In a pair of unfortunate moves for journalism in the Lone Star State, KUHF let go longtime news broadcaster Debra Fraser recently, and on Monday, investigative journalism Web site TexasWatchdog.com closed down permanently. The moves leave a hole in statewide media that seems to be indicative of the ... More >>
Texas Watchdog, we barely knew you. After four years of some stellar muckraking, but so-so writing, that exposed malfeasance in the HISD, dredged out some waste in stimulus dollars (who-woulda-thunk-it?) and exposed "gaping lapses in Texas ethics law," Texas Watchdog may disappear into the ether in ... More >>
Photo courtesy UTThe peripatetic Larry KaiserLast year we told you about the relatively new president of the UT-Health Science Center and the generous contract terms he was getting to have homes here and in Pennsylvania.The situation is still ongoing, and the Hearst newspapers have taken notice.G ... More >>
When we first encountered the Houston Airport System's side-business advising various countries and cities how to build airports, we were a little baffled by it. HAS wasn't exactly forthcoming with financial information on it all, and we moved on to other things.We don't know if that insignificant i ... More >>
