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KTRK-13’S GENE APODACA reported Tuesday that the city’s biodegradable yard-waste bag program has hit another snag — apparently some of the bags are breaking down too quickly, so the City has ordered a stop to

CORY CROW notices that the Chron has been outsourcing quite a few stories with a local angle. Maybe they should redirect some of the resources devoted to lackluster columnists, lackluster editorialists, and even twitterers to….

NANCY SARNOFF reports that Weingarten’s expanded River Oaks Shopping Center is filling out its new space, despite the sluggish economy. Apparently, that cute little Facebook petition hasn’t had much impact on Weingarten’s expanded development. It’s

COUNCIL yesterday passed a “temporary” set of property-rights restrictions that will apply to certain neighborhoods (most media reports characterized it differently than that, of course). The restrictions will stand until Councilmember Sue Lovell can craft

THE AP’S JAY ROOT has reported an interesting finding in the tax returns finally released by former Mayor Bill White yesterday. In preparation for Hurricane Rita, Mayor White lined up several companies whose services might

KRIV-26’S MARK BERMAN reports that Harris County officials next week plan a news conference that will discuss options for the Astrodome. The options that will reportedly be presented include demolition, redevelopment into a planetarium, and

TEXAS WATCHDOG’S STEVE MILLER posts a story about former UTMB police chief Charles Brown, who was fired in February but apparently still continues to be paid. That seems odd, but perhaps there is a good

KPRC-2’S STEPHEN DEAN reports that the new president of the University of Houston-Downtown has generated controversy after spending public — not private — money on a big weekend celebration of his arrival. Dean reports that

A RECENT CHRONICLE ARTICLE described the construction of light-rail on the near northside as a potential “game-changer” in terms of development (sadly, the Chron tradition of uncritical cheerleading for METRO rail seems now to have

THE HILL reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is one of several co-sponsors of a bill that would weaken the ability of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate member behavior. Interestingly, we can’t