Chron reporter Matt Stiles recently blogged about HCC and its stonewalling of his public information requests. Today, he blogs about the latest excuses for the stonewalling from the HCC IT people, and concludes: This is
The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reported over the weekend that Houston will have to repay at least $15 million in federal housing funds, one of the highest repayments ever demanded of a local agency: The required
Cory Crow notes that hotel development shill consultant John Keeling has made yet another appearance in the local media, this time in a Chronicle column by Nancy Sarnoff: Every major convention city has at least
Klein ISD’s board has approved the $647 million bond proposal that includes razing and rebuilding Klein High School: If approved by voters, the $646.9 million bond issue would address district needs in five areas. The
We’ve wondered what happened to the Chronicle Froot Loops Bureau, which used to rewrite breaking local news seen on television in the mornings and post it to Chron.com. It appears that the Froot Loops Bureau
According to a story by the Chron’s Mike Snyder, the city is using eminent domain to claim a parcel of land in order “to develop a small ‘pocket park’ on the edge of a large,
The city of Houston buys six blocks of land at an inflated price, using property tax money and water/sewer funds to pay off political insiders. Dallas will have snow… in March. Coincidence? Yes. Hell is
In this week’s Houston Press, Rich Connelly has an update on that big reduction Mayor White received on his home’s tax assessment: Here’s the scenario so far: Houstonian Tim Hebert first noticed the reduction late
The big elections overshadowed an interesting bit of news from county government that Bill Murphy reported for the Chronicle earlier this week: Harris County commissioners voted unanimously Monday morning to pay $1.7 million to settle
As we’ve noted several times before, it’s always good to wait a few days (for corrections) before trying any recipe that appears in the Chronicle. Here’s something from today’s corrections that helps make the point: