Rich Connelly reports that jaywalkers aren’t the only target of Mayor White’s “downtown mobility” revenue stream: The Houston police crackdown on jaywalkers is creating some collateral damage on private enterprise. Specifically, that living laboratory of
This is disappointing, but not surprising: The Houston Police Department has instructed officers not to photograph illegal immigrants seeking day jobs, after an incident last month prompted an outcry from an immigrant rights group. Houston
Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey has previously written in favor of restricting political speech with which he disagrees. Today, he’s at it again, writing in favor of restricting more political speech with
On July 5, the Washington Post‘s Mike Allen reported that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) is the latest member of Congress to turn in revised (and, in her case specifically, delinquent) expense reports for
I am completely baffled by this Chronicle editorial: Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal indicated a month ago that he would have preferred that Houston Independent School District officials had called in law enforcement during
Apparently Montrose residents are not enamored with the homeless in their midst: “It’s concentrated in this area right here,” said Caldwell. Caldwell works in Montrose and said he has seen what is behind some of
We’ve been keeping a fairly close eye on Chronicle reporter Dan Feldstein’s coverage of a corruption trial in Cleveland that involves former City of Houston officials, but Tom Kirkendall beat us to the punch today
Jay Aiyer, a candidate for City Council’s At Large 2 seat, has posted his thoughts on HPD’s manpower shortage as well as a proposal to get more officers trained and on the streets. Here are
It looks as if an audit of the Houston Emergency Center is complete: Houston’s 911 system needs some major work according to an independent audit of the emergency center. The City Controller’s office hired a
The Chronicle begins an Independence Day editorial as follows: July Fourth, with its parties and parades, concerts and fireworks, finds Americans of different minds concerning public policy, but citizens of a nation that cannot correctly