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HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE ED EMMETT makes the case that Harris County should seriously consider creating a nonpartisan office of elections administration (and corrects a Chron editorial board error).

THE CHRONICLE’S JAME PINKERTON reports that the City of Houston still lacks an FCC license for its ambitious public safety radio makeover. A city official assures us that the project — which dates to 2003

NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino had an interesting story on METRO bus drivers regularly blitzing through red lights. Today, Chron.com follows up* with a more comprehensive analysis of accidents, citations, and breakdowns involving

CHRONICLE REPORTERS Lise Olsen and Eric Nalder have posted an interesting story today that analyzes offshore accidents investigated by the Minerals Management Service as well as other public documents in recent years, and draws some

THE CHRONICLE reports that the Houston Marathon will be adopting a lottery system for registration. This sentence appeared in an early version of the story: The races have sold out for the past five years

IN THURSDAY’S CHRONICLE, BRIAN ROGERS reported on double-jeopardy arguments surrounding the case of a man now being tried for arson after previously being acquitted of a capital murder charge related to the fire that killed

THE FRONT PAGE OF CHRON.COM is touting the news that UH could be invited to join the Big 12 conference soon. Unfortunately, they are linking to a tongue-in-cheek post from unstable sports columnist Richard Justice.

KHOU-11 reports that the City will be adding more parking meters around town, starting this fall: The areas for the meters are east of downtown near the Museum District, Hermann Park, the Arts Warehouse District

THE CHRON HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG posts the latest on METRO’s ongoing “Buy America” problems.

METRO’S bloated PR department has lashed out at the Houston Press over Paul Knight’s fine print story about the rogue agency’s behavior in recent years. The Press posts the METRO letter and Knight’s capable rebuttal