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Magazine Actually Claims Harris County Can Govern Itself

​Reporter John Mecklin worked a long time in Houston for the old Post; he also served as an editor at the SF Weekly, the San Francisco paper in our very own Village Voice Media chain.He's now editor at a magazine called Miller-McCune, a publication started by a Southern California philanthropist; ... More >>

Mind Reading

Is Yvette Lacobie really a terrorist? Did legislators really mean to kick kids out for a butter knife? Is zero tolerance really stupid? (No, maybe and yes.)

Keeping It Real

Spring Creek stands poised to ride into history, one way or another

Bridging the Gap

Birders and the port are new buds seeking to block the proposed toll span at Bolivar

Bench Blues

The judiciary starts scrambling after state cuts in visiting judges

Bye to the Good Ol' Boys?

The commissioner's race that could break the county mold

Best Lobbyists

Dave and Sue Walden

Does Not Compute

Loopholes still hamper electronic reporting of campaign finances

Mixing It Up

She just wanted her comfortable suburban life. But when a concrete company intruded on her paradise, the homemaker turned warrior.

Political Shark Alert!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into City Hall's waters...

Tax Lean

Want a subsidy for your corporate expansion? Local governments are ready with millions in property-tax abatements -- and very little oversight.

Have Gavel Will Travel

Campaign cash carries a retired judge around the world

Justice on the Block

Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

News Hostage

Dead Man Walking

Local Control

Will the state be able to continue to review environmentally sensitive projects, or will it cede power to the feds?

Lindsay's End Run

A bill would bestow unbridled condemnation powers on the Port

Has Robert Eckels Lost His Mind?

Or is the county judge just crazylike a fox?

Balancing the Bench

Will race and bad blood play a part in the Guv's judicial picks?

Bad Deal

John Ballis was a crook. But he expected the federal government to keep its end of a bargain.

The Insider

Covert Aid for Lee Brown?

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Phenomena

Radack-al Treatment

What happens when the county's premier good ol' boy tangles with a sensitive '90s-style guy? It ain't pretty.

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.

The Usual Suspect(s)

If Lanier aide Dave Walden isn't running the Prop One campaign, who is?

The Kingdom and the Power

Money may be the root of all evil, but it's fueled Steven Hotze's rise from a fringe player on the religious right to kingmaker in the local Republican Party. Now he's trying to stretch his influence further afield.

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Truth or Consequences

Jon Lindsay is an admitted liar and an accused perjurer. Should Harris County voters take him at his word - again?

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Letters

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Autopsy

Since Dr. Joe retired as Harris Countys chief medical examiner, the morgue itself has been undergoing a critical examination. Whats been uncovered botched postmortems, illegal tissue-harvesting, double-dipping pathologists reveals a county office thats op

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The Exterminator

Tom DeLay, the bug man from Sugar Land, has always despised environmental regulation. Now, as House majority whip, he's in a position to do something about it.

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Running at Lanier

Mayor Bob casts a long shadow over the Tyra-Peavy runoff

Clunkers R Us

Sell your jalopy, help an industry breathe easier

Pastor to the Port

In the changing world of the Houston Ship Channel, one thing remains constant: Father Rivers Patout.

Battle of the Retreads

Two soon-to-be-unemployed politicians may be headed for a City Council showdown

Hanging the Judge

Lupe Salinas made a lot of friends on his journey from a Rio Grande Valley childhood to becoming a dogged prosecutor and respected state district judge. Until he was tapped for a federal judgeship, he never knew how many enemies he had.

Letters

Pursuing Jerry

A former prosecutor finds it was easier to investigate ethically challenged officials than to run against one

Psychotic Reaction

Need emergency psychiatric care in Harris County? Have a seat. Or call a cab.

Son of Lindsay ... Son of Driscoll

Robert Eckels and Vince Ryan fight the battles of the past as they fight each other for county judge