Articles by Kevin Whited

RICHARD MURRAY takes a closer look at the upcoming political redistricting in the City of Houston.

RICHARD CONNELLY is back on the KTRH beat for the Houston Press, lamenting that the radio station used to have “aggressive and competent” journalists “who covered the city well.” Funny enough, but some of us

TEXAS TRIBUNE’S BRANDI GRISSOM looks at the ongoing controversy over Harris County jail overcrowding.

MIKE MCGUFF explains why you might have had reception problems with Houston radio stations last weekend.

LIVE OAKS follows up on a couple of points in The Mighty Wizard’s recent post on METRO.

TEXAS LIBERAL concedes that those “non-partisan” claims from Houston Votes look a little bit shaky. That conclusion is so obvious that one may have to be a staffer for Texas Tribune to miss it.

SWAMPLOT reports that Mayor Parker and her Council nixed small jitneys today. Yellow Cab doesn’t especially like competition, you see, and as we’ve noted before, what Yellow Cab wants from Houston’s pols, it usually is

METRO’S EXPENSIVE BLOGGER cheers the METRO police department’s recognition as a “prestigious ‘Flagship Agency.’” She did not include Tom Bazan’s classic snapshot of a METRO police officer snoozing in her car during work hours. UPDATE:

HOUSTON is somewhat unique in that it has long maintained a Crime Victims Assistance unit as a branch of the mayor’s office. KTRK-13’s Andy Cerota follows up on earlier reporting that current Mayor Annise Parker

THE MIGHTY WIZARD posts a very informative roundup of recent events concerning METRO.