What Houston’s New Phillips 66 Global HQ Might Look Like This rendering appears to show the new Phillips 66 global headquarters planned to go up in Westchase. Back in September, the...

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Swamplot

Legislators blast prosecutor association for Twitter taunts The Texas District and County Attorneys Association was called out in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee today for "demagoguery" on...

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Grits for Breakfast

Hines Buying Up Museum District Property To Build Highrise Apartments A few sources are telling Swamplot that Hines is planning to build either a 20- or 22-story apartment tower on the entire city block where...

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Swamplot

Beware of platform shrinkers Platform shrinkers are the mortal enemies of responsible conservative outcomes. Moderates love to push for platform shrinking –...

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AgendaWise

JUNE 19 / Ferguson on regulation IN "DEMOCRACY in America," published in 1833, Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at the way Americans preferred voluntary association to...

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Unca Darrell

Daily Demolition Report: Piping Rock Down Two Keene, one Gretel, to go. * * * Residences 2120 White Oak Dr. 77009 (Woodland Terrace; new construction by Baxter Construction) 2320...

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Swamplot

Texas Senate passes tougher abortion clinic rules The measure cleared the Senate late Tuesday night on a 20-10 vote and now heads to the House before lawmakers conclude their special...

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Harris County Department of Education Board Meeting 6-18-13 Recap The Harris County Department of Education held its monthly board meeting yesterday and for once, it was fairly interesting. First off,...

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Big Jolly Politics

Headlines: Considering the Astrodome; Slamming ‘One Bin for All’ Harris County Sports Authority To Debate Astrodome Bids Today, Make Recommendation Next Week [abc13; previously on Swamplot] At $6M,...

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Swamplot

Jesse H. Jones and his BIG Houston media empire "Mr. Houston," Jesse H. Jones, is known as a legendary Houstonian and national political player, but he was also quite the radio and...

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Mike McGuff