Houston-based journalist covering state and local politics, higher education, and public safety through a local lens in both audio and written formats.
Talarico is running for U.S. Senate against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who soundly defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff.
Read the piece →The draft proposal would also require the Houston Police Department keep a record of how many times officers worked with ICE and produce an annual report.
Read the piece →Grimes County Precinct 2 Commissioner David Tullos was the only dissenting vote. "For me, personally, it hasn't felt like a negotiation. It's felt more like a capitulation."
Read the piece →The new Texas A&M University System, which requires professors to obtain approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender topics, has been met with opposition from faculty and freedom of speech advocates.
Read the piece →Six alleged assaults, three arrests — and an owner who says he removed cameras to avoid police requests for footage
Read the piece (PDF version to avoid paywall) →A Grimes County judge ordered the owners of the Texas Renaissance Festival to sell its property and assets after siding with a prospective buyer who sued when a $60 million deal fell through in 2023.
Iranians in Houston celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but remained skeptical about the U.S.-Israeli war against their home country.
Workers at Hilton Americas-Houston begin a strike for better wages.