{"id":421299,"date":"2026-08-30T22:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421299\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:02:11","slug":"new-hinojosa-drives-affordability-message-at-houston-barbershops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421299\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Hinojosa Drives Affordability Message at Houston Barbershops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin, TX \u2013 Today, Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa stopped at barbershops across Houston to connect with voters about the affordability crisis and share <a href=\"https:\/\/ginafortexas.com\/priority\/an-affordable-texas-that-works-for-everyone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her plan to put money in people\u2019s pockets<\/a>, including $1,500 Corruption Tax refund checks, freeze electricity rates, lower grocery and healthcare costs, and make homeownership a reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been traveling across the state for months, and I\u2019m hearing the same things here that I am everywhere: it\u2019s just too expensive to live and operate businesses,\u201d Hinojosa said, \u201cOur small businesses are cornerstones of our communities where we can come together, and we deserve a government that makes it easier for our family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs to grow and prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hinojosa talked with local business owners at barbershops and beauty salons including Upgrade Beauty + Exotic Pop, Complete Beauty Bar, The Fade Room, Barbershop 2020, Brandi Chene \u2013 The Blonde Specialist, Mass Appeal Beauty Salon, and Goode Barbershop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more from the stops below:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC08961-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2289\" style=\"width:474px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC09010-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2288\" style=\"width:396px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC08709-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2290\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin, TX \u2013 Today, Democratic nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa stopped at barbershops across Houston to connect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-421299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}