Former DA Kim Ogg will make $180K as adviser for Republican Tom Ramsey

Plus: Tony Buzbee files a new lawsuit, Conroe ISD's highest-paid employees and where to find mocktails for "dry January."

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Former DA Kim Ogg to make $180K as policy adviser for Tom Ramsey

The former top prosecutor will work for Harris County's only Republican commissioner in her first job post-district attorney's office.

 

 

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Photo by: Jason Fochtman Conroe ISD's top 25 highest-paid employees: Search our salary database Conroe ISD spent around $4.5 million on its top earners for the 2023-24 school year, less than what most similar districts spent. Here's a look at the top paid employees.

 

Photo by: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff Photographer Key takeaways from the Chronicle's report into an agency's use of housing funds Houston's Midtown development zone spent $22 million on a half-empty office tower no one lives in. If spent on actual housing, a Houston Chronicle analysis shows, those funds could have built 72 additional units according to the per-unit cost of an adjacent apartment complex Midtown built at the same time.

 

Photo by: Eric Gay, Associated Press UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell stepping down to lead SMU University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell will step down from the flagship this spring to serve as the next leader of Southern Methodist University.

 

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer Houston attorney Tony Buzbee files new lawsuit against Jay Z's Roc Nation Filed last week in the Harris County district court, the suit claims Jay Z's Roc Nation encouraged one of Buzbee's former clients to sue him in exchange for money.

 

Photo by: Sharon Steinmann Freezing isn't cold enough? Houston should open warming centers | Editorial Monday morning, a man was found dead at a bus stop. Preliminary investigations showed that man died from exposure to the cold. Still, the city's warming centers remain closed. Here is a list of other warming centers and shelters open in the Houston area.

 

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11 restaurants and bars with mocktails during Dry January

Going out during "dry January" doesn't have to be a drag with the creative mocktails offered at these Houston restaurants and bars.

 

 

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Photo by: ONSCENE TV Houston storage unit search was related to New Orleans attack, FBI says FBI Houston and the Harris County Sheriff's Office conducted a court-issued search warrant at a storage unit in north Harris County.

 

Photo by: Houston Chronicle Three Houston firefighters injured after being trapped in burning apartment Three firefighters suffered second- and third-degree burns after being trapped behind a heavy door while searching an ablaze apartment Tuesday morning.

 

Photo by: Karen Warren, Staff Houston Texans playoff history: Success elusive past round 1 Houston's first seven trips to the playoffs have included some highs and lows, with the latter outnumbering the former. Here's a look back at each of the team's 12 playoff games.

 

Photo by: Karen Warren, Staff Photographer Houston ISD, area districts plan to start spring semester despite cold snap Houston ISD and other area districts kicked off the spring semester Tuesday morning despite subfreezing temperatures throughout the region.

 

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer McDonald's 'retiring' some diversity goals, renaming its DEI team Among the goals the company is ending or pausing are diversity quotas, a program that had the company work with suppliers on growing diversity in their ranks.

 

Photo by: National Weather Service Houston OK, but where in Southeast Texas is the worst ice risk? Icy conditions are the biggest worry with winter precipitation, but the latest forecasts keep most of the risk for ice much farther north of Houston.

 

Photo by: Jason Fochtman, Staff Photographer How Chevron Houston Marathon will ensure safety after deadly New Orleans attack Chevron Houston Marathon officials plan all year long to provide security for the massive event, which draws around 300,000 people.

 

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