Subject: U.S. Conference of Mayors

• Houston's Infrastructure Wish List Is Half Of Dallas's

  With the holidays approaching, mayors across the country have published their equivalent of letters to Santa, and all they want for Christmas is a total of $73 billion in federal funding for municipal projects they say could kick-start job growth.The U.S. Conference of Mayors released this week the results of a 427-city survey asking what improvement projects each city had on its plate that could use some government cheese. The stipulation is each of the projects needs to be undertaken immediate

  December 11, 2008

• All About Elyse

  March 2, 1995

• Hard Sell

  October 17, 1996

• Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped into Homelessness and Poverty by the Crashing Economy

  An already strained system struggles to accommodate a new breed of homeless.

  March 19, 2009

• Houston Turns Back to Tap Water

  August 14, 2008

• County Attorney Candidate Vince Ryan Sues Linebarger Goggan

  Saying he deserves a bigger piece of the pie, the former city councilman serves up cherry information to his current political opponent

  June 12, 2008

• This Blows!

  Houston has a national rep for taking down buildings. So why are these eyesores still standing?

  February 15, 2007

• Smooth Operator

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

  December 16, 1999