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Chris Moran slides into the Mike Snyder Endowed Chair For METRO PR Dissemination down at 801 Texas Avenue to share the following news: After nearly halting light- rail projects last year because of mistakes in

Swamplot reports that the Downtown Pavilions project has suffered another blow, with the announcement that Books A Million will be shuttering its 23,000 sq. ft. store this month. A source told Swamplot that the bookseller’s

In a column two weeks ago, the Chron/Hearst Austin bureau weighed in on the important state news of an angry lefty blogger taking away Aaron Pena’s tilde (there’s a related correction this week) and liberal

Chron.com posts an interesting story by Chris Moran that first appeared in Sunday print editions of the newspaper. Here’s a brief excerpt: The Metropolitan Transit Authority, struggling to build light rail lines through Houston’s urban

Two days into 2011, and just in case you’ve forgotten where they stand, the Chron editorial board reiterates Mrs. Jeff Cohen’s its views on the death penalty: The death penalty :It’s time for capital punishment

There’s been another city sewage treatment plant failure: The collection system at the 69th Street wastewater treatment plant failed at about 5 p.m., said Alvin Wright, a spokesman with the city’s Public Works Department. More

We were excited to see the city is no longer “event-ed out” and able to put on a New Year’s Eve party this year: Gloworama! Yes, Gloworama. It’s a dorky name, but who could resist

We’ll close out 2010 with a media-crit-heavy link roundup: Style, Usage, Journalism (Unca Darrell) The Apple Dumpling Gang Strikes Again…..(Part IV) (Harris County Almanac) The Apple Dumpling Gang Strikes Again…(Part V) (Harris County Almanac) In

Just before Christmas, we were amused by a Chronicle editorial with the following headline: Pension perils: Our city cannot keep avoiding this issue. Leaders must deal with unfunded liability The editorial praised Mayor Annise Parker,

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HAND JOE HOLLEY A HANKY? He’s overcome: Afterward, the 60-year-old Democratic Precinct 2 commissioner professed not to know what’s next. A public official since 1985, when she was appointed chief judge of