“Highlights” from the City’s Audit
The City of Houston is required by state law to file its annual audit (the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or...
Demographics
Texas Population Growth Far Outstrips Other States
The US Census Bureau has released its preliminary numbers for population growth by state over the last decade. The degree...
An Update on COVID “Excess Deaths”
Recently, two papers on the death toll from COVID have gotten widespread attention. The first was a CDC update on...
Quote of the Week – Some Holiday Hope Courtesy of Farr’s Law
In 1840, British epidemiology pioneer submitted a paper to the British government outlining his findings that the outbreak of epidemics...
Texas Changes Methodology for Counting COVID Fatalities
New Fatality Counting Method
Global Population Growth Slowing Even More Than Previously Believed
Global Population Growth to Ebb
Suburbs Outstrip City in Population Growth
According to population estimates recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Houston’s suburbs are growing much more rapidly than the...
Quote of the Week – “Better Safe than Sorry”
“It is better to be safe than sorry.” Our mothers’ admonition rings in every one of our ears. And it...
Keeping “Pandemics” in Perspective
The outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus in China has dominated the news in the last month. While I commend officials...
City Population Growth Grinds to a Crawl
City Population Growth a Warning we need to Change Course The U.S. Census just released the population estimates for 2018...
What You Will Not Hear in Sylvester Turner’s “State of the City” Today
Sylvester Turner will deliver his “State of the City” annual address today. If today’s speech is like the others, he...
Just in Case You Thought the City Had Solved its Pension Problems
We now have audits for the City and its three pension plans for the first full year of operation...
City to Begin Charging for Parking in Memorial Park
In its never-ending quest to nickel and dime Houstonians out of every last dollar, the City of Houston recently announced...
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