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Investigators seize more documents from Mayor Pro Tem's office (updated)

March 14, 2006 Anne Linehan

via KHOU-11: For the second time Tuesday, investigators from the district attorney’s office took documents from former Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s office. In their second trip, they took one box from the office. Officials

City of Houston Department of GLBT Travel

March 14, 2006 Anne Linehan

That’s what we need, apparently: Houston hosts one of the biggest and best gay pride parades in the county, while Dallas’ parade pales in comparison. Yet, Big D recently made headlines by creating a direct

Culberson: NASA's 2007 budget "devastates" scientific research

March 13, 2006 Anne Linehan

SciGuy Eric Berger posts on NASA’s 2007 budget cuts for scientific research, and Rep. John Culberson’s concern about the cuts. Rep. Culberson’s letter provides a road map for how funding can be restored and points

Metro's effort to reduce light rail accidents

March 13, 2006 Anne Linehan

Metro is trying to reduce accidents at two locations along the Danger Train route by installing flashing red lights. Rad Sallee has the details in today’s Move It! column.

Chron bolsters its research department

March 13, 2006 Anne Linehan

By using student labor: This year, Texas newspapers and schools have joined the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas in encouraging open-records research for students. The Chronicle has asked students at 32 area school districts

City of Houston Parking Management website

March 13, 2006 Anne Linehan

The City of Houston’s new Parking Authority now has a dedicated website. It includes FAQ’s, parking tips and a section on how to resolve tickets. Unlike other cities’ parking authorities, this site does not include

Are you in the market for a parking garage?

March 13, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Fannin Street Garage at 1112 Clay Street is for sale. PowerPoint display and relevant links are here. Happy bidding!

Chron explains last week's embarrassing editorial

March 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

Chron Reader Rep. James Campbell has a column in today’s Outlook section on that embarrassing editorial oops from last Sunday. He also wrote a blog post about it last week and the comments are quite

A dented file cabinet — Bonusgate intrigue?

March 10, 2006 Anne Linehan

I am wondering if this story about a dented city council file cabinet: Damage to a locked cabinet containing documents from the Office of Mayor Pro Tem, which is at the center of a payroll-padding

Houston's hurricane response leads to online water bill payment

March 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rich Connelly found a letter from Mayor White in his latest water bill that explains the city’s new online payment system is courtesy of the city’s generous outreach to Katrina evacuees…or something like that: Houstonians