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April Towery
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I cover Houston City Hall, the Texas Legislature and criminal justice for The Houston Press.
I’m running to make sure that our schools are fully funded, that we expand Medicaid in the state that has the highest uninsured rates in the country, [and] that we turn our minimum wage into a livable wage.” - Odus Evbagharu

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Odus Evbagharu Hopes to Keep Texas House Seat Blue - Houston Press
A Cypress-Fairbanks ISD graduate who also served as the youngest chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party is taking his political ambitions to the Former Harris County Democratic Party Chair Odu...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Democrats are unified and they’re willing to turn out; those are two things that didn’t happen in 2024. The Democrats are re-energized.” - University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus

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Can Anyone Beat Greg Abbott in 2026? - Houston Press
Texas Democrats say Gov. Greg Abbott’s blind loyalty to Donald Trump could be his demise, and the relationship wasn't mentioned at all when Abbott Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his re-election bid ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“I’m not sure it’s going to solve the problem, but it’s going to go a long way to helping make better investments.” - Andrew Coppin, CEO of Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions

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Will Proposition 4 Save the Texas Water Supply? - Houston Press
Andrew Coppin lived through an Australian drought and water shortage so severe that some towns had to spend millions to truck in water from other regions. Proposition 4 could raise $1 billion a year t...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Fort Bend County Judge KP George's attorney Jared Woodfill said Friday the Signal messages, which disappear immediately if not captured by screenshot, were obtained from Taral Patel’s phone through discovery.

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Breaking: KP George Alleges Prosecutorial Misconduct by DA's Office - Houston Press
Attorneys for embattled Fort Bend County Judge KP George filed motions Friday morning to dismiss the felony and misdemeanor cases against him, or at least Fort Bend County Judge KP George filed four l...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"If there are not enough services, it’s going to cost the county more because it will lead to more hospitalizations, homelessness and people going to jail, things that could have been mediated with the proper mental health services.” - Union VP Alma Castillo

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Mass Layoffs at Harris Center Could Amplify Mental Health Crisis - Houston Press
Alma Castillo has worked as a therapist for the Harris Center for 12 years, and while her job is safe for now, more than 180 of her colleagues have been More than 180 Harris Center employees have been...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Chuck Thompson has been on Death Row for 27 years. Why has the Harris County DAs Office decided he should die now?

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Death Row Inmate Says He's Not Done Living  - Houston Press
For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 in a small, isolated prison After 27 years on Texas Death Row, Charles Vic...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM