Commentary

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that the city would like you to know that “total crime” is down in Houston. Unfortunately, violent crime in Houston is up: “Total crime,” as defined by city data reported to

KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan reports that murders as reported by HPD declined in 2008: In 2006, there were 376 homicides within the city limits. In 2007, the number dropped to 347, and in 2008, it dropped

Way back in November, we noted the problems caused by Ike to UTMB, and pointed out that it would be nice if various pols could get behind rebuilding the important resource. While people were busy

I found an interesting article in the Houston Chronicle. It’s titled: “Study: Houston leads in homicides by black youths” Allan Turner writes a good article citing a study done by James Fox and Marc Swatt.