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9 Jul 2010, 1:12 pm by Mario Madrid
 The Houston Chronicled reported State Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire is putting together a panel to consider modifying or repealing the Driver Responsibility Program, which includes a surcharge of $1,000 annually for three years for first-time driving-while-intoxicated offenders. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 1:12 pm by Mario Madrid
 The Houston Chronicled reported State Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire is putting together a panel to consider modifying or repealing the Driver Responsibility Program, which includes a surcharge of $1,000 annually for three years for first-time driving-while-intoxicated offenders. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 12:51 pm by Derk A. Wadas
The Houston Chronicle coverage of the hearings reported on testimony concerning the potential that Texas may move forward on establish the legal framework authorizing sobriety checkpoints. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 9:11 am by Eric Lipman
This article from The Houston Chronicle details Whitmire's concerns about the program and other aspects of the state's DWI enforcement regime, including inconsistency in prosecution protocol among counties. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 5:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Peggy Fikac at the Houston Chronicle ("Houston lawmaker decries hefty DWI surcharge," July 9) wrote that:[Chairman John] Whitmire, D-Houston, said lawmakers should modify and consider repealing the Driver Responsibility Program, which includes a surcharge of $1,000 annually for three years for first-time driving-while-intoxicated offenders. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 7:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See also coverage of the program from the Houston Press and a column in the Houston Chronicle from attorney George Parnham.) [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 7:59 pm by Steven M. Taber
The following is a summary review of articles from all over the nation concerning environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 1:16 pm
According to the Houston Chronicle, the new settlement continues the $150 per month payment for canine officers, gives the officers an hour per each work shift to properly care for their dogs, and waives the payment of $160 that officers paid the city previously to take their patrol units home. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 7:43 am by Mark S. Humphreys
Writer, Purva Patel, for the Houston Chronicle, wrote an article that was published on June 23, 2010. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 8:05 am by Steve Hall
  Mike Tolson files this report for the Houston Chronicle on the execution of Michael Perry.To date, there have been 30 executions in the nation in 2010, and 1,218 executions since 1977.According to TDCJ, three more executions are scheduled in Texas during 2010. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 7:29 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
It wasn’t so many years ago that Texas was rated one of the most efficient states in the nation in processing food stamps, a source of nutrition for millions of lower-income residents funded by federal dollars and administered by the state. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:41 pm by carie
Chronicle reporter Allan Turner contributed to this story.renee.lee@chron.com [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 12:24 pm by johntfloyd
Earlier this year we blogged about a Houston Chronicle report that taxpayers would have to pick up an $80,000 bill to a Science Laboratory and Training Centre contracted by the city to clear up a backlog of 300 firearms forensic cases in the HPD crime lab. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 5:56 am
The Houston Chronicle reports on the possibility of capping the leak within two weeks.In the comments below the story is this post: In Newport, we have a Taiwanese skimming tanker called the A Whale, capable of... [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 5:41 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Job applicants with some criminal history on their resumes have no problem getting approved to work among the state’s most vulnerable foster care children, according to a Texas Tribune/Houston Chronicle investigation. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:19 am by Criminal Defense
The Houston Chronicle reports that this would be a difficult charge unless the prosecutor could bring actual evidence that BP had actively deceived safety officials. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:31 am by Steve Hall
That's the title of an editorial in the Sunday Houston Chronicle. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 4:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
News of serious problems at the Houston PD fingerprint lab prompted attorney Patrick McCann to author a thoughtful column in the Houston Chronicle ("Let's get experts to test evidence," June 26) that advocates making crime labs independent from law enforcement. [read post]
26 Jun 2010, 1:00 pm by Tim Zinnecker
 Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight Silverman has a favorable review here. [read post]