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19 Dec 2016, 5:47 am
Reported the Houston Chronicle, "Like any good team that has suffered some under-performing seasons," she declared, "we're changing management. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 8:09 am
One notices they linked to all the prior MSM coverage on the issue but not the Grits posts which broke the story and provided more detail than mainstream news sources.Few police officers feloniously killed, assaults on cops downReported the Houston Chronicle, "Officer deaths have fluctuated significantly but generally have trended downward during the past century. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 1:47 pm
The series is titled "Point of Impact" and will be published in the Houston Chronicle and other Texas outlets. [read post]
Roundup: Profiles in pablum, private prison problems, prosecuting police and practical border advice
5 Jan 2015, 9:48 am
Too bad; the public would benefit from greater insight into one of the state's most opaque, least understood and at times dysfunctional institutions.Police accountability activists pick tough row to hoeThe Houston Chronicle has a story about a new generation of 20-something activists focused on police brutality and law enforcement issues in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. [read post]
24 Nov 2016, 8:19 am
(See coverage from the Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, and KHOU.) [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 10:04 am
Second-look coverageLegislation dubbed the Second Look Act would allow courts to re-examine long sentences given to juveniles, reported the ubiquitous Keri Blakinger in the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
7 Jul 2016, 6:52 am
"Prosecutor misconduct alleged in capital caseThis headline to a July 4 Houston Chronicle story effectively summed up some remarkable allegations which surfaced this week in Houston: "Prosecutors accused of hiding evidence, inventing testimony in death penalty case: Witnesses say prosecutors coerced them. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 5:35 am
Grits feels the same way about Brennan's analysis as I did about a similarly themed Houston Chronicle story in July, which inspired a blog post titled: "Of journalists, drunks, lamp posts, and Year-To-Date crime data. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 6:00 am
My line-up is The Skimm, the Houston Chronicle—both the general and local sections, Jimmy Kimmel Live Monologue, KPRC-2 Houston News, NPR, a Bible verse and the best part: The Daily from the New York Times. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 3:18 pm
Though unrelated to the Customs service, the corruption angle provides an opportunity to link to a remarkable story from the Houston Chronicle about a Houston PD cop caught laundering cartel drug money: "Ex-HPD officer faces 25 years for running drug money." [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 9:34 am
Many kudos to the Houston Chronicle's Eric Dexheimer for identifying a big screw up by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement regarding racial-profiling data collection by Texas law enforcement agencies.In 2017, the Texas Legislature expanded the data collected to include after-stop data involving arrests, searches, contraband discovered, and use of force. [read post]
7 May 2018, 12:03 pm
In response to federal heat litigation, reported Gaby Banks at the Houston Chronicle, "Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas prison system, is planning to relocate at-risk prisoners at 75 uncooled units to 29 prisons already equipped with air conditioning, according to two lawmakers briefed on the plan. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 12:32 pm
See the Houston Chronicle's coverage. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 6:14 am
The crisis over Texas' dysfunctional sex offender civil commitment program deepened this week, reported the Houston Chronicle's Mike Ward and Anita Hassan (April 25), and, though legislation is in the works to modify the process, "Even if the reforms are approved, the housing crisis will remain. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 8:07 am
Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Austin Rep. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 4:38 pm
OSHA issued citations and fines both to the temp agencies and to the employers that used the workers.While the $13,000 to $20,000 fines issued to the companies were moderate in comparison to other OSHA penalties, the government’s actions could provide evidence that plaintiffs’ lawyers can use to help sue the employers and make an end-run around workers’ compensation shields.In an Op-Ed piece in the Houston Chronicle last month, OSHA chief Dr. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 3:14 pm
A few weeks ago, the Houston Chronicle's Eric Dexheimer authored a piece about a District Attorney out of Dalhart who dismissed DWI, marijuana, and other cases in exchange for large donations to area nonprofits as part of an illegal pretrial diversion scheme. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 5:09 am
New data out on Texas prison crime and violence from the TDCJ office of inspector general: Mike Ward at the Houston Chronicle reported last month ("Prison crime not dropping with the population," June 20) that, "New statistics obtained by the Chronicle show that 3,001 criminal charges have been referred against imprisoned felons since 2009. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 10:00 am
In light of ballistics evidence from a federal database leading to arrests in linked, gun-related crimes, the Houston Chronicle last week ran a feature on how an ATF initiative is using ballistics evidence compiled in a national database to solve gun crimes.But the story failed to acknowledge shortcomings with ballistics evidence and overstated the accuracy of firearms matching. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 5:57 am
(If we're going to keep them, personally I think recordings or transcripts should become public records once the grand jury's term ends.)In a related story, the Houston Chronicle reported Dec. 19 that "Hispanic representation on Harris County grand juries far below population. [read post]
