Ultraconservative group quietly forges on
Ultraconservative group quietly forges on
By Joe Holley
3:04 PM
The John Birch Society, an ultraconservative organization, barely registers on the political radar screen these days. But a local chapter led by Erin Earley, 55, a Midland native whose parents were members, is voicing its objection to a sustainable development initiative in Katy.
Texas
Budget plan halts CPRIT grant funds
By Peggy Fikac
3:37 PM
AUSTIN -- The starting-point state budget filed in the Texas House covers projected enrollment in education and Medicaid growth but provides no new money for grants at the controversial Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, according to the House budget chief.
Deregulation puts power supply at risk
By Eric Nalder
A decade of electricity deregulation in Texas has driven up the pay of investor-owned utilities' chief executives, but it has not fulfilled promises to produce the nation's most reliable and cheapest power.
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'Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs.' mostly misses
By David Wiegand
At first, the idea of Pete Rose doing a reality show seems just oddball enough to work. But if the first episode of "Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs." doesn't disabuse you of that notion, the whiny "I wanna be in the Hall of Fame" second episode surely will.
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Deregulation in Texas fails to make power more reliable, cheap
By Eric Nalder
A decade of electricity deregulation in Texas has driven up the pay of investor-owned utilities' chief executives, but it has not fulfilled promises to produce the nation's most reliable and cheapest power.
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Heisman comes with responsibilities for Manziel
By Brent Zwerneman
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman sat down with Johnny Manziel's parents recently and discussed the star quarterback's new title. "I told them he's no longer a freshman, and he's no longer a sophomore, junior or senior," Hyman said Sunday.
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Woodlands Pavilion earns a top spot
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands was the No. 2 busiest outdoor concert venue in the world in 2012. The Woodlands Pavilion, as it's commonly known, sold 390,808 tickets to 37 concerts last year.
Texans' Super Bowl dreams go bust in New England
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - From the day the Texans arrived for training camp almost six months ago, they said "Super Bowl or Bust." Given those limited choices, you'd have to say this season was a bust.
Despite results, Texans' commitment to develop Schaub steadfast
Foxborough, Mass. - Early in the fourth quarter Sunday, while the proverbial fat lady was doing a microphone check on the Gillette Stadium public address system, Matt Schaub and Tom Brady had thrown the same number of passes (36) and completed just about the same number (21 for Schaub, 23 for Brady).
Lawyer-legislators' perk could be a conflict, critics say
Early in the 2011 legislative session, Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, obtained a delay in a driving-while-intoxicated case filed in Bexar County against one of his clients. Like all lawyers who serve in the Legislature, Uresti was entitled, for the duration of the legislative session, to postpone trials and court dates.
Comic reliefs
By Lisa Gray
"People think that historic architecture is stuffy and fuddy-duddy," David Bush said a while back. "But it's not. Some of it is really, really weird." Two wickedly, drily funny historians provide a tour.
eco-luxury
By David Kaplan
A few swank sedans powered solely by electricity have begun rolling into the Houston driveways of early adopters who can afford the price tag, which ranges from $52,400 to $87,400, after a $7,500 federal tax credit.