
Shafaq Patel
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Houston reporter @Axios. Reach me: [email protected] I also garden, craft, and read. (old, hacked acct @shafaqpatel) she/her
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https://www.axios.com/newsletters/local/ 24-11-2021 19:57:15
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Meet Devin Inocencio, a Houston Police officer who's now been involved in four deadly shootings in the last two years Story: axios.com/local/houston/…



Rebecca Schuetz and I looked into about 56K tickets related to homelessness over the past 4 years. We found that some folks are ticketed by HPD repeatedly (sometimes hundreds or thousands of times) for the same offenses and in the same areas.

Remember when University of Houston said a student was arrested for assaulting a police officer during a pro-Palestinian protest earlier this month? After I couldn’t find any such charges, the university and Harris County District Attorney began dodging my questions axios.com/local/houston/…


Here's what you missed on City Cast Houston this week: A look at our hurricane season: houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/what-… The best cold treats to try this week: houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/the-b… Recapping the week of news with Monique Welch and Shafaq Patel : houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/hisd-…

Texas has a new appeals court, specifically for cases dealing with state agencies and laws. Instead of elected judges, these judges are appointed by Abbott. By Taylor Goldenstein: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

Tomorrow: Houston City Council will vote on Houston Mayor's Office John Whitmire's proposal that cracks down on protests outside the homes of politicians axios.com/local/houston/…

WATCH: Jay & Shafaq Patel host conversations on clean energy investments in Houston, featuring Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Center for Houston's Future managing director Brett Perlman & Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies's Ken Medlock #AxiosEvents x.com/i/broadcasts/1…



How a TikTok ban could disrupt Houston's creators, via Shafaq Patel & Angrej Singh axios.com/local/houston/…




Houston's district leads nation in China exports as trade tensions rise via Shafaq Patel & April Rubin for #AxiosHouston axios.com/local/houston/… #txlege


NEW: Andrew Cuomo just conceded the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City to Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Cuomo had universal name ID, a $25M PAC backing him and tons of institutional endorsements. Mamdani is a 33-year-old socialist. The magnitude of this can't be overstated.