Commissioners voted along party lines to explore ways to promote and expand access to abortion and contraception in the state’s most populous county.
Under indictment on two felony charges, Alex Triantaphyllis says District Attorney Kim Ogg is too biased to prosecute his case.
District Attorney Kim Ogg said suspects were released on bonds of either $10,000 or zero dollars regardless of charges when a system crashed in March.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis cited articles published by two news outlets and a progressive advocacy group in blocking recognition of Crime Stoppers Houston while calling for an audit of the non-profit.
While the candidates have differentiated on some policy issues, arguments about electability and an attempt to discredit a candidate’s grandfather have backfired in the increasingly heated contest.
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.
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.
A procedural error brought a county’s election commission meeting to a halt while a GOP lawsuit seeks state oversight for upcoming elections.
Calling the county’s criminal justice system “broken,” Sen. John Whitmire joined the local union to demand more funding for law enforcement to combat rising crime.
Criminal justice officials pointed to high turnover, a lack of institutional experience, and hostility from an IT department headed by a political appointee.
Facing a firestorm of controversy over newly revealed communications between her staff, Hidalgo insisted she had followed the law.
