Anthony Hall

Houston Just Shy of 2.1 Million; Parker Will Still Push for Two More Council Seats

549 short of 2.1 million​Houston, if you only had more unprotected sex, you might be guaranteed two more city council members. The city charter requires that two more single member districts be created when the city's population hits 2.1 million. The figures are in, and the 2010 Census pegs u ... More >>

The Other Winners And Losers Of The 2009 Election

​Every election cycle, there are winners and there are losers. 2009 is no different. Here is a list of winners and losers and brief reason why.WinnersGarnet Coleman -- He was one of the few African-Americans that supported Annise Parker when she began her career. He stuck out his neck once again, ... More >>

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Houston's sweet-and-sour inaugural

The Six-Year Itch

City Hall reality series: Who survives on Bill White's island?

Why Can't They Be Friends?

Bill and Annise confront a City Hall curse

All Aboard the Love Train

Brown's last-minute signal keeps rail on track

Food Fight's Rancid Leftovers

A judge may spoil the city's contentious contract for a Hobby concessionaire

The Highs and Lows of Life with Lee

The best and worst from the Brown days

Parting Shots

Foes of Mayor Lee Brown can't wait to see him gone. And a lot of his friends feel that way, too.

The Schmooze Returns to City Hall

Facing an out-of-control council, Brown recalls a veteran vote saver

Oliver's Story

Houston's former parks director tried to expand his résumé with a political job. He may have torched it instead.

The Immigrant's Song

Carroll Robinson has been running for something ever since he arrived in Houston. Now he may be nearly out of track.

America's New War Against Enron

Lawyers go gunning for corporate terrorists

City E-mail Endorses Terrorism

Controller is appalled at the inaction of Mayor Brown

A High-Priced Chop

Houston plans civil action in the battle for trees

Going Both Ways?

A step toward addressing the lack of legal protection for gays.

Brown's Diss-functional City Hall Family

Drug testing and staff backstabbing have 'em dropping like flies

Dodging Bullets

With a battle looming, gays and their supporters seek high ground

Council's Cell Phone Phanatic

Todd talks up a storm at taxpayer expense

Here's Johnny

Reformed and reborn, the man now pushes the word of God, not drugs. So why does it still feel like the Johnny Binder Show?

The Good, the Bad, the Imprisoned

Houston's best politicos were not always the ones elected -- or the ones who stayed in office

District ZZZZs Triumph

Hordes of city candidates block-walk, while voters sleepwalk

Out on a Limb

It's not about tree houses

Civil(ity) War

Does Houston have to get tougher on street people with new laws?

You Go, Boys!

The mayor who can't deliver bad news

Political Splashes and Splats

The triumph of Bob and Sheila; the tragicomedy of Craig and Lloyd

Kingwood Legal Follies

Brown rushed in where Lanier feared to tread

Hammerin' Helen and Mister Mild

A feud flares between a former city councilwoman and her successor

Shaping the Council to Come

Time to pull out those election wish lists

Altered Statements

Alley Fighting

A midlevel city attorney's ruling causes months of angst in the Heights over who has the rights to that land behind the back fences

The Great Non-Communicator

Houston's new mayor is working as hard as, or harder than, his predecessors. Now if only he could find a way to tell people about it.

The Insider

Going Through These Things Twice

tuck inside of Hotel Six with the Houston blues again

Taken to the Woodshed

A federal judge rips three city attorneys and their bosses for how they handled the Barbra Piotrowski lawsuit

The Insider

The Johnson Treatment

Council candidate presides over a rather unique substance abuse program

Undiscovered Country

The Insider

The Airport That Wouldn't Die

Last fall, environmentalists thought they'd finally put a stake through the heart of the West Side Airport. But the mayoral race seems to have given it a new lease on life.

What's Driving Miss Shelia?

With her frenetic grandstanding, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has irritated her staff, her colleagues, and even the president. she says she speaks for her constituents. But will anyone listen?

Opposing Counsel

County attorney candidate Mike Fleming brands his opponent a traffic-court jockey. Sylvia Garcia labels him a special-interest pawn. You be the judge.

Center of Dispute

A proposed facility for troubledyouth raises hackles, and ire, in Riverside Terrace

Term limits and a domineering mayor have combined to make the City Council little more than a rubber stamp. And Houston may pay dearly for that down the line.

The Insider

Too JA-ded?

Twilight of El Jefe

Sheila Keeps Quiet

Letters

Little Big Crony

Bob Lanier's buddy Billy Burge wants to play the power game the way it was played in the old days. . . . . . But the rules have changed.

The fight to save the Katy Prairie

How many winters more will Arctic waterfowl make their 10,000-year-old journey to the western edge of Houston?