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Gov. Abbott Taking Over Houston Independent School District ‘After Years of Academic Failure’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 15, 2023 50 Comments

HISD has been a mess for as long as I can remember....

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Fashion Designer Claims Sam Brinton Wore Her Clothes From Her Lost Luggage at DC Airport in 2018

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 23, 2023 33 Comments

"I lost my bag 2018 in DCA recently I heard the news on @FoxNews about @sambrinton luggage issue surprisingly I found his images wore my custom made outfits which was in the lost bag on 2018."...

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Houston Activists Want Taqueria Shooter to be Arrested, Charged

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 18, 2023 144 Comments

"That's overkill. That's no longer self-defense."...

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U.S. Returns Looted Sarcophagus to Egypt

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 03, 2023 29 Comments

Smuggling network had also looted a gilded coffin out of Egypt that was once featured at New York's Metropolitan Museum....

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Teen at Ted Cruz’s Houston Home in Hospital After ‘Self-Inflicted Cutting’ Call

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 07, 2022 19 Comments

No confirmation if the teen is a Cruz relative....

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Scientists Create Vaccine Blocking Fentanyl From Entering the Brain

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 18, 2022 59 Comments

More good news: Drug overdose deaths may finally be plateauing across nation for first time since start of Covid pandemic....

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Professor Says the ‘Current Thing’ is a Form of Tyranny

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 16, 2022 11 Comments

"Because the Current Thing deserves our total attention and deference, anyone who disputes the existence or the urgency of the Current Thing is a problem."...

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Houston Announces Plan to Randomly Knock on Doors to Collect Blood Samples to Better Understand COVID

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 16, 2020 59 Comments

In the name of fighting COVID-19, Harris County (Texas's largest county) health officials announced a plan that includes randomly knocking on doors to collect blood samples. "Teams of health workers wearing yellow vests will make their rounds from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m." reports the Houston Chronicle.

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China Vows to Retaliate After U.S. Ordered Its Houston Consulate Closed in Response to Spying Surge

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 24, 2020 23 Comments

The Trump administration has ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston by the end of this week, a severe diplomatic step that is a response to a surge in Chinese espionage in this country.

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Professor Jacobson in Houston: Winning the Raging Free Speech Wars

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 15, 2019 11 Comments

Monday night, we had the privilege of putting faces to screen names at our first ever Legal Insurrection reader reception. I've said often and firmly believe we have one of the internet's best readerships and having the opportunity to meet our readers in-person confirmed as much.

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Texas Governor Takes Houston Mayor to Task Over Use of Federal Flood Dollars

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 09, 2019 28 Comments

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) stepped in it when he complained about the state's control over federal dollars. Monday, Tuner, who is up for re-election, tweeted:

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U. Houston Won’t Disinvite Oil Industry Speakers Despite Protests

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 01, 2019 5 Comments

Do the students know that Houston is robust because of the oil industry?...

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Mumps outbreak reported at Houston ICE detention facility

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 13, 2019 15 Comments

The Houston Health Department confirmed seven mumps cases at the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

Officials said that all seven people were adults who were detained during the time they became sick. "Since these individuals were isolated inside the facility during the period they were infectious, we do not anticipate these cases posing a threat to the community," said Dr. David Persse, Houston's local health authority and EMS medical director."

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University of Houston-Clear Lake Hosts ‘Toxic Masculinity’ Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 19, 2018 0 Comments

"negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity"...

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Defeated Harris County Judge Chooses to Release Juvenile Defendants After Election

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 08, 2018 10 Comments

He apparently said that this is what the voters wanted....

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Two People in Hospital After Exposure to Powdery Substance at Ted Cruz’s Houston Campaign Office

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 02, 2018 2 Comments

"All tests were negative for any hazardous substance."...

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Sad Little Protest Held Outside of Houston Restaurant Where Jeff Sessions Ate Last Week

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 13, 2018 21 Comments

GAWD. To use millennial speak -- I seriously can't even with this.

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Houston Restaurant Forced to Shut Down Social Media Accounts After Posting Picture With AG Session

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 13, 2018 33 Comments

One of Houston's most loved Tex-Mex restaurants, El Tiempo, (they have great margaritas, btw) was harassed into shutting down all of their social media accounts Saturday afternoon after sharing a picture of the restaurant's owner, Roland Laurenzo and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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