City Journal’s Nicole Gelinas has written a very interesting in-depth piece titled “Houston’s Noble Experiment: Can good government uplift the New Orleans evacuees whom bad government harmed?” The entire article is well-worth reading, but I’ll
From KTRH-740: The Houston Police Department’s crackdown on crime in the southwest part of town leads to some confusion over whether officers are cracking down on illegal immigrants. HPD’s mobile command unit, which is essentially
It’s been more of an adventure in editing than usual on the Chronicle editorial page the last few days. As Matt Bramanti notes, yesterday’s editorial on Nepal was quite a piece of work. Here are
Here’s a bit of fun from the local Hearst daily: Houston’s immigrant boycott keeping some home Traffic seemed lighter to some, scattered restaurants shut down and taco trucks were scarce in Houston today as activists
The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein reports that the city is enjoying such an unanticipated revenue windfall that it may soon be bumping up against Proposition 2: To the surprise of city officials, Houston’s tax revenue and
KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg reports that Mayor White has plans for the City of Houston to become a producer of electricity: Electricity will cost the city of Houston $130 million this year. That’s $30 million more
In a post on some recent reporting by Matthew Tresaugue on Priscilla Slade’s expenses at Texas Southern University, we wrote: It would be most informative for readers if the Chronicle would request similar expense information
Chronicle readers who don’t read the New York Times might have found Rick Casey’s column on James Baker from earlier this week interesting. The New York Times article was better, though, not to mention more
A week ago, Chronicle reporters Matt Stiles and Steve McVicker broke a story on one cop whose income has recently topped Mayor White’s, thanks to overtime pay. The Chronicle editorial board, having dispensed with that
The Houston Business Journal reports that the Houston Community Newspapers group has purchased the Examiner Newspaper Group, which puts out free Examiner weeklies in select Houston neighborhoods: Houston Community Newspapers has purchased the Examiner Newspaper