Yesterday, KTRK-13’s Christine Dobbin reported that the City of Houston has spent nearly $20 million to provide furniture to Katrina evacuees: Hurricane Katrina survivors have another opportunity to get back on their feet. This time,
Two days after KTRH-740 talker Chris Baker spent a fair amount of time on City Hall rumblings about adopting tow/impound legislation for vehicles that aren’t properly insured and get into wrecks, the Chronicle (which has
KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan reports on the city 911 bureaucracy’s “80-second” rule for calltakers: It’s called the 80-second rule. That’s how long they can spend with you on the phone. Those who take the calls say
The Dallas city council recently approved a measure to tow and impound cars involved in automobile accidents if the drivers cannot produce proof of insurance: The Dallas Police Auto Pound is where cars involved in
The Chronicle‘s Brian McTaggart previews Milo Hamilton’s forthcoming book today and plugs the announcer’s promotional appearances. As far as the topic of Harry Caray goes, the book is about as expected: Hamilton and Caray worked
The Chronicle‘s Rick Casey appears to make a big blunder in his column on the State Senate District 7 candidates today: Is radio celebrity Dan Patrick trying to buy the state Senate seat being vacated
Yesterday, Rep. Tom DeLay (R) was reappointed to the House Appropriations Committee. He was assigned to two subcommittees (Science, State, Justice & Commerce and Homeland Security) that should allow him to exert significant influence on
KHOU-11 reports that Metro will not be getting the $300 million in federal funding on which it had been counting: The future of the Metro Solution’s Plan has always depended on federal money. It’s a
Bloomberg reports that Krispy Kreme will be closing its Houston-area stores: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the second-largest U.S. doughnut chain, will close all six stores in Houston to end a dispute with a franchisee. The
KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports that our businessman-mayor is considering an advertising educational campaign for electricity firms that don’t have their names attached to a football stadium: Now, Houston’s mayor wants to encourage more people to