Articles by Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports on the problem of grease clogging the city’s sewer lines, and one of the more bizarre proposals to find its way to Council in a while: So to stop the problem

KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino continues his reporting on County Commissioner Jerry Eversole’s questionable ethics. In his latest report, Dolcefino looks into “charitable” contributions from Eversole’s campaign fund, contributions that allegedly resulted in personal gain for Eversole

One of Chief Hurtt’s big priorities upon arriving in Houston — a policy banning facial hair on officers — has resulted in a lawsuit against HPD and the city, according to the Chronicle‘s Cindy George:

The always provocative Joel Kotkin has an interesting piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Here’s an excerpt: For much of the past decade, business recruiters, cities and urban developers have focused on the “young and

Last week, Chief Hurtt’s blog promised to address Mark Greenblatt’s KHOU-11 report criticizing HPD’s refusal to classify some deaths as murders. Today, Chief Hurtt’s blog repeated the HPD PR talking points that Greenblatt’s reporting was

The Houston Press had lots of candidates for its Turkeys of the Year this time around — METRO, Michael “Babe Pages” Berry, Priscilla Slade, the rodeo, carpetbagger City Council candidates, and more. Click here to

KTRK-13 has an interesting headline to a story by Miya Shay posted to its website: Will downtown park attract residents? Since Downtown and Midtown have effectively been ceded to aggressive panhandlers, we imagine the new