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Mack on the Mayor's minor council setbacks

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the Rita excitement, I was remiss in calling attention to Kristen Mack’s column from over a week ago, in which Mack noted that Mayor White recently suffered two rare public defeats in council: The

Douglass Elementary becomes charter school for Louisiana children

October 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Jim Bell of KUHF-88.7 has the story of a new mission for the former Douglass Elementary: A historic school in Houston’s Third Ward — that was closed last year because of declining enrollment — is

Go 'Stros!

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to the Astros, who just clinched a wild card spot with a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Chron editorial board: Tom DeLay? Who's that?

October 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

Thursday, the editorial page of every major newspaper in the state (along with “national” newspapers) weighed in on the DeLay indictment. The Chronicle was silent, instead running another “In the aftermath of Katrina” editorial. The

HCTRA suspends Grand Parkway project development

September 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

In the ongoing battle between far North Harris County residents and the Grand Parkway project, the Harris County Toll Road Authority has suspended all of its development efforts: In a letter to Commissioners Court dated

Chron.com Sports adopts full-screen "hijack" advertising

September 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

I appreciate that Chron.com is free to users, and I appreciate that Chron.com has to pay the bills, but it’s really disappointing to see that the sports page has adopted those annoying full-screen ads that

Chron: don't blame media for exaggerated New Orleans reporting

September 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yet one more example to keep in mind the next time the Chronicle editorial board (made up of, you know, editors) wants a shield law: Working in a chaotic environment, reporters repeated some of the

How about traffic information on the freeway signs?

September 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

For the past three days, some version of the above message has been displayed on the TranStar freeway signs for motorists heading inbound on the Southwest Freeway during P.M. drive time. It’s all well and

Filmed in Texas

September 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 posts an Associated Press report that the date for Rep. Tom DeLay to appear in court has been set for October 21. The story spends a fair amount of time profiling DeLay’s high-powered Houston

New crime lab DNA chief on board weeks ago, local media report

September 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KHOU-11 reported that the HPD crime lab had a new director for its DNA section: The embattled HPD crime lab has a new leader for its DNA section. A nationwide search for a manager