Houstonians are coming to terms with the recent Supreme Court ruling, striking down President Joseph Biden’s plans to forgive student loans.
Maggie Gordon / Columnist
Maggie Gordon is a columnist who has worked at newspapers across the country, including the Stamford Advocate and the Houston Chronicle. She has covered everything from the hedge fund industry and education to craft beer and alligator hunting. No matter the topic, Maggie’s favorite stories combine quirky characters, adventure and humanity. Bonus points if she can find a love story. Maggie grew up on a cow farm in upstate New York, and graduated from nearby Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. These days you can find her at her home in Houston’s East End – or on Twitter.
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I’ve gone to look for America. Forty-nine states later, here’s what I’ve found.
There are certain sounds that will forever pull me back to the passenger seat of my parents’ truck, like a magnet clicking me into place. Windows cracked as a cigarette burns in my mother’s left hand, dark roads ahead. The seat changes — from our old Ford pickup we drove down the East Coast every […]
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Designed to divide: LGBTQIA+ Houstonians deserve better than county commissioner’s misinformation
At a Commissioners Court meeting this month, Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey falsely linked the LGBTQIA+ community with grooming behavior.
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Slow down and smell the sunflowers as we walk the length of Houston’s Chimney Rock Road
It took five hours to walk Chimney Rock. But slowing down was the whole point. Here’s what we found in Meyerland, Gulfton, Bellaire and more.
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Affordable day care is hard to find. A new Harris County program could help fix that.
Greater Houston is a day care desert, meaning there are not enough seats for local kids. Here’s how a new program could help to fix that, and how to apply.
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Houston received $37 million to curb stopped trains in the East End. It’s a start.
The grant to fix railroad issues should help address some traffic problems, but legislation to curb stopped and too-long trains must follow.
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Houston’s hospital parking rates are sky high. The Texas Medical Center can do better.
Houston families of cancer patients say the exorbitant cost of parking, which can quickly reaches hundreds of dollars, is a top economic concern.
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Houston’s trash pickup is overwhelmed. A monthly trash fee could fix that.
The average resident can be forgiven for not knowing the cost of tossing a year’s worth of trash. Unlike most major cities, which charge monthly trash fees, Houston funds its solid waste management department from the general fund.
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What to do if you’re one of the million Texans losing Medicaid starting next week
Don’t panic. That’s the advice Stacey Thompson has been dishing out on repeat for the past several weeks amid her phone’s constant rings, pings and dings. As a health care navigator, Thompson and her colleagues at the local nonprofit Civic Heart Community Services have been fielding calls from a growing number of Texans who will […]
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Gulfton students deserve better sidewalks on their dangerous journey to school
Hundreds of Wisdom students live in Gulfton’s massive apartment complexes, separated from school by U.S. 59 and Westpark Tollway. While the physical barriers can make Gulfton feel a world apart from the high school on Hillcroft, they’re less than 2 miles away.