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.
The survey generally asks students how comfortable they feel expressing their own opinions and how much they tolerate the opinions of others.
For the second time in four months, the legislature's bill tamping down on local government employment ordinances failed in the Texas House.
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.
The district will give "COVID-19 paid leave" and a $500 stipend to workers who are vaccinated or medically exempt from vaccination.
Urban centers across the country have seen a spike in violent crime since the pandemic began and many have experienced efforts to shrink police departments.
As the federal government pursues equity in formulating policies, affected landowners raise concerns that the Texas Central High-Speed Rail project will have negative impacts on minority communities.
Social services, new technology, and staff expenses are all vying for top spots in the state's biggest local school budgets.
Heralded as a hero for waiting nearly seven hours to vote last year, Hervis Rogers has now been arrested and charged with two second-degree felonies for illegally voting in 2018 and 2020.
After receiving pushback from local officials, Land Commissioner George P. Bush is seeking a direct allocation of federal funds to Harris County.
In recent years, large cities have adopted strict and costly ordinances regulating contractual terms between businesses and employees.
The nomination of Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to be the new head of ICE will need to be approved by the U.S. Senate.
Proposed constitutional amendments to establish four commercial casinos in Texas are currently pending in committees.
The synagogue claims the city has targeted them by enforcing a law that could apply to other untouched businesses in the neighborhood.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast compared the congregation, which prays outside their facility every month, to the U.S. Capitol rioters.
Border patrol officials say she was trying to smuggle $2.9 million worth of narcotics into Texas.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw criticized the renewed lockdown in the Houston area under Gov. Abbott’s executive order, encouraging business owners to take a stand against it.
Houston's ambitious goal has roots in Swedish environmentalism, with the goal of ending all traffic deaths. So far, no city has succeeded.
A Leon County landowner is hoping to take his fight to protect his 100 acres from being bisected by the Texas Central high-speed rail project to the Supreme Court of Texas.
After Houston Rodeo officials announced a revised 2021 schedule with most activities delayed until May, Harris County Judge Hidalgo expressed doubts about holding the popular event next year.
