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Sylvester Turner

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    February 17, 2012

    Cover Story: Michael Berry, Former City Hall Boy Wonder

    Nine years ago, embattled right-wing radio host Michael Berry was a 32-year-old mayoral candidate. Tim Fleck wrote a feature on the fresh-faced city councilman and quixotic candidate (polling below 10 percent, Berry pulled out of the race less than a month after the story hit the street) and his Ind ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    Down the Hatch

    The Texas Attorney General's Office says a drugmaker lied in order to push an antipsychotic on foster children. So why are kids as young as three still taking the drug?

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    Houston's Choice for Mayor

    Black Guy, Rich White Guy, Lesbian or Hispanic Republican

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Confined Youth

    Reader weigh in on youths in state homes and behind bars.

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    For Their Own Good

    Harris County juveniles certified as adults are jailed in isolation 23 hours a day — without being convicted of a crime.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Together In Life And Death

    Harris County juveniles certified as adults are jailed in isolation 23 hours a day — without being convicted of a crime.

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    On Their Backs

    Sugar Land spreads its legs

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Send in the Election Clowns

    Don't worry, they're here

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Behind the Happy Face

    Labor pains flare in a worker's fight with Wal-Mart

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Is This Guy Too Smart to Be Mayor?

    Bill White hopes brains and big bucks will get him elected

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Bad Blood on the Tracks

    Metro's consulting becomes insulting for some Hispanic leaders

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Democrat

    District 137 state Representative Scott Hochberg

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Bill's Bargain Tax Bill

    The county says a candidate's home value is no White lie

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    We Know You Like to Watch!

    An Internet fishing expedition titillates City Hall

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Do the City Hall Shuffle!

    Term limits and raw ambition send local politicos on holiday shopping sprees

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    All About the Kids

    Things are going to get ugly on the Kid-Care front

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Overdose

    Dr. Shelley's new operating room reveals the worst and best of a City Council under term limits

  • Music

    August 8, 2002

    Cock-a-Doodle Deux

    A rejuvenated Red Rooster crows again on Old Spanish Trail

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Mayoral Minority Report

    Who can avert the 2003 runoff from hell?

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    More District D Footprints

    Airing out Darryl Carter's dirty laundry, with the help of Womack's campaign

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Overblown and Underrated

    So you know Houston's goats, heroes and high points? Think again.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Awakening Giant

    Immigrant Hispanic workers at Quietflex spoke out. Now their struggle may reshape organized labor in Houston.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Trivial Pursuit

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Insider

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    The Insider

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Status Report

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Stolid Citizen

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    The Insider

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    The Insider

    Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Why Don't They Want This Man to Be Mayor?

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    The Insider

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Trawling in Deep Water

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Insider

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    The Insider

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Excellence Honored

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    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?

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    The Insider

    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?

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    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?

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    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.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Usual Suspect(s)

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

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Deep in the Ticket Tangle

    A new audit suggests Municipal Collections is better at making money than doing its job

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    The Insider

    A new audit suggests Municipal Collections is better at making money than doing its job

  • News

    March 30, 1995

    Spare the Mayor, Kill the Story

    How one disgruntled reader got satisfaction from the Chronicle

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Funny Business II

    It seems the city's contract with Municipal Collections is a family affair

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    BOSS Hall

    As Ben Hall prepares to leave City Hall, questions are again being raised about his involvement in the doling out of city business. But Hall says the law allows him to do pretty much as he pleases.

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    I, Whitmire

    As Ben Hall prepares to leave City Hall, questions are again being raised about his involvement in the doling out of city business. But Hall says the law allows him to do pretty much as he pleases.

  • News

    November 3, 1994

    Funny Business

    Municipal Collections has a lucrative city contract and some interesting partners. But good luck tracking it down

  • News

    October 27, 1994

    Faded Love

    When romance wanes, the politics can turn really personal

  • News

    September 1, 1994

    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?

  • News

    June 23, 1994

    Rockets Mania

    As the Rockets fought for the title, Houstonians fought -- and failed -- to keep their sanity

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