Julian Gill

Rep. Tony Gonzales ends reelection campaign amid scandal over affair The decision capped a rapid downfall for the three-term Texas congressman and former Navy cryptologist.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales ends reelection campaign amid sexual misconduct investigation www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...

Ben Taub hospital expansion proposed in 100-year FEMA floodplain Texas Medical Center has flooded in the past, critics warn, and would only be made more vulnerable by putting additional facilities in a floodplain.

Texas laws prohibit new hospitals in 100-year floodplains. Ben Taub is trying to expand into one. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...

California patients got sick after taking drugs from Houston's Empower Pharmacy Empower Pharmacy could be banned from doing business in California after the state's pharmacy board moved to revoke Empower’s probation in November, records show.

NEW: For months I’ve been reporting on documented quality lapses at Houston’s Empower Pharmacy.

New records filed in California show patients got sick after taking GLP-1s, other drugs made by the company. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

The San Antonio Spurs have won 10 straight games for the first time in a decade (January 2016).

Houston surgeon indicted, accused of false statements that prevented transplants Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr. is accused of making false statements that rendered patients functionally ineligible for organ transplants. His patients had no idea, federal authorities allege.

NEW w/ @emacdonald5.bsky.social and John Ferguson: Houston Memorial Hermann doctor indicted, accused of blocking transplants by falsifying records www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...

Mike Miles played a central role early in negotiations for a nearly $1M contract between a Texas charter school network and a for-profit Colorado consulting firm, according to hundreds of pages of public records reviewed by the Houston Chronicle.
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Houston's Empower Pharmacy has repeat quality issues, FDA inspections show The repeat problems at Houston-based Empower Pharmacy include inadequate quality testing and a failure to clean equipment.

NEW: FDA finds repeat quality failures at Houston’s Empower Pharmacy in latest inspection, records show www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

How Texas lawmakers pushed RFK Jr.'s MAHA agenda in 2025 Lawmakers passed a number of bills to "Make Texas Healthy Again." They also made it easier for Texans to avoid vaccines.

New: How RFK Jr.’s 'Make America Healthy Again' movement influenced Texas in 2025 www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Are you on testosterone therapy? We want to hear about your experience. Are you on testosterone therapy? We want to hear about your experience.

SURVEY: Are you on testosterone therapy? We want to hear about your experience. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...

Seeing some false reports about the man who collapsed in the Oval Office.

It was *not* Novo Nordisk executive Gordon Findlay.

It was a patient who uses Lilly GLP-1 drug, per multiple sources. I hear he's OK now.

Transgender child's family sues Baylor over medical records leaked to activist Dr. Eithan Haim has said publicly that he leaked the documents to a conservative activist in 2023 to “expose” care that he believed the hospital was providing "in secret."

NEW: Transgender child's family sues Baylor over leak of medical records to conservative activist www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Exclusive: Head of Baylor College of Medicine to retire after 15 years Klotman took the helm at Baylor in 2010 after holding leadership roles at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and Duke University.

Exclusive: Dr. Paul Klotman to retire after 15 years as executive dean at Baylor College of Medicine www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

What does this do to Travis Kelce’s draft position?

Trump Burger’s untold story: A $250K murder plot, vaccine scam and ICE arrest It’s a story with subplots involving a vaccine scam and a murder-for-hire scheme. It asks what we as a society require for legitimacy. And it’s a quintessentially American saga.

The untold origin story of Trump Burger: A $250K murder-for-hire plot, ICE arrest and vaccine scam www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... by @sarahesmith23.bsky.social

Dr. Melina Kibbe poised to lead UTHealth Houston after turbulent Virginia tenure Dr. Melina Kibbe was named in a letter of no confidence signed by more than 100 doctors and staffers at UVA Health.

UTHealth Houston presidential finalist was named in 'no confidence' letter at Virginia www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic... via @emacdonald5.bsky.social

Parent raises concern after youth summer camp turns into mission trip in Houston The parent raised concerns after a youth group made a spontaneous visit to a homeless encampment.

Parent upset after Alabama church youth group visits Houston homeless camp without notice www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Alden Global Capital fails in its attempt to get its tentacles on The Dallas Morning News A late bid to disrupt its sale to Hearst is foiled by a fourth-generation newspaper owner turning down more money.

New by me —>

The vulturous hedge fund Alden Global Capital has been prevented from taking over @dallasnews.com — thanks to one final act of stewardship by the family that has run the paper for more than a century.

