Daily Archives: June 11, 2007

MLB celebrates the Army’s birthday

From my Inbox: The U.S. Army celebrates its 232nd birthday in the coming week (June 14) with commemorative activities at 20 sporting events across the country. Minute Maid Park will house the birthday festivities in Houston as the Astros play … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pension still pending

Still waiting on a pension deal to be finalized. The city’s current funding arrangement with the Houston Municipal Employees Pension Fund, which must approve any benefit changes, expires July 1. Without a new agreement, the city could be forced to … Continue reading Continue reading

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So much for staying spoiler-free

Boy, if you decided to TiVo the Sopranos finale and watch something else last night, I hope you didn’t look at the front page, above the fold headline in today’s Chron before you queued it up. Because if you did, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Early voting: I’ll let John handle it

For this penultimate edition of Early Voting for the runoff, I’m just going to say “What John said.” Go see for yourself. Which just leaves this: Early voting ends tomorrow. Today and tomorrow you can vote from 7 AM to … Continue reading Continue reading

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What was finally done about the TYC?

After all was said and done about the Texas Youth Commission, more was said than was done. Scott Henson takes a look at the main legislative action on the TYC (SB103) as well as some changes to the Administrative Code, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Causation, correlation, and car burglaries

Three things about this Chron story regarding car break-ins and enhanced sentencing for repeat offenders. One is that old chestnut about causation and correlation. After Texas lawmakers downgraded car burglary to a misdemeanor more than a decade ago, vehicle break-ins … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Lottery: Still not a game for the rich

The good news is that rich folks do seem to be buying those new fifty-dollar scratch-off Lottery tickets, as the Texas Lottery Commission thought they would. The bad news is that they’re not buying any of the other pricey scratch-off … Continue reading Continue reading

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