

HPD's untested rape kits delay justice in assaults – Anita Hassan, Houston Chronicle Five years ago, when the troubled Houston Police Department crime lab resumed DNA testing, more than 4,000 sexual assault kits sat in

The blog will be taking a little break over the next few days. We may check in periodically, but do feel free to comment on any local news/developments in the forum.

Clear Lake residents fighting Houston drainage fee – Christine Dobbyn, KTRK-13 News Clear Lake is a master-planned community in the Houston city limits. But since 1963, all waterworks, sewers and drainage facilities have been operated