Richard Murray

Nice Try: Bob Barr Wants John McCain and Barack Obama Thrown Off the Texas Ballot

Positive Pub For Mayor White

Political Winds of Change

A new county study predicts an explosive minority population increase

Green Horns

Naderites have got the art car crowd and ample altruistic ardor. But they're still searching for a sporting chance.

When Will They Learn?

GOP label doesn't sell in mayoral races

Crisis on Cullen Boulevard

Funding is down. Faculty is fleeing. And 50 professors are in semi-open revolt. Is the University of Houston on an irrovocable slide toward mediocrity?

Sheila Keeps Quiet

Funding is down. Faculty is fleeing. And 50 professors are in semi-open revolt. Is the University of Houston on an irrovocable slide toward mediocrity?

The Czar's Return

Lee P. may be headed back to town, with City Hall in his sights

The Insider

Lee P. may be headed back to town, with City Hall in his sights

The Insider

Lee P. may be headed back to town, with City Hall in his sights

Press Picks

Lee P. may be headed back to town, with City Hall in his sights

Radack-al Treatment

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

The Insider

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

The Insider

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

Mysteries of Hotel Six

The government's case nears an end, but the questions continue

Insider

The government's case nears an end, but the questions continue

The Insider

The government's case nears an end, but the questions continue

GOP Sweeps Week

Republicans complete Texas political reconstruction

Nice Guy, Wrong Color

How Ken Bentsen got run over by a rainbow

Over the Rainbow

Democrats get their ticket. But can they get the votes?

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

Homeless in Suburbia

Michael Lyddon slept on this bench at night because he had nowhere else to go. According to elected officials in Fort Bend, though, he doesn't exist

Taking Aim

Marching with an evolving minority electorate, a Vietnamese immigrant may just whip the GOP's old guard

Let's Pick On Orlando!

Early mayoral forums hint at the strategies to come

The Bradford Game

A mid-trial meltdown scorches the district attorney

Food Fight Hiccup

Will four felonies spoil Four Families' Hobby deal?

Dream Team or Bad Dream?

Democrats sift pre-election portents for the answer

Dead Heat

Veteran Danburg tries to hang on against Wong in the new 134th District

Trading Places

Who wants to be interim city controller?

Dems' New Year Vow: Oust GOP Judges

Candidate recruits include a former Republican jurist

Cracking the Club

Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

The Perfect Political Storm

In this flood, Lee Brown has stayed high and dry (so far)

Fixing the Vote

After the election from hell, Texas lawmakers offer remedies (serious and otherwise)

Mixing It Up

Saba chef Dylan Murray returns home to add even more spice to Houston's restaurant scene

The Insider

More for Les and the Rest. Brown finally figures out that spending equals power

Night & Day

October 22 - 28, 1998

It's Joe B.'s World

In the Kingdom of Bob, lawyer Joe B. Allen is the prime minister of vested interests

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 Tug of War

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a pitched battle over the soul of the GOP. They are also running for governor.

Redrawing Fiefdoms in Ye Olde HISD

Margaret DowningGene Locke walked HISD trustees through redistricting, Chapter 1​The Hispanic population continues to boom, the Anglo drip-drip-drip away to suburbia continues, there's a small decline among African Americans in Houston ISD and the district's biggest gain percentage wise is in ... More >>

Unlike City Council, Metro Board Not Expanding After 2010 Census

We're fine as we are, Metro board says.​Just think -- we could have two more Metro board members. Alas, it is not to be. Although the 2010 Census showed (barely) enough growth in Houston to trigger expansion of the city council by two seats, a study for Metro said there's no need for its boar ... More >>

Redistricting GOP Was "Very, Very Clever" in Limiting Minorities' Voting Power, Expert Testifies

Richard Murray talks of the GOP, blacks and the Tea Party.​Republicans found "very, very clever ways" to minimize minority voting opportunities in new Congressional and House maps passing in June, University of Houston professor Richard Murray told a three-judge panel during the redistricting ... More >>