Port of Houston Authority

Port's CEO Exonerated, But Quitting Anyway

Alec Dreyer: Not going to take it anymore.​The Harris County DA's office has exonerated Alec Dreyer, the CEO of the Port of Houston Authority, of charges that he misused a port boat for a party and tried to cover it up. The DA's office issued what Dreyer's lawyer called a "virtually unprecede ... More >>

The East End Doesn't Like Metro's Light-Rail Overpass (Updated)

The Houston East End Chamber of Commerce, the Eastwood Civic Association, and some East End residents are up in arms over Metro's plans for a light rail overpass on Harrisburg Boulevard. So what's their problem, you say? Why would anyone have anything critical to say of Metro? Yeah, Hair Balls found ... More >>

Houston Goes International with the Latin Grammys

It’s Mathew Knowles’s Town. We Just Live Here.

Bash-Free Zone

Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

Bridging the Gap

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

Letters

Mixed Messages

Casualties aren't easy to count in the continuing battle of Bayport

Old Ways Die Hard

A state law can't break up a juvenile courtroom gang

Going off the Rails

A proposed line into the Bayport Industrial District has residents from Clear Lake to the East End vowing to stop the "toxic train" in its tracks

Green Port?

A Port suit accuses several companies of contaminating its land for decades

Best Revolution

Seabrook's recall election

Livin' Large

Carlos Sosa promised to sell seized goods from the Port of Houston on the cheap. Many believed him. Until they learned he was a Customs Service snitch, and perhaps a con man on the side.

Dream Taker

When political egos and a basketball star vow to beautify a derelict building next door to Enron Field, what do you get after more than a year? Nothing.

Smooth Operator

Jack Linvillle transformed a little architecture firm into a leading public contractor -- with help from some well-heeled political pals

Gag Me with a Suit!

Exercising rights in Seabrook can land you in court

Promises, Promises

Skeptics say the Port could break more pledges involving Bayport

Adrift

Has the fight over port expansion turned a bay watchdog group into a rubber duck?

Cash Box

The Port referendum means lots of jobs -- for consultants

Letters

Lindsay's End Run

A bill would bestow unbridled condemnation powers on the Port

Blowing Smoke

Government and civic boosters know the way to clean up the air in polluted southeast communities: add another chemical plant

Semi-Safe

Pasadena police wanted bad trucks off the road. Then big-rig politics wrecked their plans.

Value Added

When Sports Authority folks got around to estimating the worth of a "Port Park" by the ballpark, the numbers just kept getting bigger

Truth or Consequences

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