Mark Mulligan

HPD chief Acevedo calls out McConnell, Cornyn, Cruz by name, urging them to pass Violence Against Women act. "And who killed our Sgt? A boyfriend abusing his girlfriend. So you're either here for women and children [daughters, sisters] and our aunts, or you're here for the NRA."

Miles says he'll balance the budget next yr, but has not specified all the cuts he'll make in order to offset the new spending. Last week I did a deep dive on why that process likely will involve some painful decisions for HISD, namely layoffs: houstonlanding.org/hisd-budget-de…

🚨Big HISD news🚨 The district unveiled its vision for year 2 of Supt. Mike Miles' overhaul this morning. That includes: -- Up to 125 total "New Education System" schools -- Removing NES teachers who score bottom 15% districtwide on his effectiveness scale Thread (1/15):

These are Robb Elementary Classroom 112 survivors Khloie Torres, Kendall Olivarez, Miah Cerrillo & AJ Martinez. + Today they are protesting the County Commissioners meeting. Acting UPD Chief on May 24 Mariano Pargas is a commissioner (he also is a no-show at the meeting).

Nearly 200 mentally ill Texans died in jails instead of getting the care they needed. Learn more about them: houstonlanding.org/deadly-detenti…

In addition to Walter’s case, here are five other Harris County Jail inmates whose deaths were not reported to the state: houstonlanding.org/deaths-of-harr…

The Harris County Jail didn’t report Walter Klein’s death because they released him from custody after he was taken to the hospital, before he died. Because his death wasn’t reported, it wasn’t investigated by an outside agency. Here is Walter's story. houstonlanding.org/harris-county-…

I've lost count how many teachers have left my kids' school. ... Almost twice as many teachers resigned from Houston ISD so far this year compared to the last two school years houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…

The person who Harris County DA Kim Ogg hired to investigate County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a political rival, is also the Texas GOP’s general counsel + married to a blogger whose called Hidalgo a “Marxist.” via ⁦@chronsnyder⁩ ⁦@Hou_Landing⁩ houstonlanding.org/houston-gop-at…

I cant think of a reporter I’ve spent more time with over the years than @alexdstuckey, and there isn’t anyone out there working harder, caring more and doing everything they can do create the best journalism possible. This is honesty all just so mystifying.

Jose Altuve never talks a ton, so I let Alex Bregman and Chas McCormick do most of the talking after another big postseason night for the Astros' second baseman. houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron

Here’s how Jose Abreu’s 3-run HR sounded on SportsTalk790 as the @Astros took a 7-3 lead. @raford3 @SteveSparks37 @AstrosRadioMLB #Ready2Reign

Hats off to Steve Sparks @AstrosRadioMLB whose HR calls just keep getting better and better 🤣🤣🤣

Neither of Miranda’s twins were expected to survive after birth. She couldn’t afford to leave the state, so she continued her pregnancy in accordance with Texas law. I followed Miranda through to the bitter, horrible end, with @shelbytauber on photos. texastribune.org/2023/10/11/tex…

Astros 3, Twins 2: How Houston reached 7th consecutive ALCS houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron

Hypocrisy alert: Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand propublica.org/article/texas-… @KiahCollier @dankeemahill @propublica @TexasTribune

On at least 17 occasions, Texas Ed Commissioner Mike Morath has waived expansion requirements for charter networks that had too many failing campuses to qualify, according to a ProPublica and Texas Tribune analysis of state records. via @KiahCollier texastribune.org/2023/10/10/tex…

In sprawling, car-centric cities, strip malls often get a bad rap. #Houston has 1,800+ of them — hundreds more than LA & Chicago. Though often maligned, strip malls have fostered a vibrant retail economy that caters to an evolving, multicultural city: marketplace.org/2023/10/02/ins…

This deaf first-grader was found by a homeless man a mile away from her school, and now CPS is investigating how this happened in HISD, houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron

I hope people hear these #HISD kids' voices: "We went from a good school to a horrible school in a summer. A summer, that was all it took, and now we’re here. I’m not coming back." houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

The best part of my job is getting to meet amazing people. Come spend a day with one of them, Kim Hewitt, as she works on her dream of franchising a brunch truck — and battles an old generator (Gift link) 📸/ @jonjshapley houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…