Black and Hispanic Democratic groups who have endorsed Gene Locke for mayor have issued a statement criticizing Annise Parker for what they call her "dismal record of hiring minorities in senior level positions" in the City Controller's office....

City Council District A candidate Brenda Stardig declined to accept invitations to debate opponent Lane Lewis on three different dates, then sent proxies to last night's forum in the Spring Branch area, the event organizer said. Craig Adams is...

The election results in Atlanta are still being pored over and parsed, but several aspects of that big city's runoff should be instructive for our own. The race is apparently, according to the most up to date journalism, too close...

Mayoral contender Gene Locke didn't answer my question Monday about whether he would accept the endorsement of Steven Hotze, a conservative activist with a record of opposing gay candidates and causes. Perhaps Gina Gaston of KTRK, Channel 13, asked...

The unveiling tomorrow of the city's "Monthly Financial and Operations Report" -- or MFOR (pronounced "MO-far" and/or "MO-fer") as city insiders call it --is likely to reignite many of the same tensions it has in the past several months...