Lynn Walsh

A story written for Texas Watchdog:

Texas Watchdog’s Blog Chat: See our discussion about overcrowded Harris County jails and controversy at Houston Metro
Mon Apr 19 19:07:00 2010 CST
By Lynn Walsh

Overcrowded jails in Harris County are causing a stir within the Houston blogging community and Metro is once again in the hot seat, and this time the federal government is getting involved.

These stories and more are featured in Monday’s Blog Chat. For all the details and to view the video discussion click the links below:

Texas Watchdog: Texas Watchdog team brings home Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter award for online journalism

Grits for Breakfast: Harris jail crowding forces stop to arresting traffic violators

Off the Kuff: Solving the jail overcrowding is everybody’s responsibility

Houston Strategies: What to do if Metro fraud costs us $900 million Fed $

Houston Chronicle: Metro, city officials deny effort to mislead FTA

Texas Tribune: 2010: Perry 48, White 44

Rasmussen Poll: Election 2010 Texas Governor*

Star Telegram: Organizations pay big bucks to land Palin at fundraisers

Baker Institute Blog: Former JSC Director George Abbey on Obama’s NASA Speech

Houston Chronicle: Project will dredge up some history

Texas Tribune Event: A conversation with Deirdre Delisi, Chair of the Texas Transportation Commission

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*The margin of error for the Rasmussen poll discussed today in Blog Chat is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.