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HERE are a few news items that popped up over the weekend: City Flip Flops on Cop-in-Court Policy (Isiah Carey, KRIV-26 News) This minor change is unlikely to make anyone very happy. Not everyone is

WE finally had some time this weekend carefully to examine the FTA’s detailed, 38-page report on METRO’s “Buy America” violations and irregular procurement practices. We thought that media coverage of the FTA announcement had been

HAPPY FRIDAY everyone! Here’s today’s morning news roundup: Metro: Completion of 3 light-rail lines pushed back up to a year (Examiner News) That METRO backtrack yesterday came following (dubious) assertions on Wednesday that METRO hoped

Here are today’s morning tidbits: Lifelong — except for three years (Chris Moran, Chron Houston Politics Blog) Nice catch by Chris Moran, who notices that Gordon Quan seems confused about the meaning of “lifelong.” That

FRANK “PROCUREMENT DISASTER” WILSON’s legacy as the METRO chief during Bill White’s tenure as mayor took another blow today, as the FTA blasted the “old” METRO’s efforts to subvert “buy America” rules in signing a

As the Hermine rains move on, reporters will be returning to actual news beats (we hope). In the meantime, here are some morning tidbits from another slow news cycle: Gov’t ethics probe turns into probe

THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND combined with a minor storm event (rain! quick, deploy all reporters to stand out in the water!) means there’s not much hard news to start the work week, but here’s a

Here’s hoping everyone had a GREAT Labor Day weekend. Here are some news items that caught our eye over the last few days (and a link/commentary format that we may continue to use, depending on

KHOU-11’S MARK GREENBLATT checks in with the “New METRO” leadership on the Old METRO’s questionable approach to financing its expensive light-rail buildout. That story follows the New METRO’s self-congratulatory press conference that was called earlier

THE CHRON’S CHRIS MORAN reports on the dueling press conferences held last week by Houston Votes, a Democratic-dominated get-out-the-vote nonprofit*, and True the Vote, a voting integrity project of a local Tea Party organization. Bottom