Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
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U.S. Navy veteran and veteran journalist based in greater Houston, Texas. Socials: linktr.ee/kenfountain
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Aug 28
A walk in the Lower Ninth Ward
Last week, I took a long-awaited vacation to New Orleans, a city that has long figured in my imagination. In addition to covering a court hearing and doing some of the usual tourist stuff, I had an…
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Prosecutors: George used campaign funds to make down payment on house, pay property taxes
In a court document filed on Wednesday, Fort Bend County prosecutors for the first time provide specific details in their felony charge of money laundering against County Judge KP George,
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Commissioners battle over county attorney's role, appoint redistricting committee members
In yet the latest brouhaha over redistricting during a Fort Bend County Commissioner Court meeting, commissioners on Tuesday selected along party lines six members of a proposed 10-member citizens' re...
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Trial pits social-media journalist against Fort Bend sheriff's office
Following a three-day bench trial, a federal judge is expected to rule in the next week or so in a case pitting a self-styled citizen journalist's right to report against
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Commissioners vote along party lines to create citizens' redistricting committee
In the latest salvo in Fort Bend County's ongoing redistricting battle, county commissioners in a party-line vote last week approved a citizens' committee to recommend changes to the county's precinct
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Judge denies George's request for outside judge in his cases
At the end of a nearly two-and-a-half hour hearing last week, a judge quickly dismissed the request of Fort Bend County Judge KP George's attorneys that his several misdemeanor and
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jun 4
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· Jun 2
Whitbeck seeks rehearing of judge's dismissal of lawsuit against FBISD
Former Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Christie Whitbeck is seeking a rehearing of a Fort Bend County judge's ruling dismissing her lawsuit against the district, in which she had been publicly
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Ken Fountain
@kenfountain.bsky.social
· May 30
Redistricting rears its head again in Fort Bend Commissioners Court
Fort Bend County commissioners had something of a battle royale Tuesday over the long-simmering issue of redistricting, but ended up punting the issue for another day.
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