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Well, it looks like Mayor Bill White has given up on his quest to avoid holding a special election to fill former City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs' seat: Yesterday, the mayor asked for a special election to be held May 12, setting off a process he has estimated could cost as much as $4 million. White had planned to ask the state Legislature for an exception to Texas election law so that the city wouldn't have to hold a May election, then hold another election for the seat in November, but then he found out Sen. John Whitmire was going to block that plan. more ›

A man who caused a Gulf Freeway traffic accident that killed three will face charges of intoxication manslaughter Ex-TSU President Priscilla Slade appeared in court this morning, but her case was reset for Sept. 14 Autopsies were performed this morning on the bodies of two men found on the west end of Galveston Island yesterday morning City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs will seek Tom DeLay's seat in Congress, she announced today Capital murder charges have been... more ›

Whatever your political leanings, you're going to want to mark June 9 on your calendar: It's the day you'll want to get together with friends and have a farewell party for Tom DeLay. Whether you mope or celebrate is your business — but can you think of anything else DeLay has done that has the potential of bringing so many people together? Look out, liquor cabinet! DeLay wrote House Speaker Dennis Hastert yesterday that June... more ›

City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs said today she'll seek the nomination for Tom DeLay's seat in the November election The mother of missing 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson is standing by Kendrick's dad, Roderick Fountain, the prime suspect in the disappearance Community leaders said they'll work to increase support of the TSU/HISD Lab School, which is included on the school district's list of campuses to close A man was rescued from his car last night after driving into... more ›

More news from the mayor pro tem's office this morning: In addition to more than $130,000 in unauthorized bonuses, employees there also seem to have given each other $60,000 in pay raises during Carol Alvarado's two-year yerm as mayor pro tem. The raises, which ranged from 11 percent to 64 percent, were found in records released to the Chronicle yesterday. more ›