Ben Reyes, Houston's most powerful Hispanic politician until bribery charges brought him down, launched a new, pedestrian life of freedom after being released from a halfway house Friday.

"There is no euphoria about getting out." Ben Reyes, Houston's most powerful Hispanic politician until bribery charges brought him... Once viewed as El Patrón, the political godfather on Houston ...

Poor Betti Maldonado just can't seem to get out of Ben Reyes's shadow. The association of the former Houston media consultant and port commissioner with the trash-talking ex-councilman helped land ...