McKenna Oxenden
Reporter at Houston Landing
@hou_landing harris county reporter | @marquetteu alum | former @nytimes @baltimoresun @TB_times | never grew out of the weird horse girl phase | ultimate 🥏
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2 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | McKenna Oxenden
Harris County would have to turn over tens of millions in toll road dollars to the city of Houston for use on public safety and emergency services under a bill before the Texas Senate. Senate Bill 2722 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, is scheduled for a hearing on Wednesday. HCTRA generates upwards of $1 billion dollars a year for the county, according to a May 2024 credit opinion by Moody’s.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | McKenna Oxenden
Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday approved a $5 increase to its minimum wage for county employees, and a slightly larger boost for contract workers. The decision marks the first time that the county’s minimum wage has been changed since 2019, when it was raised to $15 an hour. County employees now will make at least $20 an hour beginning May 3. Contract employees hired by the county will see their pay increase to $21.65 an hour by July 1.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | McKenna Oxenden
My mom had barely entered the recovery room at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center when I began bombarding her with questions. The nurses wouldn’t tell me, I told her. I needed to know if it was real. “They found it, baby,” she said, smoothing my hair. “Dr. Leon told us it was no wonder you were in so much pain.” I sobbed. The pain was never in my head. It was never normal. And now, after years of dismissive doctors and searching for answers, it had a name — endometriosis.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | McKenna Oxenden
More than 10 percent of women, transgender and gender-diverse people in the United States have endometriosis. In September, I became part of that not-so-exclusive club. My path to diagnosis, as many others experience, was lengthy. For years, it was nearly impossible to find a healthcare provider who listened or believed me.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | McKenna Oxenden
Harris County Commissioners Court agendas regularly run dozens of pages and hundreds of items long. But don’t expect to find much detail. A Houston Landing review of the cities and counties in the Houston region, found Harris County is among the worst when it comes to posting details of the hundreds of agenda items, including million-dollar contracts, audits and infrastructure projects that make up the county’s $2.6 billion budget.
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