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Alleged MS-13 member arrested in Houston area

June 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

The AP reports that federal officials have arrested two alleged members of the MS-13 gang, one in Harris County: U.S. immigration authorities arrested two members of a Central America-based gang in Texas this week as

Elected officials question mayor's new Metro plan

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee (with Kristen Mack) has another interesting story on Mayor White’s new $2 billion expansion plan, with some elected officials expressing concern: Two Metro supporters in Congress said Thursday that the agency’s decision to

Chron editorial board caricatures and the culture of death

June 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board, much like Howard Dean, just couldn’t resist making a political point about the Terri Schiavo controversy, notwithstanding their complaints that the issue should not be political. It’s a fairly typical editorial

Rep. Culberson on Edd Hendee's show

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rep. John Culberson (R) was just on with Edd Hendee (KSEV-700) and while most of the conversation dealt with this, Hendee did bring up Mayor White’s new Metro plan at the end of the interview.

More Bob Stein — this time on SAFEclear

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Bloomberg.com is running a fawning SAFEclear story: Tow trucks are doing what politicians can only hope to achieve with billions of dollars in transportation spending: easing traffic congestion in Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city. A

How to identify Bob Stein

June 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle politics columnist Kristen Mack reports today on the companies vying for the city’s red-light-camera contract, and the city-hall ties of some of their lobbyists. The column concludes with a proper identification of Rice University

Uh oh: Sports Authority still working on Major League Soccer deal

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a perfect example of why the Sports Authority should be sunsetted out of existence: Officials with Mexican soccer league champion Club Am

HISD employees to receive at least three percent raise

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

All HISD employees should be seeing a three percent raise, with teachers also being eligible for performance bonuses, thanks to the proposed 2005-06 budget: Teachers could earn extra money next year if their students show

Beware of a Dwight Silverman media appearance near you

June 16, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle tech guru and “Houston Driver” Dwight Silverman is everywhere! He’s blogging. He’s writing columns. He’s broadcasting. He’s random podcasting. He’s burning up the Chron servers with new blogs. And now, he’s helping out KHOU-11

Does Mayor White trust the voters?

June 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

We nearly passed out this morning when we saw Rad Sallee’s story in today’s Chronicle: Two days after Metro’s revised transit plan was announced, criticism was bubbling up in the minority communities whose votes for