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Good morning, Houston. Suppose you're trying to keep up with piles and piles of government reports. How can you tell when there are too many? Simple: You ask for a report, of course. That's what the Texas State Library and Archives Commission did — and in a 668-page report, the commission has declared that the state is over-reported. The commission looked at more than 170 state agencies and universities and found more than 1,600...

More on the possibility of the city having to hold a costly special election to fill Shelley Sekula-Gibbs' vacant City Council seat for a few months: According to the Chronicle, Mayor Bill White plans to ask the state Legislature for some leeway in the election law that would require a special election. The issue: A special election couldn't be held before May, meaning that whoever won it would have to run again in a general election in November — and a special election plus runoff, if one were needed, would cost the city $3 million. That's a lot of money to put someone on council for six months, White said:

More on the City Council seat that will be left vacant when Shelley Sekula-Gibbs heads off for her congressional jaunt: There will be a special election to fill the seat; it will probably be held in May; and it could cost $2 million. "It's sort of a shame that we have to pay a lot of money to hold a special election, but that's the state law as it exists," Mayor Bill White said.

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On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. This Tuesday (November 7) is Election Day. This means only two more days of those terrible TV commercials – the ones with the booming voiceover and no discernable ties to reality. My opponent, Bob Smith, likes children. In fact, he likes them a lot. He may have eaten a child in his twenties while...

So it's less than two weeks until Election Day, and polling precincts across the state are having trouble meeting a Justice Department requirement, KHOU reports: There's a lack of Spanish-speaking poll workers in many Texas counties, and time is running out to find them.

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November is right around the corner which means election day is hauling ass towards us. Don't miss this opportunity to show up late for work participate in democracy.

We're just a little over two months away from Election Day 2006. (It’s on Nov. 7), which means we can expect to see a lot more of the candidates in the next few weeks. Today, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Kinky Friedman hits town in the midst of his college tour — he's making a stop today at the University of Houston, and then tonight, you can catch him at the Flying Saucer downtown. Nothing...

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...