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Chron's HISD story is very misleading (updated)

May 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you read the story in today’s Chronicle about HISD reducing high school graduation requirements for math and science, and the story made you mad — STOP! First of all, look who wrote the story

Redesigned Chron blogs go live, embrace interactivity

May 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Chronicle tech guru Dwight Silverman posted that the Chronicle would soon be moving its blogs to new software that would allow greater interactivity. Today, Silverman announces that two of those blogs (his and Kyrie

Chron editorials: Just read and gasp (updated)

May 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

That disturbing Chronicle editorial from yesterday — saying Florida’s sex offender law is too harsh — received some attention yesterday from none other than Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly: […]why is “The Houston Chronicle” criticizing Florida’s

Light rail train claims first fatality

May 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

(image via KPRC-2) Houston’s light rail train claimed its first fatality last night, in its 88th overall documented collision and 16th this year: The first fatality in a Metro light rail accident happened overnight Tuesday

More seamy details in home foreclosure story

May 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lone Star Times did some digging into the suspicious home foreclosure that was in the media a couple of weeks ago, and here’s what David Benzion found: LST has confirmed that as early as 1994,

HISD markets itself — taxpayers win

May 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Bruce Nichols of the Dallas Morning News has an interesting story about how HISD markets its products and services: [HISD] dipped its toe into the marketing waters a decade ago and is now selling nine

Dangertrain.blogspot.com

May 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

James Taranto points out that the head of the Chicago Transit Authority has started a blog: ctachair.blogspot.com. It’s a blogspot blog, so there’s not a whole lot of investment in it; but still, isn’t that

Sen. Ellis backs off journalist shield law

May 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

The proposed journalist shield law has been pulled by its sponsor, state Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston): A proposed shield law for journalists fizzled Monday in the Senate when the sponsor backed off the measure after

Confusing rail intersection revenue stream cranked up today

May 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Now that the Park and Pillage robbers have been caught, it’s apparently back to generating revenue for METRO’s cops. I drove by the Main/Wheeler goofy rail intersection on my way home about 4:30 pm today,

Big media considering measures to boost product?

May 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

From the Huffington Post (via Laurence Simon’s latest project) comes the news that the New York Times is considering some significant changes aimed at improving the newspaper. Some of the proposals are not unlike the