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Exclusive: Empower Pharmacy passed Texas inspections as FDA sounded alarms Empower Pharmacy, a Houston-based compounding pharmacy, has been sanctioned by the FDA and other states in the past decade. In Texas, it has a near-sterling record.

NEW: For years, the FDA and state pharmacy boards have raised red flags over Houston-based Empower Pharmacy’s drug quality and other deficiencies. Yet the Tx pharmacy board has never raised quality issues of its own in regular inspections since 2019. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...

Exclusive: Most Kerr County homes hit on July 4 had no flood insurance Less than 5% of homes in the county's FEMA floodplain had flood coverage, well below the national average. Uptake was even worse in other areas that flooded.

NEW @houstonchronicle.com: Less than 5% of homes in the highest-risk areas of Kerr County had flood insurance before July 4.

Without insurance, "It's a much, much longer road home.”

Read the story, by me and Caroline Ghisolfi:
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Renowned MD Anderson cancer doctor stepping down as chair of leukemia department Renowned clinician and cancer researcher Dr. Hagop Kantarjian is stepping down as head of MD Anderson's leukemia department after more than 30 years.

Renowned MD Anderson cancer doctor Hagop Kantarjian stepping down as chair of leukemia department www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic... via @emacdonald5.bsky.social

State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas AG Ken Paxton The news comes as Ken Paxton is running for U.S. Senate in next spring’s GOP primary against incumbent John Cornyn.

State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas AG Ken Paxton www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex... via @taygoldenstein.bsky.social

Odessa residents who died in Kerr County floods remembered as 'perfect couple' Bobby and Amanda Martin had been married 13 years. Their eyes lit up when they saw each other, family members said.

Odessa residents who died in Kerr County floods remembered as 'perfect couple,' loyal friends, via @juliangill.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

HISD elementary school student missing after Camp Mystic flooding Greta Toranzo, a student at Houston ISD's Sinclair Elementary School, is one of about 20 girls who went missing after destructive flooding hit Camp Mystic.

NEW: Houston ISD student Greta Toranzo is one of about 20 girls who went missing after devastating flooding at Camp Mystic.

Her family is asking for her picture to be shared far and wide as they search for her, per the Sinclair Elementary PTO. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Contempt hearing scheduled for ex-DA Kim Ogg over Jocelyn Nungaray case A hearing has been scheduled over whether former district attorney Kim Ogg will be held in contempt over her communications about the killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.

A CONTEMPT hearing has been scheduled for former Houston DA Kim Ogg — because she kept talking publicly about a case even though the judge had issued a gag order www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Texas leaders vowed to make CenterPoint pay after Beryl's blackouts. Did they? Vows of a $480M refund for CenterPoint customers have yet to be fulfilled a year after Hurricane Beryl left nearly a million Texans without power for four days.

NEW: We asked TX leaders if they're REALLY sure CenterPoint is giving back $100s of millions consumers spent on unused generators -- since documents indicate otherwise.
They pointed us to a spreadsheet that is VERY scant on detail. w/
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She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her. The woman’s case is a worst-case scenario, according to advocates worried about the worsening state of domestic violence in the Houston region.

She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... via Matt DeGrood and Sam Kelly

Exclusive: Director of Texas funeral commission alleges widespread 'rot' Executive director says board has "failed our licensees, the public, our staff, and the legislature," as Texas Funeral Service Commission meets to consider firing him.

Exclusive: Director of Texas funeral commission alleges widespread 'rot' amid potential firing www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex... via @sarahesmith23.bsky.social @dugbegley.bsky.social

Houston-based Empower Pharmacy fights Eli Lilly lawsuit over GLP-1 drugs Millions of Americans use GLP-1s, and many have relied on versions produced by compounding pharmacies because of the high monthly costs for brand names like Mounjaro and Zepbound.

NEW: Houston-based Empower Pharmacy pushes back against Eli Lilly’s effort to block compounded GLP-1 sales www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

UH research on segregation, LGBTQ health and more affected by Trump cuts Trump's DEI, green energy and cost-saving cuts have left $4 million unfunded in research projects and programs at University of Houston.

Trump cuts at UH affect studies on residential segregation, a 1900s feminist society and LGBTQ health www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... @samanthakett.bsky.social

Empower Pharmacy recalls 8,000 testosterone injections citing quality concerns The recall follows a Houston Chronicle report highlight a decade of regulatory lapses at the pharmacy.

NEW: Last week we published a story about a decade of regulatory lapses at Houston's Empower Pharmacy, including its use of low quality ingredients. Today we learned that the pharmacy recalled 8K vials of testosterone over quality concerns. https//www.houston...