Harvard prof on Houston (again) and transport energy (Houston Strategies) Interview with Clarence Bradford (Off the Kuff) Bad energy reporting in the energy capital of America (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Bad energy reporting
KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that some city councilmembers had the temerity to ask HPD for an accounting of previous funds that were allotted for recruitment advertising. This came about as HPD was requesting another $750,000
The last time HPD “cracked down” on the homeless was in September, 2007. Almost one year later, it’s time to do it again (via KHOU-11): Three Houston Police divisions are preparing for a zero tolerance
As the end of the city’s fiscal year was approaching, what did city councilmembers do with the remainder of their office budgets? The Chron’s Matt Stiles and Carolyn Feibel asked for all the spending records
Last week the Chron’s Liz Austin Peterson reported that Mayor White was not overjoyed with county judge candidate David Mincberg’s presumptive use of the mayoral likeness in the wannabe judge’s first TV ad: Democrat David
Last week the Chron’s Jennifer Radcliffe wrote a story with the following thesis: School district utility bills have gone down since the Lege ordered later start dates: Texas public school leaders may still be fuming
KPRC-2 has a story posted about how METRO’s “Three Strikes, You’re Out” rule for bus drivers is just more hot air from the transit agency that could power its own wind farm: Motorists reported some
Journalist Trent Seibert passes along word today that his new watchdog/news group Texas Watchdog is now up and running. Seibert is joined initially by former Dallas Observer staffer Matt Pulle. Texas Watchdog describes itself as
Metro's sleight-of-hand (Houston's Clear Thinkers) Chronically Asinine (Lone Star Times) What's $10 Million among friends? (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Missing the point… (PubliusTX.net) Where the line gets drawn (Off the Kuff) No sanctuary
Earlier in the week, both KUHF-88.7 and the Chronicle reported that University of Houston-Downtown officials would like to change the institution’s name. Some ideas that have been tossed out include Houston International University, Gulf Coast