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Now it's Gordon Quan's initials that may have been forged (updated)

March 17, 2006 Anne Linehan

Local media keeps digging and this time it’s the Chron‘s Matt Stiles who has the latest twist in the scandal at the Mayor Pro Tem’s office: Another memo found in the City Hall office where

KPRC: DA bonusgate investigation to start from scratch

March 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that the Harris County District Attorney’s office will be starting over with the investigation of financial irregularities in the Mayor Pro Tem’s office: The Harris County district attorney said the investigation into the

Editorial LiveJournalists praise… Rosenthal?

March 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle reported that Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal would honor a request from the Innocence Project to review 45 HPD crime lab cases that an independent investigator deemed troubling: Harris County District

Metro Board Meetings today

March 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

It’s Metro Board Meeting Thursday. The Future Programs Committee Meeting looks as if it has a full agenda of future-type stuff (related to new rail lines?), and the Operations Committee Meeting will include discussion of

Osteen nails multimillion-dollar book deal

March 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a New York Times story on local pastor Joel Osteen’s big new book deal today: Multimillion-dollar book deals are usually the realm of presidents, popes and Federal Reserve chairmen, plus the occasional

TSU regents call emergency meeting to discuss Slade (updated)

March 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that an emergency meeting will be held by the regents of Texas Southern University Thursday to discuss the future of President Priscilla Slade: The Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents will hold the

Chief Hurtt press conference: no mention of illegal immigrant shootout?

March 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

Chief Hurtt held a press conference this morning and according to KTRK-13’s report, the chief is optimistic that Houston’s crime problem has peaked: The police chief says he’s been able to achieve some success, including

Free Starbucks coffee!

March 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

Want a free cup of Starbucks coffee? This morning from 10 am to 12 noon, Starbucks is giving it away. Not the fancy coffee drinks, though. Just a regular cup of joe. KEVIN WHITED ADDS

Nothing like that Chron firewall between opinion and reporting

March 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

That impregnable Chronicle firewall between opinion and reporting was on display in a death-penalty story today: Nearly four months after Bexar County prosecutors promised to vigorously reinvestigate the questionable execution of Ruben Cantu, they have