Articles by Kevin Whited

Trustees question Houston ISD board leaders’ TV shows, district’s $10M communications budget – Mike Cronin, Texas Watchdog Just two of Houston’s nine school board members have their own shows on the district’s television channel —

I’m still playing catchup at work and elsewhere after being away two weeks, so regular blogging has suffered a bit. Hopefully we’ll crank back up shortly with more frequent updates, but here’s another linkpost of

Greanias porn-viewing suspension costs taxpayers another legal tab – Michael Reed, YourHoustonNews.com Outside legal bills resulting from researching possible disciplinary actions against [METRO CEO] Greanias, along with related matters such as studying case law concerning

Here are a few stories that caught my eye upon returning from vacation, in addition to the ones Anne Linehan blogged about in my absence: VA agrees not to censor prayer at Houston cemetery –

We’re putting the little blog (and ourselves) on vacation for a couple of weeks. Here’s hoping the cooler weather continues, with rain added to the mix…

Metro board hears little negative comment on Greanias – Carol Christian, Houston Chronicle The Rev. Dave Welch, executive director of Houston Area Pastor Council, read a letter to board chairman Gilbert Garcia from the council

Yesterday, Harvey Kronberg noted that Chronicle metro/state columnist Rick Casey will be retiring, to be replaced by Patricia Kilday Hart. There won’t be much change in ideology, as both are reliably left of center, nor

Battle brewing over Texas public pensions – Kate Alexander, Austin American-Statesman A group of high-powered Houston business leaders is starting a statewide campaign to overhaul retirement for future teachers, firefighters, police officers, judges and other

Note: The following report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Click here to view the story on the Texas Watchdog website. BY MIKE CRONIN AND JENNIFER PEEBLES There’s trouble at the