Even after Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she would cancel a controversial $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract, the county continued to pay advances to Elevate Strategies.
Krause is running for Tarrant County district attorney after dropping a campaign for attorney general last fall.
The cases of three indicted Hidalgo staffers have been assigned to a judge who took campaign donations from the owner of Elevate Strategies, as well as Hidalgo’s legal counsel and criminal defense attorney.
The Harris County indictments stem from controversy around a $11 million vaccine outreach contract awarded to a well-connected Democrat.
Democratic County Judge Clay Jenkins sued Governor Greg Abbott last year over the governor’s ban on local mask mandates.
The state’s largest city has been using federal COVID relief dollars to plug budget holes and provide raises, but is lurching towards a fiscal cliff once the federal funds expire.
Facing a firestorm of controversy over newly revealed communications between her staff, Hidalgo insisted she had followed the law.
The decision comes shortly after the two-year anniversary of the statewide coronavirus disaster declaration.
There have been almost a million encounters with illegal aliens and unaccompanied minors in the U.S. since the start of the fiscal year.
A grand jury reportedly investigating an $11 million contract awarded to a one-woman firm with ties to prominent Democrats has resulted in search warrants for county offices.
Child deaths caused by physical abuse have decreased since 2019. In the same period, however, child suicides have increased.
United Airlines announced that it would be changing its policy and that unvaccinated workers would be allowed to return to their normal positions by March 28.
