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Rebecca Noel is a daily reporter at Houston Public Media. She covers a wide range of topics, including state and local government, public health and the Texas electrical grid. Rebecca has also covered Houston-area school districts, including Houston ISD and Katy ISD, some of the largest in the state.

Rebecca is a Houston native who received her undergraduate degree from Rice University before earning her MA in journalism at the University of Missouri. She got her start in public media as an afternoon anchor for KBIA, mid-Missouri’s NPR station.

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