Taxpayers will fund a $345,000 contract with a two-person political campaign firm with ties to local and national Democrats to conduct vaccine outreach and address “vaccine hesitancy” in Fort Bend County.
The county will invest in planting trees, adding streetlights and sidewalks, and cleaning up vacant lots in a program designed to reduce the dramatic rise in violent crime.
Proponents of transforming the township to a traditional city say property taxes will not increase, but opponents argue studies have grossly underestimated law enforcement and debt costs.
A judge declared two entire sections of state election code unconstitutional infringements of First Amendment rights, but left a statute prohibiting some forms of electioneering intact.
Calling election audits a “political trick,” the resolution instructs the county attorney to do everything possible to contest the Texas Secretary of State’s audit of the 2020 election.
While Gov. Abbott stated that an election audit started “months ago,” the attorney for Harris County has questioned that claim.
Harris County Deputies’ Organization officials and lawyers describe dismal conditions in an out-of-control jail with alleged rampant drug use and frequent assaults against both staff and inmates.
As the county grapples with a daunting case backlog and a jail at capacity, violent suspects released on bond continue to pose challenges for public safety.
Calling Harris County’s bail system “broken,” Abbott signed a new bail reform law in Houston and criticized progressive judges for releasing violent suspects.
Although the county has already paid $539,000, a firestorm of controversy over a contract awarded to a well-connected Democrat has prompted county Judge Hidalgo to agree to seek cancellation.
Newly released documents show a $7 million bid was scored more highly, but Hidalgo’s office intervened to instead give nearly $11 million to a politically connected firm at a higher cost.
A new report from District Attorney Kim Ogg says that bail reform has led to declining community safety and disintegration of the purpose of bail reform.
During a Friday press conference, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced that two suspects arrested had gang ties and were out on felony bond at the time of the murder of an off-duty police detective.
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Houston’s city council approved a vaccine incentive program proposed by the mayor over objections from a council member that the program was unfair to those already vaccinated.
Mayor Turner promised more officers, but Harris County has moved funds away from constables while funding interventions managed by the public health department.
From clarifying when polling locations can be opened to clamping down on vote harvesting, here are some of the major provisions in the Texas election reform bill.
Abbott called the regular appeal process too slow to address Harris County's mask mandates. The Supreme Court of Texas was unconvinced.
Suburban areas in Texas boomed in the past decade and should see an increase in representatives after redistricting.
Skyrocketing homicide rates and bond release practices in Harris County have drawn the attention of gubernatorial candidate Allen West.
