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Cingular nabs $8 million city contract

July 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

Cingular Wireless has won a five-year contract from the City of Houston: The City of Houston has awarded Cingular Wireless a five-year, $8 million contract to provide voice and data services to employees of America’s

Former councilman sues city over airport concessions contract

July 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

The City of Houston is being sued by a former Houston city councilman: The City of Houston is being sued by a former Houston City Councilman in a dispute over duty-free concessions at Bush Intercontinental

Rep. Culberson should demand Metro go back to the voters

July 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

From today’s Rad Sallee story on Metro’s meeting with Afton Oaks residents: Several speakers said they voted for Metro’s rail plans in the November 2003 referendum and now felt betrayed that Richmond was being considered.

HISD is not using bond money for new headquarters

July 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a correction in today’s Chronicle: A story on Page B1 of Tuesday’s City & State section incorrectly reported the source of the money that is paying for the Houston Independent School District’s new headquarters

Houston Fire Museum's $2 million grant is not a certainty

July 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

KUHF-88.7 posted this bit of news today: The Houston Fire Museum is using a $2 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to move forward with plans to expand the museum and turn it

Chief Hurtt discusses Tasers and HPD staffing problems

July 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

HPD Chief Hurtt held a press conference today and shared some interesting tidbits: Houston is one of the cities where Taser use by police will be looked at in a study funded by the Justice

A clarification to today's Chronicle eminent domain story

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has a story by Matt Stiles about Councilman Michael Berry’s proposed ordinance to limit the city of Houston’s ability to declare eminent domain: With protection for property owners from private-development land seizures dead

HCTRA declines to tell residents about proposed toll road

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s yet another story about Harris County being less-than-forthcoming on a possible toll road project: There could be another toll road in the works to help commuters from Fort Bend County. The early proposal would

Was #96 really #100?

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

We’ve all been let down. It appears MetroRail’s 100th crash has already happened. You see, Tom Bazan’s latest open records request of MetroRail accidents shows that, unsurprisingly, there were some unreported collisions. All of you

Red light-running bus driver received ticket

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has some updated information on the two-bus collision from Sunday: City crews were busy Monday morning installing two new crosswalks signs in downtown Houston. The installation comes after two Metro buses collided on Sunday