Good morning, Houston. In the mood for a really, really bad promotional video? It's your lucky day: May we introduce you to "The Metro Report", a quasi-Colbert Report-style production in which a host, Elliot Roberts, "interviews people on the street" about why they love riding public transportation. Which makes us wonder: Where'd Metro find all these people? Oh, right, they're actually actors — and, according to KTRK's Wayne Dolcefino, this bit of self-promotion cost......

The unpopular proposal to double tolls on the Westpark Tollway during rush hour is officially dead: Harris County commissioners officially scrapped the plan Tuesday, meaning the price of the county's toll roads will remain the same — or won't, actually, given that a 25-cent increase on all toll transactions will still take effect on Sept. 3. The Westpark proposal, as we're sure you remember, called for toll transactions to double for inbound traffic between 6......

Some news for those of you who commute to and from Brazoria County regularly: TxDOT is considering building 26 miles of toll lanes along Highway 288. The proposal is for two toll lanes in each direction from Highway 59 to the South Loop, three lanes each way from the Loop to the Beltway, and two lanes in each direction from there to County Road 60 near Iowa Colony. There's room: When the South Freeway......

The Harris County Toll Road Authority is switching out the old plastic EZ Tag transponders for sleek new stickers — a move that will reduce headaches for the county, but may not sit well with drivers who like being able to move their EZ Tags from vehicle to vehicle. About 150,000 of the old tags have already been replaced with stickers, but that leaves an estimated 850,000 to go. The good news: Anyone who has......

Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was found with head and chest trauma after being left alone with his mom's boyfriend yesterday A wild shootout in southwest Houston this morning ended with two men wounded and at least 21 suspected illegal immigrants taken into custody In Baytown, no apartment owners housing hurricane evacuees have received FEMA reimbursement — but whose fault is it? County civil courts are moving to new digs......

The state law that required a Houston firefighter to take a promotion exam 12 hours after she gave birth may violate federal law, a UH law prof says In 2005, home sales and the median price of single-family homes broke local records even as other housing markets around the country slowed Houston airports will begin accepting EZ Tags for parking payment this summer Several witnesses testified today in a hearing on whether millionaire Robert Durst,......