September 2011
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Mining public records key to investigations of government - but it probably won’t get us a date http://ow.ly/6K2Dk transparency opengov
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Slideshow of Houston’s political scoundrels from @HoustonChron: http://bit.ly/n4PtqS hounews
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$10.4 million stimulus grant subsidizes “green” cars for Austin residents http://ping.fm/7KiyL
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Resigning Harris Co Commissioner Jerry Eversole pleads guilty to lying to FBI agents: @mmorris011 http://bit.ly/qhRWAy hounews
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Texas criminal history database incomplete; 1 in 4 chance of missing a past conviction: Audit crime http://ping.fm/2ZK42
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River can ban panned in New Braunfels TX: http://bit.ly/oIYfa5 centraltx
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Enough, already, with the porn on the public dime http://ow.ly/6HR64 rgv hounews galveston
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Corpus Christi police officer accused of making unlawful arrest, using excessive force named ‘officer of month’ http://ow.ly/6HDsG CCcrime
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MT @chronchris: City of Houston may spend $4.5 mill to remove trees that succumbed to record-breaking drought hounews http://ow.ly/6GFyk
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Texas state government payroll shrinks — a bit (via @texastribune) txlege http://ping.fm/prNjz
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State lawmakers find clever ways to boost their pensions. Read about the like the Texas pension trick http://ping.fm/2C2W0 txlege hounews
NASA satellite believed to hit Pacific Ocean, but those 50,000-lb concrete panels on TX state building still a threat http://ow.ly/6F408
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Former Houston cop sentenced to 20 yrs for stealing at least $656K from police union: http://bit.ly/qM81rz hounews
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Convicted killer’s feast tops $66 by our (unscientific) est.; TX ends last meal tradition for death-row inmates http://ow.ly/6Db9V txlege
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Outgoing/resigning Harris Co Commissioner J Eversole may enter guilty plea Sept. 30: @mmorris011: http://bit.ly/oKURUQ hounews
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We talk w/candidates for HISD District 8, incumbent J Stipeche, challenger D Olmos: http://bit.ly/ppMF42 hounews
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Asst police chief, 6 other cops disciplined after allegedly DUI police sgt crashes car into sch bus http://bit.ly/q5QfEH hounews
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Roland Fryer, architect of HISD’s Apollo 20 program, wins $500K MacArthur “genius grant” http://ping.fm/dPHeH hounews
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Texas @RepJoeBarton & Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dishonorable mentions on @CREWcrew ‘most corrupt’ list congress http://ping.fm/Xy2uC
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RT @TXRXreport: Healthcare industry predicts losses in Obama’s Jobs Act, Congress’ supercommittee plan http://ow.ly/6zkSm economy hcr
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Do you watch the Houston school district’s TV channel? We’d like to know. http://ping.fm/FcgRY hounews hisd
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RT @HoustonChron: Commissioner Jerry Eversole resigns http://ping.fm/fAMIh hounews
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TX pays $294K for Gov rickperry security detail to travel out of state w/gov, wife, over 9 months: :http://bit.ly/q8YE0T opengov txfoi
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New story: Terry Grier’s future as HISD sup’t was a hot topic for school board challengers at event today http://bit.ly/pQNg2g hounews
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Bandera City Council may have violated sunshine laws w/ mtg re: allegations of wiretapping at City Hall transparency http://ow.ly/6wCx4
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RT @TXRXreport: Feds agree to TX health reform plan ‘in principle,’ & Medicare Advantage premiums fall: hcr news today http://ow.ly/6wuyF
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HISD: Paula Harris’ challenger Davetta Daniels decries Houston ISD board ‘arrogance & greed’: http://bit.ly/p07CZ9 hounews
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Jury duty stipends cut from $40 to $28 per day, $1.7 million in savings for state of Texas txlege juryduty http://ping.fm/4cnKm
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MT @TXRXreport: Enroll America coalition markets Obamacare to uninsured: hcr news today http://ow.ly/6ukC8
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MT @TXRXreport: Health execs draft Medicare cost-cutting plan: hcr news today http://ow.ly/6ukC8
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MT @WSJ @TXRXreport: New federal medical billing system tracks injuries via water-skiing, crocheting: hcr new today http://ow.ly/6tjLC
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HISD audit on alleged threat raises more questions about ‘how things operate around here’ http://ping.fm/jdVwh hounews hisd
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MT @TXRXreport: Watson computer technology to help doctors plan treatments http://ow.ly/6s5Gz hcr healthcare
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White House sees 140K+ TX jobs from jobs plan; see @texaswatchdog stories on jobs/costs from earlier federal stimulus http://ow.ly/6qlQi
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Houston ISD postpones strengthening ethics policies http://ping.fm/UEnyg hounews hisd
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RT @TXRXreport: @GovernorPerry says state control would boost health care access: hcr news today http://ow.ly/6p0tB uninsured
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RT @TXRXreport: Primary-care physicians criticize Medicare payment system: Health care news today http://ow.ly/6p0kJ hcr
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Millions of $$$ in questionable spending in Texas’ weatherization assistance program. High CO levels, too. economy http://ow.ly/6oR7N
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Bargain or boondoggle? TX stimulus weatherization program has spent $226K on each of 1,041 jobs created/saved jobs http://ow.ly/6oR7N
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Davetta Daniels, Paula Harris’ 2007 challenger, files to run against her again: http://ping.fm/vrP16 hounews HISD
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Carol Mims Galloway withdraws from re-election bid; Rhonda Skillern-Jones to run for Galloway’s seat http://ping.fm/1CIKh hounews HISD
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Huerta, challenger to HISD’s P. Harris, sez he will not run vs Stipeche, nor sue to get on ballot vs. Harris http://bit.ly/pMSnC7 hounews
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Austin fire chief stays in Colorado for golf trip wildfires tear thru Central TX: @Statesman http://bit.ly/pTYdlv ATX texasfires txfires
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Today is last day of qualifying for HISD elections. Huerta was notified this AM of district issue hounews
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HISD says Harris Co voter registrar says P.Harris’ challenger A. Huerta lives in HISD Dist 8 (JStipeche), not Harris’ Dist 4 hounews
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HISD says challenger to sch brd chairman P.Harris does not live in her redrawn district, cannot run against her; more to come hounews
HISD tells Paula Harris’ challenger he doesn’t live in her district under redistricting plan, cannot run for Dist 4. More to come.
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RT @TXRXreport: Experts weigh in on alternatives to Obamacare individual mandate: Health care news today http://ow.ly/6nTYs hcr
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RT @TXRXreport: Texas & Massachusetts polar opposites on health coverage rates: Health care news today http://ow.ly/6nTU4 hcr uninsured
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Texas Watchdog’s Jennifer Peebles elected president of the SPJ Houston chapter http://ping.fm/mu9aO hounews txlege journalism