June 25, 2024
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 | J.R. Gonzales, Senior Digital Production Editor |
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Today we're talking about a local attorney's side hustle...
If you read one thing: A young Houston lawyer is generating some fashion buzz for the unusual side gig he started out of his downtown office.
What did he do?
It all started with a serendipitous stroll down a beaten path while on a visit to the island of Capri, in Italy. While there, Marcus Spagnoletti came across a stand where raffia shoes were being made. He bought a few pairs and took them home. Over the next few years, men would stop and ask him where he got his shoes.
Long story short, Spagnoletti has created a direct-to-consumer shoe company called Concetto Limone that he runs out of his law office. But to say Spagnoletti did it all by himself would be inaccurate. He's had some help from some well-connected folks, including a former candidate for Houston mayor.
Read Amber Elliott's full story here.
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📰 Need to Know
- Three Baylor doctors allegedly relied on unqualified residents for surgeries, feds say. The physicians — Drs. Joseph Coselli, Joseph Lamelas and David Ott — regularly operated two operating rooms at once while delegating surgical duties to the residents, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
- Debate canceled at Texas State after Biden, Trump announce changeup. The Commission on Presidential Debates informed the university late Monday that it was canceling all three of its 2024 dates, one of which was set to occur on Sept. 16 in San Marcos.
- Wesley Hunt's membership in Tilman Fertitta's private club sparks ethics probe. The congressman claims a $74,000 bill at the Post Oak Hotel and its private club went strictly for campaign purposes.
- Police officer who sexually assaulted woman after traffic stop is sentenced. Hector Ruiz was convicted of two federal felonies in connection to a 2019 traffic stop during which he sexually assaulted a Fort Bend County woman.
- Judge sets $10M bail for man accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. Harris County District Court Judge Josh Hill ordered Franklin Peña, one of two men accused in the killing of Nungaray, held on $10 million bail.
- Metro taking over funding of RYDE program in Second and Third wards. Transit officials would commit $216,000 to Evolve Houston to operate electric shuttles 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, in two zones
💼 Business
- A Houston billionaire is looking to buy a Premier League soccer club. Houston billionaire Dan Friedkin may be adding another soccer team to his diversifying business empire.
- Tomlinson: Politicians ignore Americans' biggest worry. Home prices are growing so expensive that Americans want government action to make housing affordable, writes Chris Tomlinson.
- Developer to build 310 apartments southwest of Houston. The five-building project is expected to break ground later this summer as the market works through an oversupply that has led to falling rents and occupancies across the Houston region.
- Abbott appoints a consumer advocate to Texas' power grid regulator. Courtney Hjaltman's appointment to the Public Utility Commission of Texas comes at a time of heightened concern about electricity affordability among state regulators and lawmakers.
- Does a Texas car insurance policy covers other drivers? The typical Texas auto policy covers people who do not live in your house when they drive your car, writes Ronald Lipman.
🚗 Outside the Loop
- Some dogs live 2 or 3 to a crate at Dickinson's animal shelter: The shelter has waived adoption fees as it is overwhelmed with stray dogs, most of them large and forced to live in crates.
- The Woodlands to accept bids on an 11-acre property near Town Center. The Woodlands is moving forward on plans to potentially sell the 11-acre former GE Betz building and property it initially purchased for $15 million in 2015.
- WorldSprings resort to bring mineral soaking pools to Houston, state data shows. The Dallas-based luxury health spa plans to open its first Houston location next year, according to Texas licensing records.
- Conroe ISD second graders will now get standards-based report cards. Three years after starting a pilot program using standards-based report cards, district leaders have approved implementing the system for all second-grade students.
⚾ Houston vs. All Y'all
- Texas A&M drops College World Series title game to Tennessee. Texas A&M baseball made program history in coach Jim Schlossnagle's third season, but the Aggies fell two runs shy of college baseball immortality.
- .500 in sight as Astros welcome Rockies for 2-game set. Riding a five-game winning streak, Houston hopes to keep the momentum going against the majors' worst pitching staff.
- Houston at the Olympics: Area athletes and coaches heading to Paris. There's no shortage of Houston talent at the Olympics and Paralympics. Here's who to keep an eye on in Paris this summer.
- Astros' aggressiveness at the plate can be a good and bad thing. Houston, whose hitters on average see the fewest pitches in MLB, owns the lowest strikeout rate in the majors but the fourth-lowest walk rate.
Point of View
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Texas' new Bible-infused reading curriculum is in bad faith. | Editorial
The Texas Education Agency's proposed elementary school curriculum blurs the line between church and state, fumbling an opportunity to improve kids' religious literacy, writes the Editorial Board.
Get Out
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New farmers market opens on Airline with plans for a food truck park.
Lemon Drop Farmers Market is a newly opened farmers market open on Sundays along Airline in Houston.
- Bay City rapper makes rap magazine's list of artists to watch. That Mexican OT had a viral hit with "Johnny Dang," an ode to Houston's king of grillz that crossed over to radio. He has been named one of XXL mag's 2024 Freshman Class.
Earlier this month, a U.K. company named FenVue announced the finalists for 2024 Miss Artificial Intelligence. It's the first AI pageant where 1,500 entrants from different countries created realistic-looking, AI-generated models for a chance to win $20,000. The contestants will be judged on the models' beauty, how real the models are to the community, their social media influence and their score on the Voight-Kampff test (kidding).
As you might expect, the pageant has raised quite a few questions.
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