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Harris County's Housing Authority takes on national responsibility

January 19, 2008 Anne Linehan

KUHF-88.7’s Jim Bell reports that as Harris County’s Housing Authority has done such a capable job managing the local Katrina housing assistance and voucher program, it will now administer the program for 37 states: The

With annexation come responsibilities — especially public safety

January 19, 2008 Anne Linehan

And then we see Kingwood having a problem with crime, thanks to a decreased police presence in the community (via KHOU-11’s Dave Fehling): Since annexation, its population has soared from around 40,000 to more than

Chron.com's front page

January 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

…has a new look. First impression: You have to scroll (way) down to find the local headlines — past the reader photos and blogs, past the video section, and past the news bizarre and celebrity

Commissioner Eversole wants a do-over

January 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole has decided to deal with at least one of the issues uncovered by KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino: Acknowledging “numerous errors” in previous campaign-finance records, Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole said today

Soccer stadium land could cost $20 million! (updated)

January 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

Remember how Mayor White has said time and again that a new soccer stadium would not require the city to contribute public funding? Well, today Carolyn Feibel reports that through some kind of government financing-magic,

Frank "Procurement Disaster" Wilson will chat online Tuesday*

January 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

File this under “Short Notice” (see update below): Got a question for Metropolitan Transit Authority president and CEO Frank Wilson? If so, get to a computer at noon today, log onto www.ridemetro.org, then click on

Mayor White warns Council to stick with his agenda

January 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

Did you see Carolyn Feibel’s post last week on Chron.com’s City Hall blog, about Mayor White’s warning to the new city council? Bill White began today with a little lecture to the newly-constituted council. He

Lack of data won't hinder city's effort to stop Ashby high rise*

January 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

As he noted here, Neal Meyer has written a post about a meeting he attended last week regarding the Ashby high-rise ordinance Mayor White is pushing at the behest of Southampton residents. (Did any local

Sales tax revenue up for Houston, Metro…again! (cont'd)

January 12, 2008 Anne Linehan

Good times: Houston received a sales tax payment of $39.3 million in January, up 10 percent from $35.7 million the previous year. The city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority received a sales tax payment of $40.1 million,

Godspeed, little Frisky

January 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Simon family has lost another precious kitty — Frisky, a very fluffy kitty indeed. One of the funniest things Frisky did was to race outside on those occasions Laurence let him out. Laurence caught