The Chron’s Carolyn Feibel reports that SimDesk has shut down: SimDesk Technologies, the company that provided online computer applications to Houston residents through a controversial contract with the city, has gone out of business. The
Violations are dropping, one fourth of the people who have received red light tickets haven’t paid, and HPD is getting desperate: “Something we’re going to start exploring immediately is whether we can boot vehicles of
Via KHOU-11: On Thursday, the Texas Medical Center filed a lawsuit against Metro for the potential damage of electrical current leaking from Metro’s rail line. It is a story 11 News has been covering for
On the Chron’s Houston Politics blog, Liz Peterson relays a Harris County Democratic Party press release complaining about the timing of Judge Emmett’s trip to India: The Harris County Democratic Party is criticizing Republican County
I wanted to put up a short announcement that I’ll be headed out of country to Greece for a couple of weeks, and won’t be posting here (although I may check in from time to
Tom Kirkendall highlights an op-ed that goes along nicely with the current debate on the Dynamo’s desire for a soccer stadium that is majority city-funded. An excerpt: Clearly, stadiums built with public funds have evolved
METRO is no longer negotiating with Washington Group International to build the revised Solutions plan (via the Chron’s Rad Sallee): Metropolitan Transit Authority officials announced Tuesday they have ended talks with Washington Group International to
The Houston Business Journal highlights a report issued by the Urban Land Institute that says Houston needs to address infrastructure issues related to a car-dependent society: Houston is one of 23 large metro areas in
Cab drivers who work at Bush Intercontinental have filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the city to improve their working conditions: Two miles from all the terminals at Bush Intercontinental Airport, sits this
Remember Jeff Cohen’s emphasis on the HOUSTON portion of the Chronicle’s masthead? Yeah, well, The HOUSTON Chronicle’s DC bureau had the annual White House Correspondents dinner well-covered this year: The White House Correspondents’ Association has