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14 Oct 2008, 1:52 pm
Here it is: Here is my response relative to Jeff Murphrey's letter of September 26, 2008 about hurricane related sewage in his yard in which he slams me and seems to slam the lawyers from the great city of Dallas, Texas. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 8:01 am
Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, would allow jurors to be told that such defendants are sent to a mental hospital if acquitted. [read post]
5 Oct 2014, 1:29 pm by Don Cruse
ED EMMETT, EL FRANCO LEE, SYLVIA GARCIA, STEVE RADACK, AND JERRY EVERSOLE, AS MEMBERS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT; MICHAEL MARCOTTE, AS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AND CITY OF HOUSTON, No. 13-0584 Set to be argued on December 10, 2014 TEXAS STUDENT HOUSING AUTHORITY v. [read post]
8 May 2007, 3:30 am
to Houston from Iowa City at the beginning of 1972, Don and Mary Lou Chapman graciously welcomed us to Houston and took an active interest in the unwieldly Kirkendall clan. [read post]
15 May 2007, 3:23 pm
Indeed, most urban areas in Texas: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso and the like, have public school systems that are predominately attended by black and brown kids. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 1:51 am by Neil Wilkof
By one account, the top destination is Austin, Texas, with Seattle, New York, and Chicago right behind. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 7:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Of course, that's not its purpose, or it shouldn't be.In Dallas, the city council fired several municipal court judges they thought were being too lenient and brought on newbies who they expect will generate more revenue for the city, a move which has sparked intense controversy and a lawsuit.On a similar theme, I was interested to see an AP story published in the Lubbock paper (Sept. 3) lamenting lost revenue from truancy by students which noted that:The attendance push… [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It takes more than one little downturn, though, to kill a bad idea, because that's the fundamental premise behind the feds' COPS program, which yesterday announced grants for 1,400 officer positions nationwide and 158 in Texas, including 50 in Houston and even a few in my hometown. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 9:27 am by John McFarland
HSC proposed to acquire an easement across the land for a pipeline from Texas City to a plant in Brazoria County owned by Braskem America which would carry propylene. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 3:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Last week, she broke the news on Grits, and the Houston Chronicle followed up Nov. 6 with an item titled, "DPS, other police agencies failing to report officer-involved shootings. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 10:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Forensic psychologist Karen Franklin has a piece describing how little stock Montgomery County jurors place in risk-assessment scoring by prosecution experts, agreeing to civil commitments in virtually every case, citing a study out of Sam Houston State. [read post]
16 Nov 2019, 11:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In response, local advocates called for the city to implement an institutional inquiry similar to, but more expansive than, the Plain View Project. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 7:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
How else can HPD explain why nearly 60 percent of pot arrestees are black compared to a quarter of the city population? [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 5:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Mexican Ambassador was dead right when he told the Houston Chronicle that Texas officials' statements about spillover are “disingenuous or naive. [read post]
2 May 2010, 8:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Even more interesting to me than the legislative implications of this topic - which might result in the Houston and DFW areas gaining a seat or two between them in the Texas House if inmates were all counted in their home counties - are the implications for drawing precincts defining county-level offices from commissioners to constables to justices of the peace. [read post]
20 May 2010, 5:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
With city government support, Philadelphia has become the mural capital of the world, attracting tourists worldwide. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 5:51 pm
A pet Rottweiler forced its way into a Houston home and killed its owners' baby daughter. [read post]