Rachel Palmer Hooper, counsel for the Texas Republican Party, was paid more than $174,000 by the district attorney’s office for legal work.
Mike Snyder / Contributing writer
Mike Snyder is a Houston-based journalist who worked for 40 years as a reporter, editor and columnist at the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at [email protected].
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‘Pay to play,’ corruption and ethics issues getting less attention in Houston mayor’s race
Corruption at City Hall was a major theme in the 2019 mayor’s race. This year, it is a second-tier topic at best, well behind crime and streets.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Houston women's rights advocate hopes Supreme Court reversal will restore feminist movement
Houston's Frances “Poppy” Northcutt thinks Roe v Wade reversal and state-led limitations on LGBTQ+ rights could energize women's empowerment movement.
Posted inDiverse Communities
Houston project will transplant reeds from ancient Iraqi marsh culture to Rice University
A dozen or so volunteers, sweating on a warm spring morning in southeast Houston, knelt at the base of a long row of tall, spindly plants known as common reeds, or Phragmites Australis. The volunteers cut through the tough stalks with saws or hedge clippers, then arranged the harvested reeds into bundles that another group […]