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Happy Holidays — smile for the red light camera!

November 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

On KHOU-11’s News Blog, Greg Johnson notes that red light cameras will start clicking away on Monday: According to Houston’s police chief, red light cameras will be ready to take your picture beginning Monday. But

HISD introduces teacher merit pay program

November 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

Dr. Saavedra has rolled out HISD’s new merit pay program for teachers: School district officials call the incentive pay plan only one component to an overall improvement strategy. HISD Superintendent Dr. Abe Saavedra explained, “I

Banjo radio: the perils of blogging (updated)

November 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

Banjo Jones will be on CNN Radio tomorrow, discussing something he knows all too well: Beyond the First Amendment free speech rights accorded to all American citizens, the answer is no. In other words, you

Laurence Simon's new gig

November 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon is a part of the new Open Source Media web site, which is described in this AP story: Some 70 Web journalists, including Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds and David Corn, Washington editor of the

Crowne Plaza Hotel closing its doors

November 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

via KHOU-11: Out-of-towners visiting the Texas Medical Center may soon have a more difficult time finding a hotel room. One of the largest hotels in the area is set to close next month and the

KTRK's Willey reports on Katrina sex offender problem (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

In a Saturday blog post, we suggested that local media had neglected a key local aspect of the Katrina story: the dispersal of sexual offender refugees and FEMA’s seeming refusal to work with state and

Chron editorialists rant about prop. 2 (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

A week has passed since Texans voted overwhelmingly in favor of defining marriage in the state constitution, and the Chronicle editorial idealists finally ranted about it today, characterizing the position of the majority as “mean-spirited”

Chron's Roper fleshes out mayor's downtown wifi plans

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s John Roper reports on Mayor White’s determination to create a wireless downtown network. People who think this means downtown will be blanketed in free wifi courtesy of the city are going to be

Dan Patrick event Wednesday afternoon

November 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

On his show this morning, Edd Hendee announced that there will be a Dan Patrick for Senate campaign event at the Taste of Texas (Hendee’s restaurant) tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The

Mayor touts pollution initiatives; Can he fund them? (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

KUHF’s Jack Williams reported yesterday on Mayor White’s press conference on pollution: After losing a contract with the state to inspect local refineries and industrial plants for clean air violations earlier this year, the city