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Energy & Environment

Endangered sea turtle nest found at Galveston Island State Park for the first time in a decade

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 23, 2022 · The nest contained more than one hundred eggs laid by a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle -- one of the most endangered sea turtle species in the world.

Tags adre Island National Seashore eggs Galveston Island State Park Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle nest

Business

Houston’s contract janitors are planning to strike if upcoming wage negotiations fail

Lucio Vasquez / Haya Panjwani

Posted on May 19, 2022 · The current contract will expire at the end of the month, leaving many janitors hopeful for an increase to their hourly minimum wage.

Tags janitors

Politics

Lina Hidalgo says she expects to be targeted next in what she calls a political investigation by Kim Ogg

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 19, 2022 · In her first one-on-one interview about the Elevate Strategies investigation, Hidalgo lays out her case for why she accused the DA of a political vendetta.

Tags District Attorney Kim Ogg Elevate Strategies Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

Politics

Lina Hidalgo accuses DA Kim Ogg of election year politics in COVID outreach contract investigation

Paul DeBenedetto / Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 17, 2022 · Hidalgo accused Ogg of using misleading evidence to obtain search warrants that resulted in the arrest of her chief of staff and two former senior staffers.

Tags alexandra del moral mealer dane schiller Jack Cagle Kim Ogg Lina Hidalgo vidal martinez

Politics

Leaked Roe v. Wade opinion puts abortion rights on the ballot in Texas

Lucio Vasquez / Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 6, 2022 · Both gubernatorial candidates – incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke – addressed the issue Thursday.

Tags abortion abortion rights anti-abortion Beto O'Rourke greg abbott Roe v. Wade Senate Bill 8

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An officer was shot at a southeast Houston gas station, HPD says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 4, 2022 · HPD says the incident occurred at 14800 Gulf Freeway at Astoria. 

Tags hpd officer shooting

Health & Science

Houston-area abortion rights advocates protest against threat of total state-wide ban

Lucio Vasquez / Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on May 3, 2022 · The protest was held in response to a majority of the justices who reportedly voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico late Monday.

Tags abortion ban

Energy & Environment

A disease is killing forest and shade trees in the Houston area

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 2, 2022 · The pathogen is known as laurel wilt, and mainly affects red bay, sassafras, avocados, swamp bay and other related trees.

Tags laurel wilt redbay ambrosia beetle

Criminal Justice

Inmate dies after a fight in Beaumont’s high security federal prison

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 2, 2022 · An inmate sustained life-threatening injuries after a fight in the United States Penitentiary Beaumont, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Tags beaumont prison

Immigration

Houston Asylum Office is mishandling asylum screening process, immigration attorneys say

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on April 27, 2022 · The complaint alleges that the Houston Asylum Office is mishandling Credible Fear Interviews, which are used to gauge an asylum seeker's risk of danger if they were to return to their country.

Tags asylum Credible Fear Interviews Houston Asylum Office

Politics

Lina Hidalgo staffers will stay on the job after felony charges connected to an $11 million COVID-19 contract

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on April 12, 2022 · Hidalgo said that she believed the "unfair" accusations were politically motivated, since she's running for reelection in November.

Tags Aaron Dunn Alex Triantaphyllis Elevate Strategies Kim Ogg Lina Hidalgo Wallis Nader

Energy & Environment

A proposed East Aldine concrete batch plant would be built next to a park for people with disabilities

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on April 8, 2022 · Representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality heard testimony from several community members who were concerned about the potential pollution from the facility.

Tags aldine avant garde construction co. concrete batch plant Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia

Criminal Justice

Nearly 300 people were released from Harris County Jail after a computer system outage

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on March 31, 2022 · The outage prevented detainees from appearing in front of a judge within a state-required time frame, leading to the mass release.

Tags harris county jail Network outage

Criminal Justice

Another grand jury has declined to indict former Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on March 24, 2022 · It comes after a Harris County grand jury declined to indict Watson on nine other criminal complaints two weeks ago. 

Tags Brazoria County browns Deshaun Watson sexual assault texans

Houston

Fire department schedules a controlled burn at the Houston Arboretum, smoke expected near Memorial Park

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on March 24, 2022 · Smoke may be present near IH 610 West Loop and Woodway Drive as a result of the fire.

Tags controlled burn fire Houston Arboretum houston fire department

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