HPD is looking for new police recruits: On Thursday, August 24, 2006 the Houston Police Department and the City of Houston will administer the 2005 Civil Service Examination for Police Officer Trainees at the George
The Chronicle has a new education blog called “School Zone” with multiple contributors, including Jason Spencer and Jennifer Radcliffe. Currently the two top posts are about parental involvement in schools (written by Ericka Mellon), and
The New York Times ran an interesting story today on the recent decision by a federal judge on the NSA’s warrantless surveillance. Here’s a key snippet: Even legal experts who agreed with a federal judge’s
It looks as if the supplier of the city’s $10,000 parking meters has been chosen: Digital Payment Technologies Corp., a leading supplier of revenue-management solutions for the global parking industry, has been awarded a three-year
Over at Cigars…Donuts…and Coffee, Jason says that MayorWhiteChiefHurtt have quite a predicament on their hands — appeasing different parts of the city, while dealing with limited police resources: Earlier this year residents and business people
The Chronicle‘s Eric Hanson reports today that Harris County precinct chairs have selected one Republican candidate to rally behind as a write-in candidate for Congressional District 22: Republican Party precinct chairs endorsed Houston City Councilwoman
Since we’re speaking of Houston personalities who have burgers named after them tonight, it’s worth noting that Councilmember Michael Berry is scheduled to speak to the Houston Property Rights Association tomorrow. The promotional email suggests
Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman has a burger named after him at Demeris barbeque. It’s a big, sloppy thing loaded with cheese and bacon, topped with an onion ring. At one time, another restaurant had this
Banjo Jones calls attention to the fact that an organization called Civic Strategies has issued its rankings of 22 urban newspapers, and that the Chronicle is at #19. So, what is Civic Strategies and why
The weekend is upon us. Maybe today’s food and drink roundup has something you’d like to try. Alison Cook heads over to lower Westheimer to try Chez George and loves what she finds. Humble’s Rockin’