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Unca Darrell asks why blogHOUSTON was kicked off some Chron.com blogrolls. We have no idea, but it is the case that the little blog was once on the blogroll at Houston Politics, and seems to

KHOU-11 reports on an unusual crash that took place early Friday morning: The West Loop southbound was shut down for about two hours overnight after two crashes involving a mobile taco stand and a fire

Earlier in the week, the Chron‘s Bradley Olson blogged about efforts to fix some of the problems with the Mobility Response Team, another of Mayor White’s Ready-Fire-Aim! programs that wasn’t quite ready for primetime at

Remember back in the “good old days” of journalism when multiple news organizations tried to beat each other to stories (some major, some not-so-major)? We’ve grown accustomed to newsroom cutbacks, newspaper closings, and less competition

On the Texas Watchdog site, Trent Seibert announces the addition of two new reporters to the organization: Steve McVicker and Rosanna Ruiz. Readers here should be familiar with both. Ruiz most recently provided the Chronicle

Several Tea Parties are planned in and around the Houston area tomorrow, and the big one at Jones Plaza should be jam-packed: We expect quite a crowd. If we have overflow we are setting up

Want to learn how to file a public information request? The folks at Texas Watchdog are hosting a blogger meetup on Tuesday to explain how the pros do just that. The gathering is set for

. . . which was research of the Batson challenge that led to the Chronicle story about DA Lykos publicly tossing two prosecutors under the bus. Click here to refresh your memory. Murray forked out

The Chronicle ran a three-author story today that discusses the city’s seemingly capricious decisionmaking process regarding aid to developers. Here is an excerpt: The City Council’s decision last week to assist the developer of Regent