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posted on
February 8th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
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Authority 'not there' for city of Houston investigative arm, Inspector General Bob Doguim says as he quits job

Inspectors general in other cities root out fraud, conflicts of interest; Houston's IG only has power to investigate complaints of vulgar language, unlawful tamale sales< ...

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posted on
January 26th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
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Deja vu? Houston ISD procurement audit findings echo problems in grounds-keeping contract

When the Houston school system awarded a grounds-keeping contract to the eighth-lowest bidder last year -- to a company that charged almost twice the low bid -- administrators stood by their deci ...

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posted on
January 19th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
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Lots of Einsteins or too low a bar? Houston ISD bursting at the seams with 'gifted' students, shelves plan to tighten standards

Of all the challenges facing the Houston school system, here's one you probably haven’t heard about: It may have too many gifted kids.

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posted on
January 11th, 2012
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Texas Watchdog
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Austin bag ban pushed with faulty numbers; author of cited report says it did not address plastic bags, ‘a minute portion of the

City of Austin officials wildly inflated the volume of plastic bags in Austin’s litter stream and the cost to dispose of them, based on a misreading of a key report cited by the officials, ...

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posted on
December 30th, 2011
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Texas Watchdog
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The New Year’s Nine: The top nine places in Texas where state troopers are issuing tickets

Over the holiday season, travel increases. And so do the number of police on the roads. So to help you make travel choices this year, Texas Watchdog decided to take a look at the state’s ...

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