Mike Tolson gives us this Houston Chronicle piece about a convicted cop killer Anthony Haynes who is trying to play the race card to get out of his murder conviction. The centerpiece to this story
At the Houston Politics blog, Liz Peterson notes that Harris County Judge Ed Emmett is beginning a ten-day trip to India to promote trade with Harris County. Accompanying him are officials from the Port of
Last week, we wondered if Council might reconsider the big plans to expand Terminal B in light of airline industry merger mania. The answer, as reported by KHOU-11, is no: Under a plan approved Wednesday
KHOU-11 reports that on Monday, Houston’s only downtown fire station finally opened for business: Some firefighters are gearing up for their first night in a new fire station. Station 8 is located in the 1900
The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee runs a sad story from a METRO patron who missed the transit organization’s deadline for moving balances from the old stored value card to the Q card: Karen Clark had a
By now, you’re probably aware of the story of two illegal immigrants who went on a carjacking spree in Houston. The final attempt ended with the murder of a mother of five – she didn’t
Two seemingly unrelated stories this week caught my eye, in terms of what they say about Houston’s recent experiments in “Ready! Fire! Aim!” governance*: First up is the news that the city’s heavy-trash collection schedule
Last week on METRO’s blog, Mary Sit highlighted a recent op-ed in the Houston Chronicle by local bike enthusiast Peter Wang: Peter Wang, a geophysicist in the oilfield services and a board member of the
Right after we learned (permanently no longer a councilwoman) Carol Alvarado had been hired by METRO as a consultant, Tom Bazan filed a TxPIA to find out all the details. I don’t think he’s heard
KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that Councilmember Jarvis Johnson has delayed plans to impose a $3 fee at Bush Intercontinental Airport to finance a Terminal B revamp (in partnership with Continental Airlines): Wednesday’s planned vote to