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Good morning, Houston. So what was the last bonus gift you got at work? A fruit basket? Maybe an engraved Space Pen? Well, if you worked for La Porte-based Texas Stress, you might have ended up with a Harley: Gary and Joni Hagar, the owners of the company, rewarded each of their top 10 employees with $21,000 and told them to pick out their own hogs. "I've never heard of a boss doing this...

Houston City Council passed amendments to the current preservation ordinance that will make it easier for residents to designate neighborhoods as historic districts, and a two year building permit penalty if any historic landmark or structure in a historic district is demolished. For district designation, there will need to be a 51% consent of property owners, down from 67%. The permit penalty will prohibit the city from granting building permits for a site where a...

People in the Heights area are so sensitive. They complain about bars in their neighborhoods, they bitch about chain restaurants, they whine about proposed toll roads cutting through their back yards — and they're upset that developers want to come in and demolish their neighborhoods for high-density townhome developments. Honestly, it's like they actually prefer living in unique, comfortable areas with picturesque bungalows along tree-lined streets. Can you imagine? The Heights vs. Townhomes fight has...