Articles by Kevin Whited

On a day when most Houstonians are focused on that little hurricane out in the Gulf, Mayor White decided to announce that he’s moving forward with plans to sell the Hilton Americas and boost downtown

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported today that the City of Houston will get back some of the millions it has wasted on a deeply flawed computer system for the municipal courts: The city will receive

Last week, KHOU-11 ran a story by Christine Haas that featured Jay Wall, a CompStat advocate and HPD critic whose arguments should be familiar to readers here: 1) HPD’s misleading murder reporting (documented well by

The Chronicle‘s Liz Austin Peterson reports that Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole thinks the FBI is about to try to take him out: Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole said Thursday that he expects to be

Continental Airlines today joined most of the other legacy carriers (and its future Star partners in particular) in the race to add fees and take away perks. Here’s an excerpt from Mark Babineck’s report for

Over on the Texas Watchdog site, Trent Seibert and Crystal Hubbard have posted a story on City of Houston’s apparent difficulties complying with a state ethics disclosure law. Here’s an excerpt from the story: Houston