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10 Apr 2009, 11:00 am
Here's the text of an e-mail we just received from City Council Member John Liu's office: Dear Friend, Unbelievably, Texas State Representative Betty Brown suggested, at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives, that Asian Americans should "adopt a name just for identification purposes that was easier for Americans to deal with". [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 9:42 am by Christine Dowling
Woman Who Stabbed Husband 193 Times Resentenced:  Resentencing began today in the case against Susan Wright, convicted in a Texas court for the 2003 murder of her husband, reports The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 6:53 am by Michael Busby
” Divorce Agreement Houston Texas also would be applicable to the following communities within the greater Houston, Texas Area: Baytown, Bellaire, Bunker Hill, Deer Park, Friendswood, Galena Park, Humble, Jacinto City, Katy, La Porte, Pasadena, Tomball, West University, Cypress, Crosby, Woodlands, Denver Harbor, Spring & The Woodlands, Spring, Stafford, Sugarland, Galveston, Missouri City, Richmond, & Alief… [read post]
7 May 2010, 7:17 am
This scene is played over and over in cities across America. [read post]
27 May 2010, 11:39 am by Walter James
These guys are top notch criminal defense lawyers and have gone up against the City of Houston environmental prosecutors, toe-to-toe. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 4:05 am by Kendall Gray
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CITY OF EDINBURG v. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 1:15 pm
Also in Texas, the restructuring of Houston's crime lab as a separate entity with a city-appointed independent board could include a presence from the Innocence Project. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 3:41 am
Roads + Contractors = BriberyMeanwhile, in Edinburg a Texas Department of Transportation official stands accused of extorting bribes from contrators.Phony employees group existed to get a "piece of the action"Jason Trahan at the Dallas News Crime Blog has a fascinating account of a key witness' testimony in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial about a phony front organization called the Black State Employees Association of Texas. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 11:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In fact Houston, considering its size, is on par or better than most cities of its size.But how much is enough? [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 6:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In those and ten other Texas cities, local control of police and fire pensions has been wrested away by the Legislature and vested into independent bodies on which cities have a voice but unions (and the Lege) have ultimate control. [read post]
18 Feb 2023, 9:32 am by John Floyd
Judge Rosenthal ruled that the City of Houston was immune from civil liability under the Texas Tort Claims Act for hiring Simpson. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 9:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits would add that the exemption to the open records act for police disciplinary files in civil service cities should also be eliminated.No movement to reform immigration detentionEven though "Back in 2009, the Obama administration promised reform of the massive, mostly for-profit U.S. immigrant detention system," reported Melissa del Bosque at the Texas Observer, "The number of deportees hasn’t diminished and private detention facilities continue to expand." [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 9:57 am
Apache Corporation, with headquarters in Houston, Texas but that operates internationally, decided this was worth pursuing. [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 6:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" brings us to an excellent and timely Texas Tribune article by Juan Pablo Garnham, "Why homelessness is going down in Houston and up in Dallas. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 11:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This follows on Police Chief Charles McClelland's request for $105 million to hire 1,200 new officers.If Houston is going to hire new cops, then City Hall has to find a way for them to bring a new attitude to policing, as well.Mayoral candidate Ben Hall, a former city attorney, has called for more body cameras to serve as a check on officers ("Hall plans permanent HPD body cameras," Page B1, Aug. 12). [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
Nancy Beck Young and Leandra Zarnow.]In November 1977, 2000 elected delegates and 20,000 observers descended upon Houston, Texas to participate in the first and only federally funded National Women's Conference to be held in U.S. history. [read post]