Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Alan Bernstein reported the following: In the neighboring 14th District, Republican incumbent Ron Paul and primary challenger Chris Peden each raised less than $50,000 in the last three months. But thanks to
This story in the Katy Times is (unintentionally) enlightening about the widening gulf between what Metro officials want vs. what Metro customers/taxpayers need: On Monday, Metro opened its 222 Grand Parkway Park and Ride in
This is pretty amusing (via KUHF-88.7): Leave it to the Astrodome to get people’s creative juices flowing. Just days after an exclusive agreement between Harris County and an investor group expired, others are stepping up
Attorney and blogger Tom Kirkendall today calls out the local media for going overboard on the Chuck Rosenthal “contempt” proceedings. Here is an excerpt: It’s become fashionable around Houston to be critical of outgoing Harris
The Chronicle‘s L.M. Sixel questions a recent SEIU publicity stunt: The hearing was scheduled for 3 p.m. But at 2:13 p.m. — nearly an hour before the session was to begin on Monday — the
On January 25, news broke that the FBI had arrested Andrew Schatte and Michael Surface on corruption charges. Today, the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists finally got around to commenting on the matter. It’s nice to see
Today, METRO’s expensive blogger reported that METRO will “soon” be offering a new type of express bus service (“soon” meaning August) along three routes. Christof Spieler had already covered this development (for free!) several days
Mid-year class leveling is bad school policy, and high schools should make every effort to avoid it. But apparently it is a routine practice in Klein ISD, and it doesn’t take an expert to understand
KTRK-13 reports tonight that two Hispanic leaders are upset that Go Tejano day at this year’s rodeo doesn’t feature enough Tejano music: It’s one of the most popular events at the Houston Livestock Show and
KTRK-13 reports tonight on a bit of police work that doesn’t make the news every day: An altercation on a METRO bus ended with a woman being shocked by a Taser. It happened around 5pm