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3 Oct 2013, 11:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Tony Fabelo and Carl Reynolds of the Council of State Governments Justice Center have produced a new report analyzing the work product of the Harris County Public Defenders Office, reported the Houston Chronicle yesterday. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 11:59 am by Scott Andrews
Earlier this year, the Houston Chronicle newspaper listed Rockwater Energy Solutions as the 10th largest private company in the Houston area. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 10:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That part's easier said than done.Houston Chron critiques overuse of pretrial detentionFollowing up on an earlier report Grits discussed here regarding the relation between jail overcrowding and the ability of defendants to make bail, the Houston Chronicle editorial board this week decried "an environment created by criminal court judges and prosecutors largely inured to the hardships and injustices routinely placed on the poor; and with no evident recognition of a cruel form of… [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 6:44 am by Jim Sedor
Texas – DeLay Conviction Overturned Houston Chronicle – Mike Snyder and Patricia Kilday Hart | Published: 9/19/2013 An appeals court threw out the criminal conviction of former U.S. [read post]
17 Sep 2013, 6:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Lise Olsen at the Houston Chronicle had a story yesterday titled, "Study: Inmates who can't afford bond face tougher sentences" which details the findings in this new study published Aug. 30. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 7:57 am
Meanwhile, the Houston Chronicle reported that a "growing number of experts" are now saying that the increased production of oil will result in a significant decline in prices. [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 7:23 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities: Alaska – Alaska Town Roots for Feline Mayor Attacked by Dog Houston Chronicle – Rachel D’Oro (Associated Press) | Published: 9/5/2013 The honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska is in bad shape after being attacked by a dog. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 2:46 am by Jeff Foust
“When they actually begin to develop it, the budget is going to go haywire,” he said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle originally published Sunday (getting more attention in an expanded version published in a Chronicle blog post on Tuesday.) [read post]
31 Aug 2013, 10:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County DA Mike Anderson passed away this morning in hospice care, the Houston Chronicle reported. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 10:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  The Houston Chronicle opined several years ago that, "In Houston, we're now paying a high cost for trying too hard to save money on forensics." [read post]
25 Aug 2013, 3:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the Houston Chronicle, "Dozens of suspects have remained behind bars in the Harris County jail for years without going to trial, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 2:39 am by Robert Kraft
Here are the opening paragraphs of the article in the Houston Chronicle: Based on Houston’s status as a Medicare fraud “hot spot,” federal health officials announced Friday that they are placing an unprecedented six-month moratorium on private ambulance company enrollments in government insurance programs. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 1:47 pm
According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas leads the nation in the rate of construction worker fatalities. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The police union, reported the Houston Chronicle (July 28) objects because it takes police off the street and makes them unavailable for other routine tasks. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 1:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Presiding Judge Sharon Keller on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had her record $100K ethics fine knocked down by three quarters, but neither the Ethics Commission nor the Attorney General will explain why, reported the Houston Chronicle ("Keller settles record ethics fine," Aug. 10)Sharon Keller, the state's top criminal court judge, has reached a deal to substantially reduce a record $100,000 fine levied by the Texas Ethics Commission for failing to fully disclose millions… [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:43 pm by Lowell Brown
” The Houston Chronicle’s Brian Rogers has more on the case here. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 5:37 am by admin
Read the detailed report on how this affects Texas workers hurt on the job by Patricia Kilday Hart, Columnist for the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 7:43 am
  The Houston Chronicle in fact named him Houstonian of the Century. [read post]
3 Aug 2013, 11:00 am by Lowell Brown
“I was conscious of the fact that there was no group interested in preserving the court’s history, so I got together with three other former judges and we formed a charter in order to preserve the court’s artifacts and promote research of the Texas judiciary,” Hightower told the Houston Chronicle in 2010. [read post]