Both Lauren Ashley Simmons, who trounced four-term incumbent Shawn Thierry, and Molly Cook, who narrowly beat House Representative Jarvis Johnson, drew upon the community they helped organize to turn out votes leading up to yesterday’s runoff election. It paid off.
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What happened to Harris County’s plans for criminal justice reforms? The Democratic district attorney in #Texas’ biggest county has made enemies—even among her former friends.
“The commission doesn’t like it when you double check their homework. They rely on this process being super complicated to get away with what they do.”
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Our cover story: “I had so many people messaging me and telling me, ‘You basically need to sue the city and the #police department and these individuals as a whole, because what they did to you is not right.’”