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Was #96 really #100?

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

We’ve all been let down. It appears MetroRail’s 100th crash has already happened. You see, Tom Bazan’s latest open records request of MetroRail accidents shows that, unsurprisingly, there were some unreported collisions. All of you

Red light-running bus driver received ticket

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has some updated information on the two-bus collision from Sunday: City crews were busy Monday morning installing two new crosswalks signs in downtown Houston. The installation comes after two Metro buses collided on Sunday

Commissioners Court voting on $450 million bond referendum today (updated)

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Harris County Commissioners are set to vote — TODAY — on approving a $450 million bond referendum that would go before voters in November: Harris County voters could be asked in November to approve a

Ellis: HPD should stop ignoring violations of immigration law

July 26, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on a proposal by Councilmember Mark Ellis to allow HPD to stop ignoring violations of federal immigration law: It stems from HPD’s version of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding

Tom Kirkendall solves the city's golf course problem

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday the Chronicle ran a Matt Stiles story on Houston’s municipal golf system. Tom Kirkendall has some more thoughts on the city being in the golf course business, and a great idea on how the

Food and drink roundup (07-25-2005 edition)

July 25, 2005 Callie Markantonis

We’re finally going to get a food and drink roundup…rounded up. Alison Cook heads to the boonies to give Santa Fe Flats New Mex Grille a try. That’s a long way for a Midtowner to

Move It! covers residents' concerns about I-45 expansion plan

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee explores the uproar over TxDOT’s I-45 expansion plan: At Friday’s meeting of the regional Transportation Policy Council — an event normally as dry as the Katy Freeway on a hot day — Woodland

Chron perplexed by teachers who want to teach at good schools

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

It must be tough to be an idealist and then be constantly disappointed in your fellow man: Fuller’s research, using data from the 2003-04 school year, the latest available, examined seven school districts in the

Afton Oaks residents don't want Galleria development rail boondoggle

July 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Mike Zientek reports that Afton Oaks residents aren’t too happy about the possibility of METRO routing a rail line down Richmond: Homeowner Richard Whiteley said nearby Richmond Avenue has never been a threat —

At least some Texans in D.C. talk to the Chron

July 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’ve previously noted the lackluster reporting that comes from the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau, and suggested that it most likely is a result of lack of access to Texas politicians in the majority. However, Alexis Grant