The headline writers for the Chron.com business section continue their annoying habit of referring generically to “gas” instead of gasoline or natural gas. Here are some headlines from recent stories: Consumers keep buying despite gasoline
Something has been gnawing at blogHOUSTON for a while now: citizen advocates who fight for the public’s right to have a say in road projects, yet fight against the public’s right to have a say
Chris Elam has posted a press release describing a telephone survey of Republican voters in the Fort Bend County part of Congressional District 22. The survey was commissioned by his family’s political consultancy, Campaign Resources,
County Tax Rates On the Rise: As Houston continues as a real estate boom town, property owners are feeling the pinch of increased appraisal valuations. (KTRH-740) Property values hit home for taxpayers: Another strong year
HPD’s payroll management is receiving plenty of attention these days, mostly through some outstanding reporting by the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles. KPRC-2’s Troubleshooters added to the discussion last night with a story about who pays for
The Chronicle declined to use its own staff to report on Jackie Barron Wilson, who was executed in Huntsville today. Instead of the sympathetic portrayal of a killer that we’ve come to expect from the
The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein reports that property tax collections in Houston may soon exceed what is allowed under Proposition 1: Houston homeowners could get a tax break as early as next year because of a
The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles follows up today on an earlier story on an HPD officer who earned more than the mayor last year because of overtime pay. As it turns out, many officers had six-figure
The Chronicle seems to have let anti-death-penalty fervor trump solid journalism again with today’s coverage of a report, commissioned by the Innocence Project, that contends an innocent man may have been executed in Texas because
The Chronicle‘s Todd Ackerman reports that St. Luke’s Hospital has backed off plans to terminate the care of a patient under the Texas “futile care” law: St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital decided Tuesday to keep treating