DeLay, foes seek a share of sliver
With one week before the Republican primary in the 22nd Congressional District, the four candidates are setting strategies for how to make the most of the home stretch.
State Government and Politics: Independence for Strayhorn?
Despite a recent telephone poll in which someone asked Republican voters if they'd be more likely to support Carole Keeton Strayhorn against Gov. Rick Perry if she ran as an independent, there's no immediate evidence of Strayhorn straying from the GOP.
12/05/2005
Houston mayor a governor?
Democrat's handling of Katrina spurs talk of run at state's top office
Faced with thousands of evacuees from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Houston Mayor Bill White took a gamble that Dallas Mayor Laura Miller wouldn't: He welcomed victims to town and put the city of Houston on the dotted line for generous relief, including apartment rent, trusting that the feds would cover the cost.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Politicos see green in red-light contract
As lawmakers from Houston are trying to put the brakes on the city's proposal to enforce red lights with cameras, others with local ties are pushing it - and they're seeing green in a potentially lucrative city contract.
