Commentary

Today, Commissioners Court took up the matter of Judge Ed Emmett’s proposed one cent property tax rate cut: Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved County Judge Ed Emmett’s proposal this morning to cut the county’s

KTRH-740’s Jarrod Allen reports on some incendiary comments made by Quannel the Tenth at an “excessive force” protest/vigil (take your pick): “I’m saying to Mayor White: ‘Soon, the Bloods and the Crips and the north

Alan Helfman, Jay Wall, and William Wolff offer another of their periodic op-eds on HPD and Houston crime. Here is an excerpt: In his inaugural speech as NYPD commissioner, [William] Bratton promised to cut serious

Roy Reynolds comments on Mayor White and reminisces about his predecessor in today’s Chronicle: [Mayor] initially concentrated on long-neglected financial restructuring, including the unfunded liabilities of the employee pension fund, to put the city on

The Houston Business Journal reports that several Houston chefs will be appearing on The Food Network in a few days: Ibiza Food & Wine Bar chef/owner Charles Clark will take on Iron Chef Mario Batali

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that the City of Houston is lagging in its implementation of the scrap-metal ordinance that Mayor White and his Council passed in March: Every scrap dealer in Houston was supposed to