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AFTER THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS at the Chronicle this spring, some of the pet projects of the newspaper (or at least the newspaper’s editor and his wife) were curtailed: the Chron Eye for the Death Row

THE CHRONICLE’S CHRIS MORAN reports that Councilmember Toni Lawrence will not be running against embattled County Commissioner Jerry Eversole, now that he has decided to run for re-election. Councilmember Lawrence must be relieved that she

MIKE MCGUFF posted yesterday that various Belo affiliates were rolling out new websites. KHOU-11 has joined the party with a new site that is, on first impression, a nice improvement over the old one. Just

THE CHRON’S CAUCASIAN THINK TANK took some time, but they have finally found a defense for Mayor/Senate Candidate Bill White’s waffling on the 287(g) program: He really had a better program in mind all along

THE FEISTY JOURNOS at Texas Watchdog have wasted no time in asking for the tax returns of mayoral runoff candidates Annise Parker and Gene Locke. This could prove interesting.

DWIGHT SILVERMAN posts a roundup of liberal blogger commentary on yesterday’s local elections. The tech columnist had promised daily poliblogger roundups, then neglected to post one since 23 October. Some people are easily distracted. Now,

KTRK-13 REPORTED YESTERDAY that a pregnant woman fatally shot a man after observing several men breaking into a neighbor’s car, then turning to hers. “The man still had a screwdriver in his hand when the

TIRED OF ALL THE ELECTION CHATTER? Today’s Houston FaF (sports) Smear could be just the ticket!

LONGTIME HOUSTON PRESS FOOD REVIEWER ROBB WALSH has ditched the whole anonymity thing. In part, he’s just following the lead of the New York Times and its new reviewer. In part, he says the job

LONE STAR TIMESMAN DAVID BENZION complains about “mainstream journalists confusing ‘objectivity’ (striving to be fair and accurate) with ‘neutrality’ (refusing to acknowledge reality because it means one side in a debate is closer to the